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Leprosy : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • nerve damage
  • Leontiasis
  • Neck or Trunk Disfigurement

Complications Overview Articles

Leprosy
Leprosy is curable; however, the deformities and nerve damage associated with leprosy are often irreversible. Preventions or rehabilition of these defects is an integral part of management of the disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Pinched Nerve
A pinched nerve is caused by some anatomical structure putting pressure on a nerve and impairing its function. This problem may occur in many different areas of the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Pinched Nerve
A pinched nerve is a general term that describes an injury to a nerve or group of nerves. The damage may include compression, constriction or stretching.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Nerve Compression
Nerve compression is the restriction in the space around a nerve that can occur due to several reasons. Functioning of the nerve is compromised.There are a variety of circumstances that cause nerve compression.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Bell's palsy
Bell''s palsy is a temporary form of facial paralysis that occurs with damage to the nerve that controls movement of the muscles in the face.Bell''s palsy is a form of cranial mononeuropathy VII. It is the most common type of this nerve damage.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2008
Leprosy
Evidence of leprosy(Hansen''s disease) has been detected in prehistoric human remains, and the disease has been described in Biblical and other historical records dating as far back as the 2nd millennium B.C.E. It was a feared disease, and its vict...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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