leprosy
Let an agent explain leprosy in general terms from WHO and clinical sources, relay classification, treatment and prevention, present history and stigma with attribution, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain leprosy in general terms from WHO and clinical sources, relay classification, treatment and prevention, present history and stigma with attribution, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
A chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis, affecting the skin, peripheral nerves, upper respiratory tract and eyes, classified as paucibacillary or multibacillary and across a spectrum from tuberculoid to borderline and lepromatous forms, with immune reactions such as erythema nodosum leprosum; leprosy, also called Hansen disease, is curable with multidrug therapy, is transmitted only with prolonged close contact, and has a long history of stigma and segregation.
What it is for: Not applicable; a disease.
It can be explain the disease and classification; relay treatment and prevention; present history and stigma; route personal questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Slow-growing bacterium
Nerve damage and disability
Curable with multidrug therapy
Historical stigma
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a clinical illness with skin lesions and nerve damage.
Physical character
new cases per year: about 180000 people - WHO, recent years
incubation: about 5 years - average, up to 20
How it is recognised
Chronic mycobacterial disease of skin and nerves
Paucibacillary, multibacillary, tuberculoid, borderline, lepromatous
Biblical and historical uses of leprosy covered various skin conditions; alphos was a historical term
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is caused by - and M. lepromatosis
is treated with - rifampicin, dapsone and clofazimine
is a - per WHO
In practice
Families and kinds
paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy
tuberculoid, borderline and lepromatous forms
leprosy reactions including erythema nodosum leprosum
leprosy caused by Mycobacterium lepromatosis
historical terms such as alphos
Identifiers
ICD-11 1B20
MeSH D007918
Standards and regulation
WHO leprosy guidelines and global strategy
National elimination programmes
UN principles on eliminating discrimination against persons affected by leprosy
Failure modes and hazards
Stigma and discriminatory language
Delayed diagnosis and disability
Agents giving personal medical advice
Confusing historical and modern uses of the term
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.leprosy
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand The disease.
Clinical.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is leprosy, and how is it classified? definition
- Is the question about the modern disease or historical uses of the term? boundary
Illness
Symptoms and transmission.
Illness
Illness.
- What are the signs, and how is leprosy transmitted, in general terms? definition
- Is the user describing personal symptoms, which need a clinician? boundary
Care Treatment and prevention.
Public health.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is leprosy treated with multidrug therapy, and how are reactions managed, per guidelines? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Prevention
Prevention and elimination.
Prevention
Prevention.
- What prevention measures and elimination strategies exist, including post-exposure prophylaxis? provenance
- Which entry fits neglected tropical diseases? action
Where Epidemiology.
Sources.
Distribution
Distribution.
Distribution
Distribution.
- Where does leprosy occur today, and what are the case numbers, from WHO? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Disability
Disability and rehabilitation.
Disability
Disability.
- How is leprosy-related disability prevented and rehabilitated? provenance
- Which entry fits rehabilitation? action
History History and stigma.
Attribution.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has leprosy been understood and treated historically, including leprosaria and Hansen discovery? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of medicine? action
Stigma
Stigma and rights.
Stigma
Stigma.
- How have stigma and discrimination affected people with leprosy, and what rights frameworks exist, with attribution? provenance
- Is the language respectful and person-first? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should leprosy reactions be a separate entry?
- How should WHO guidance be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming forms and a historical term; should they be split off?