When it comes to leprosy, many people may be very afraid, this is a kind of chronic disease with strong contagiousness, which is very harmful to people. In the past, when medicine was more backward, this disease was almost devastating to people, as long as a person suffered from leprosy, the whole village might be infected. Nowadays, with the development of medical science, this disease has been controlled to some extent, and its incidence has gradually declined. However, just in case, we should still have the need to know about this disease.

What is leprosy

Leprosy is also commonly known as leprosy, which is a chronic infectious disease caused by the leprosy bacillus, with the main lesions in the skin and peripheral nerves. Clinical manifestations include numbness of the skin damage, coarsening of the nerves, and in severe cases, even crippling of the limbs. The disease is widely prevalent in the world, and in China it is prevalent in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan as well as Qinghai and other provinces and autonomous regions. Later, after active treatment, its incidence has now been significantly reduced.

Symptoms of leprosy

However, when leprosy occurs, the organisms are present in many parts of the body, attacking the skin and mucous membranes of the body, as well as the surrounding nervous system, and, in severe cases, damaging internal organs and tissues. It may cause patients to have disfigurement, limb deformity, etc.

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1, incubation period: when infected with leprosy bacillus, there will be a two to five years of incubation period, in this stage there is no obvious symptoms, there may be joint pain and other manifestations, but usually will be ignored.

2, seizure period: this time the patient's skin will appear patches and plaques, the earliest is usually a piece or two, the edge is often neat, the damaged parts will have cui hair shedding phenomenon, this is a more typical symptom characteristics, this lesion is generally in the patient's limbs, face and shoulder position, the color of the rash has a light color or light red, the shape is like half of the ring, the ring or the shoulder. The color of the rash can be light or reddish, and the shape is like a semi-circular, ring-shaped or bow-shaped.

3. Late stage: The peripheral nerves of the patient are also involved in this period, and there is a gradual thickening of the nerve rods, with symptoms such as nerve enlargement and muscle weakness.

Causes of leprosy

The causes of leprosy are mainly due to infection by Mycobacterium leprae, which has a strong ability to reproduce even after it leaves the host. People affected by leprosy are natural hosts for Mycobacterium leprae.

Leprosy bacilli are widely distributed in patients, mainly in certain cells of the reticuloendothelial system, such as the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, lymph nodes, liver and spleen. In the skin, it is mainly found in nerve endings, macrophages, smooth muscle, hair bands and blood vessel walls. It is very common in mucous membranes. In addition, bone marrow, testes, adrenal glands, and the anterior half of the eye are also areas where Mycobacterium leprae tends to invade and exist, and a small amount of Mycobacterium leprae can be found in the peripheral bloodstream and in the rhabdomyosarcoma. Leprosy bacilli are mainly discharged from the body through broken skin and mucous membranes, and others are found in milk, tears, semen and vaginal secretions, but the amount of bacilli is very small.

Both direct and indirect contact with a person affected by leprosy can lead to the transmission of leprosy.

What to do if you are infected with leprosy

If you are infected with leprosy bacillus and become sick, you should go to the hospital for treatment in a timely manner and do a good job of isolating yourself so as not to infect other people with leprosy bacillus, and you should also disinfect your own clothes and things you have used in a timely manner so as to avoid secondary infections.

Small prescriptions for leprosy

Willow branch, peach branch, mulberry branch, acacia branch, kozo branch. Decoct a thick broth and put it into a large vat. Sit in the vat and let the water soak over the neck, only exposing the head and face. After a day, when the water turns into oil, stop bathing and the disease can be cured. Used for gale years deep not healed, face hair off, nose collapse a healer.

Ground bone skin, bitter ginseng, thorns, fine Xin, Cang Er Zi, Fang Feng. The above medicines are thwarted pieces, add water and decoction, remove the slag. Smoke and wash all over the body, bleeding for the effect, be sure to wide soup immersion for a long time is good, wash several times as good. It is used for plague.

Cao Wu, ephedra root, mugwort leaves, bone skin, park nitrate 30 grams each. The above medicines for very fine powder, water 1 barrel, pepper 1, 500 grams of onion with decoction, people vinegar 1 cup. In a secret room with a hand towel around the limbs, waiting for the soup can be bathed, bathing so that sweat through, make sure that the long bath, sweat on the face like a bead, get up, or sit or lie down for a few hours, sweating collection of clothing, to avoid the wind, 5 days and then bath. It is used in plague.

6 grams of Qiangwu, 6 grams of Cangzhu, 6 grams of Fenghuang, 6 grams of Xuanshen, 6 grams of Jingwu, 6 grams of Chaihu, 6 grams of Paeonia lactiflora, 6 grams of Hovenia glutinosa, 6 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 6 grams of Bupleurum, 6 grams of licorice, 6 grams of Glycyrrhiza Uralensis, one dose of Qiangwu every day.

6 grams of Qiangwu, 6 grams of Fenghuang, 6 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 6 grams of Angelica dahurica, 6 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 6 grams of Zhimu, 6 grams of Glycyrrhiza glabra, 6 grams of Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, 3 grams of Sinensis.

9 grams of rhubarb, 6 grams of parkin, 9 grams of Citrus aurantium, 9 grams of silver flowers, 9 grams of peach kernel, 9 grams of cypress, 9 grams of scutellaria, 9 grams of xuan shen, 4.5 grams of rhubarb, 1 dose per day, decocted with water. ***Serve 3 doses.

Fenghuang 9 grams, Jingbao 9 grams, white aconite 9 grams, Xuanshen 9 grams, Tribulus terrestris 9 grams, Duhuo 9 grams, Huojiaoren 9 grams, Hovenia citrus shell 9 grams, Yinhua 9 grams, Paeonia lactiflora 9 grams, cyperus rotundus 9 grams, Glycyrrhiza glabra 9 grams, Tianmao 6 grams, Ginger Bugs 6 grams, Dafeng Zi 4.5 grams, systematic Chuanwu 4.5 grams, boiled in water and served, *** service for 10 doses.

Xuan Shen 6 grams, Angelica dahurica 6 grams, Hovenia dulcis 6 grams, 6 grams of sole live, red peony 3 grams, 3 grams of silver flowers, system Chuanwu 1, 30 grams of wind, Tribulus terrestris 480 grams, 480 grams of flammable hemp, 480 grams of maple, above the research into a fine powder, and then 360 grams of herb snake, remove the head and tail with hot wine soaked for 2-3 days (autumn and winter soaked for 5-6 days), soaked loose and then remove the bones and steamed and baked and grated and the former medicine, honey (with the medicines on) for pills. Half) for the pill, 12 grams per pill, served 3 times a day, each time l pill, tea, served until the end.

60 grams of dried root of golden cherry, 60 grams of dried root of bract rose, 60 grams of honeysuckle, 30 grams of chrysanthemum. Decoct the first 2 flavors of the medicine with the right amount of water and decoct for 2-3 hours, then add the last 2 flavors of the medicine and continue to decoct for 1 hour, take the decoction for 1 or 2 times.