Hansen's disease – a forgotten disease? [PDF]
JRSM Open, 2021 Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, is an infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. The authors present the case of a 52-year-old man, born in Tondela and living in Espinho, with no pathological antecedents.
Paula Marques Ferreira +3 more
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Silent peripheral neuropathy determined by high-resolution ultrasound among contacts of patients with Hansen's disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionHansen's disease (HD) primarily infects peripheral nerves, with patients without HD being free of peripheral nerve damage. Household contacts (HHCs) of patients with HD are at a 5–10 times higher risk of HD than the general population. Neural
Glauber Voltan +16 more
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A clinicoepidemiological study of psychiatric co-morbidity in Hansen's Disease [PDF]
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2021 Introduction: Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by mycobacterium leprae. Chronicity of the disease leads to various psychiatric co-morbidities, which are often undiagnosed and untreated.
Ritu Rani +5 more
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Economic cost of Hansen’s disease: an overview of social security expenditures [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionBrazil is the second highest worldwide regarding new cases of Hansen’s disease (HD), with over 20,000 diagnoses annually. Late detection often results in severe disabilities that impair daily functioning, reduce work capacity, and increase ...
Jose Marcelo Castro +4 more
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Meanings and senses of Hansen’s disease for health workers from a Vygotskian perspective: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Hansen's disease is an infectious disease with a slow and chronic evolution that can manifest itself through skin lesions, with changes in thermal, painful and tactile sensitivity, and also affect peripheral nerves, causing significant ...
Karen da Silva Santos +7 more
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Mental health and stigma in persons affected by Hansen's disease and their families in rural Sitapur, India. [PDF]
PLOS Mental HealthPsychological problems are common among persons affected by Hansen's disease, a chronic but treatable disease that remains endemic in India despite available and effective treatment.
Tosca Van Hoorde +6 more
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QJM, 2007 Earlier this year, I visited the University of Bergen to give a lecture, and found that the department where I was speaking was in one of Bergen's former leprosy hospitals. Norway is now very wealthy, so it is a shock to discover that it was one of the poorest countries in Europe until well into the twentieth century, and leprosy was endemic there ...
Rosa, Pérez Grande +3 more
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A Modern History of ‘Imperial Medicine’ Surrounding Hansen’s Disease: Strategies to Manage Public Opinion in Modern Japanese Media* [PDF]
Uisahak, 2017 The purpose of this study is to understand the reality of imperial medicine by exploring the strategic attitude of the Japanese authority targeting the public who were not patients of Hansen’s disease. For this purpose, this study examines the mass media
Gijae SEO
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Death and Survival of Patients with Hansen’s Disease in Colonial Korea [PDF]
Uisahak, 2019 The purpose of this research is to describe how Hansen’s disease patients experienced the modern system of control of Hansen’s disease introduced by Japan, and the inimical attitude of society against them in colonial Korea.
Jae-Hyung KIM
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