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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==History and Symptoms== | |||
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]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
History and Symptoms
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.