Leprosy history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Common Symptoms

Common symptoms of leprosy may include:

• Skin lesions that are lighter than normal skin color
  • Lesions have decreased sensation to touch, heat, or pain
  • Lesions do not heal after several weeks to months
• Growths in the skin
• Thicker or dry skin
• Numbness or lack of sensation, predominantly on the hands, arms, feet and legs
• Muscle weakness

Eye problems that may lead to blindness Enlarged nerves (especially those around the elbow and knee) A stuffy nose Nosebleeds Ulcers on the soles of feet

Less Common Symptoms

• Severe pain
• Paralysis, particularly of the hands and feet in more severe cases.

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