Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years
Background: Leprosy is a chronic mycobacterial infection. It presents with wide clinical variations. We come across many active and old cases in this area. Aim and Objectives: To analyse the clinical trend in Hansen's disease over five years in a tertiary health care centre. Material and Metho...
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| description | Background: Leprosy is a chronic mycobacterial infection. It presents with wide clinical variations. We come across many active and old cases in this area. Aim and Objectives: To analyse the clinical trend in Hansen's disease over five
years in a tertiary health care centre. Material and Methods: This is an observational retrospective record-based study. The duration of study was five years starting from April 2015 to March 2020. It included the data of leprosy patients who were registered in the Department of Dermatology, Venereology, Leprology in a tertiary health care centre. Results: A total of 1183 leprosy cases were seen. Most of the patients were aged 21-30 years 382 (32.2%), youngest
being six years. Males exceeded females 828 (69.9%).There were 1046 new cases (88.41%). Borderline tuberculoid was the most common presentation 440 (37.19%). Multibacillary leprosy constituted 1138 (96.1%), 33 of them were
children. Deformities were seen in 84 cases (7.1%), predominantly in borderline tuberculoid spectrum 45/84 cases, (53.5%), claw hand 38 cases (3.21%) being most common.60 (5.07%) of cases had reactions (Type 1 reaction, 1.52% < Type 2 reaction, 3.55%). Conclusion: Though India is in post elimination era of leprosy, multibacillary leprosy is still prevailing, being maximum in year 2019-2020, 340 (28.74%). Thirty three of them were children. This shows active transmission among our population and should be an area of concern to health care facilities and policy makers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3cf5c11f46744f93b5bad97aa4d49d222023-07-02T12:13:30ZengKrishna Institute of Medical Sciences UniversityJournal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University2231-42612023-01-011216877Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 yearsRitu Gujarati Vishwanath0Prasad Naik NM1Shankar Kunti2N Sudheer3 Yashashree Dungarwal4Consultant Dermatologist, RiVa Skin and Plastic Surgery Clinic, Warangal-506001 (Telangana), IndiaDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Osmania Medical College/General Hospital, Hyderabad-500095 (Telangana), IndiaDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Osmania Medical College/General Hospital, Hyderabad-500095 (Telangana), IndiaDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Osmania Medical College/General Hospital, Hyderabad-500095 (Telangana), IndiaDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Osmania Medical College/General Hospital, Hyderabad-500095 (Telangana), IndiaBackground: Leprosy is a chronic mycobacterial infection. It presents with wide clinical variations. We come across many active and old cases in this area. Aim and Objectives: To analyse the clinical trend in Hansen's disease over five years in a tertiary health care centre. Material and Methods: This is an observational retrospective record-based study. The duration of study was five years starting from April 2015 to March 2020. It included the data of leprosy patients who were registered in the Department of Dermatology, Venereology, Leprology in a tertiary health care centre. Results: A total of 1183 leprosy cases were seen. Most of the patients were aged 21-30 years 382 (32.2%), youngest being six years. Males exceeded females 828 (69.9%).There were 1046 new cases (88.41%). Borderline tuberculoid was the most common presentation 440 (37.19%). Multibacillary leprosy constituted 1138 (96.1%), 33 of them were children. Deformities were seen in 84 cases (7.1%), predominantly in borderline tuberculoid spectrum 45/84 cases, (53.5%), claw hand 38 cases (3.21%) being most common.60 (5.07%) of cases had reactions (Type 1 reaction, 1.52% < Type 2 reaction, 3.55%). Conclusion: Though India is in post elimination era of leprosy, multibacillary leprosy is still prevailing, being maximum in year 2019-2020, 340 (28.74%). Thirty three of them were children. This shows active transmission among our population and should be an area of concern to health care facilities and policy makers.http://www.jkimsu.com/jkimsu-vol12no1/JKIMSU,%20Vol.%2012,%20No.%201,%20January-March%202023%20Page%2068-77.pdfclinical trendshansen's diseaseleprosy |
| spellingShingle | Ritu Gujarati Vishwanath Prasad Naik NM Shankar Kunti N Sudheer Yashashree Dungarwal Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University clinical trends hansen's disease leprosy |
| title | Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years |
| title_full | Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years |
| title_fullStr | Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years |
| title_short | Leprosy, still a burden! A retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years |
| title_sort | leprosy still a burden a retrospective study in a tertiary health care centre over recent 5 years |
| topic | clinical trends hansen's disease leprosy |
| url | http://www.jkimsu.com/jkimsu-vol12no1/JKIMSU,%20Vol.%2012,%20No.%201,%20January-March%202023%20Page%2068-77.pdf |
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