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Leprosy

            
             Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease that usually affects the skin and nerves and has plagued the human race over many years. This disease, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Leprae, was discovered in 1873 by a scientist named of Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, but has been found in the Veda books from India that date back as far as 600-400 BC. In this paper, every aspect of this ancient, horrible disease will be discussed in great detail.
             M. leprae infection is one that occurs for the most part in human beings. But, in 1975 there were nine armadillos that were identified as a carrier of this disease. These armadillos were infested with large quantities of the harmful bacilli in their nasal secretions and mammary ducts meaning transmission primarily occurred through nasorespiratory routes and the mother's milk. Lesions associated with the disease were found on the armadillo's body producing another proposed idea of a transmission method. Researchers think that "the major source of spread infection is probably nasal secretions of those infected with lepromatous that have huge numbers of bacilli in the nasal cavity"(Wathen 3). Another transdermal way of spreading the disease is that sharing of clothing with an infected individual. This proposed idea of transdermal spreading has not be made a fact but is currently being tested on monkeys (poor monkeys!). .
             It is believed that Leprosy was to have originated on the Asian continent a long time before Christ. On the continent the disease remained somewhat dormant due to the fact that in the era B.C., people lived in small villages that were somewhat isolated. Over time though, these small villages merged with other small villages to form much larger establishments. This merging of village gave the disease-causing bacteria a great opportunity to become exposed to new people infecting and spreading at a rapid rate.


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1. Leprosy

Leprosy is caused by the bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae. ... They are classified by the 5-scale TT-LL System, with non-infectious leprosy at the low end of the scale and multibacillary leprosy at the high end. ... Leprosy is transmitted through droplets from the mouth and nose or possibly through open sores, usually through a lot of close contact with someone that has leprosy but is not being treated by drugs for it. ... Leprosy is one of the oldest diseases know to man. ... Hansen of Norway identified the bacillus that causes leprosy. ...

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2. Leprosy: the disease

Leprosy :the disease Few diseases have been so misunderstood. ... Hansen's work, leprosy is also called Hansen's Disease. ... Leprosy mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves. ... Borderline leprosy shares features of both tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy. ... Sensory loss is a typical feature of leprosy. ...

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3. Leprosy

Leprosy has afflicted humanity since time beyond measure. ... Sensory loss is a typical feature of leprosy. ... Thickened nerves, mainly peripheral nerve trunks constitute another feature of leprosy. ... The lepromin skin test is used to determine what type of leprosy a person has. ... Treatment As of 1940, a treatment using dapsone is currently being used to supress leprosy. ...

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4. Father Damien Selections

Stern Puritan divines felt leprosy was the result of the Hawaiian people's decadence. ... There were medical doctors who were so convinced of an essential connection between leprosy and sexual immorality that they insisted that leprosy could be spread only through sexual contact (Damien the Leper). ... He claimed Damien contracted leprosy through his licentious behavior. At the time, leprosy was thought to be spread primarily through sexual contact, and so Dr. ... Ultimately, Damien's actions lead to him contracting leprosy in 1884. ...

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What History Means to Me To me history is a way of looking back at the past so that I don't forget important events to me or in the world or universe in the past. I believe that history mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. History in my life helps me to remember where my...

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6. King Baldwin in Kingdom of Heaven

The second example of how King Baldwin is an effective faith filled leader can be proven through his actions despite having a severe case of leprosy. ... Usually when one has Leprosy they want to hide themselves from society, but the King began to only cover himself up in public when the disease became very severe and started to physically destroy his skin and other attributes. ... This also shows that the King realized at a young age, that through God anything is possible, as King Baldwin had a very strong relationship with God until the day the leprosy took his life. ...

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7. Ben Hur

I found out more information about the whole leprosy issue with Ben Hur's mother and daughter. During the Roman rule, leprosy was a huge ordeal which led to Jesus healing people in a few certain cases. They treated leprosy like a plague that spread like wildfire; everything that a leper touched was considered infected and had to be cleaned. ...

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8. Folklore Medicine

People suffered from many diseases, including smallpox, dysentery, leprosy, respiratory illnesses, malaria, and syphilis. In those times, people died from measles, scarlet fever, and tuberculosis.Misconceptions: Leprosy was thought to be extremely contagious, though today we know it isn't contagious at all. ... Not allowed to touch food, in the marketplace, lepers had to point to their food choices with staffs.A person suspected of having leprosy was made to renounce the "normal" world and had to promise to abide by many restrictions. ...

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9. The Healing of Naaman

He would cure him of his leprosy" (2 Kgs 5:3). ... To better understand Naaman's actions it is important to understand what a shame it was to have leprosy and how lepers were generally treated in the Bible. In Scripture, leprosy is a portrait of sin and those who carried the disease were shunned from society and sent to live in the outskirts of town. ... In verse 8 Naaman arrived at Elisha's house and he was told by one of Elisha's messengers, to wash himself 7 times in the Jordan River to be cleaned from his leprosy. ...

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