Leprosy
mailing list – September 4th, 2006
Ref.: Leprosy
patient card
From: Schreuder P. A.M., Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
Dear Salvatore,
I am looking for examples of a (electronic available) leprosy
(clinical) patient card with details of the dermatological and
neurological evaluation, a representation of the human body in
which the lesions can be drawn, etc.
With small boxes or field which can be ticked. For example: a box for 1
lesion, one for 2 - 5 lesions, one for 6 and more lesions, and may be
one to note down the actual number of lesions. Boxes for
classification like I, TT, BT, BB, BL, LL; etc.
Such a card seems not to be very popular anymore in these
times of decentralisation, but I still think them very useful and more
so for doctors who see only a few patients a year. A patient card well drawn,
following the flow of examination step by step, reminding the one with
less experience what to do next, and at the same time leaving a
valuable record of the patient examination at the start of treatment. As was discussed recently, the
appearance of lesions can change rapidly and sometimes lesions can
disappear altogether in a relatively short time.
If anyone has such an example, please send by e-mail as an
attached file.
Best regards,
Pieter AM Schreuder
