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I visited a Leprosy and TB center somewhere in Oji River, Enugu state and I was surprised at the number of patients who visit there to collect drugs monthly. It's quite unfortunate that these deadly diseases have no vaccine and they are highly resistant to the available medications too. Even though WHO claims that MDT can cure leprosy, yet most patients suffer heavy relapse just few months after treatment. The symptoms of leprosy are quite subtle at early stages and can hardly be diagnosed. Most times, it appears like malaria and Typhoid symptoms with no effect on the skin or extremes. These frequent malaria symptoms return every 2 weeks after taking malaria treatment. The bacteria causing Leprosy can stay in the body for over 20 years without showing any symptoms on the skin. The bacterium has very slow growth and takes like 14 days to divide it's cell. There are no Traditional medicines for it

youngEmelex:
I visited a Leprosy and TB center somewhere in Oji River, Enugu state and I was surprised at the number of patients who visit there to collect drugs monthly. It's quite unfortunate that these deadly diseases have no vaccine and they are highly resistant to the available medications too. Even though WHO claims that MDT can cure leprosy, yet most patients suffer heavy relapse just few months after treatment. The symptoms of leprosy are quite subtle at early stages and can hardly be diagnosed. Most times, it appears like malaria and Typhoid symptoms with no effect on the skin or extremes. These frequent malaria symptoms return every 2 weeks after taking malaria treatment. The bacteria causing Leprosy can stay in the body for over 20 years without showing any symptoms on the skin. The bacterium has very slow growth and takes like 14 days to divide it's cell. There are no Traditional medicines for it

... Thanks for the info... Thumbs up.. Are you saying that there's no cure for leprosy or what
?

badaru911:
... Thanks for the info... Thumbs up.. Are you saying that there's no cure for leprosy or what
?

there is a cure but higher cases of relapse are recorded