Leprosy mailing list – June 29th, 2006
Ref.: Can
leprosy skin lesions heal and disappear, under treatment, in 3-6
months?
From: Narasimha Rao P., Hyderabad, India
Dear
Dr Noto,
With
regards to the query whether leprosy hypo-pigmentation and
lesions disappear in few months (Dr Felly Mukalay J.; LML June
22nd, 2006), it was already been answered that “it can happen”
by our fellow members.
However,
if the emphasis is to know false cases from true cases, if the site
and location of patches were recorded initially, the patches still
retain their hypo-aesthesia even when they merge with the surrounding
normal skin in few months time.
I
was also interested in the comments of Dr. P K Das (LML - June 23rd,
2006) who wished that in "endemic regions and in nearby
labs, the immuno-staining should be set up as an integral
part of leprosy control and follow up" to separate false from
true cases.
Now,
with the present status of leprosy programmes, there are no
facilities to get skin smears (or periodic photography or even body
charting) in most regions of endemic countries and states. To get graded nylon filaments
is in it self a big task. How can one aspire for immuno-staining?
With best regards,
P.
Narasimha Rao
