Symptoms of Leprosy

General information about symptoms of Leprosy: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Leprosy. This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of Leprosy. Furthermore, symptoms of Leprosy may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they are indeed symptoms of Leprosy.

List of symptoms of Leprosy: The list of symptoms mentioned in various sources for Leprosy includes:

• Skin symptoms
• Peripheral nerve symptoms
• Symptoms of paucibacillary Hansen's disease:
  • Hypopigmented skin macules
  • Pale skin rash
  • Local skin numbness
• Symptoms of multibacillary Hansen's disease:
  • Symmetric skin lesions
  • Nodules
  • Plaques
  • Thickened dermis
  • Nasal mucosa lesions
  • Nasal congestion
  • Epistaxis

Symptoms of Leprosy: This chronic infectious disease usually affects the skin and peripheral nerves but has a wide range of possible clinical manifestations. Patients are classified as having paucibacillary or multibacillary Hansen's disease. Paucibacillary Hansen's disease is milder and characterized by one or more hypopigmented skin macules. Multibacillary Hansen's disease is associated with symmetric skin lesions, nodules, plaques, thickened dermis, and frequent involvement of the nasal mucosa resulting in nasal congestion and epistaxis.¹

More symptoms of Leprosy: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of Leprosy, underlying causes of Leprosy, associated conditions for Leprosy, risk factors for Leprosy, or other related conditions.

Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:

• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Symptoms and Medical Malpractice

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