Left untreated, the disease can cause nerve damage, paralysis, hand and foot deformities, and blindness. Leprosy peaked in the United States in the early 1980s before tapering out by the year 2000.

Leprosy is a disease caused by the bacillary microorganism ... loss of eyebrows and eyelashes which give away the fact that the individual had leprosy, loss of fingers or toes, and foot drop ...

Leprosy, also called Hansen’s disease, is primarily caused by Mycobacterium leprae bacteria. But in 2008, scientists discovered that a similar species, M. lepromatosis, can cause it, too.Leprosy ...

BEFORE the present decade, surgery on the patient with leprosy was mainly a retreating battle against advancing deformity. When ulceration of fingers or toes deepened to cause osteomyelitis, necrot ...

The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, ... Motorcyclists hit 6-foot alligator on Florida interstate.

Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family. "My family abandoned me. They blocked my number and refused ...

Leprosy is caused by the Mycobacterium leprae bacteria and can cause foot ulcers, dull patches of skin, swelling and growths on the body — along with nose bleeds and eye and nerve issues.

Leprosy nerve damage causes motor, sensory, and autonomic abnormalities, as well as deformities (claw hands, drop foot) and secondary impairments (plantar ulcers, finger and toe contractures).

Scientists had long thought that leprosy affected only humans, until the 1970s, ... one from the tiny foot bone of a squirrel. But those turned out to be enough.

Leprosy is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae. It has been uncommon in the US, but now, cases of leprosy are beginning to appear more frequently in several areas, particularly in Central ...

If left untreated, leprosy can lead to physical disability, disfigurement, and deformities such as claw hand (where the ...

Leprosy is a chronic infection caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. ... and foot drop. Lagophthalmos is where the eye cannot close properly because of paralysis of the eye muscles.