Skin smears are used to confirm a diagnosis of leprosy.
Patients can be asymptomatic from 1-20 years (or more), but when symptoms do manifest they are easily observable skin lesions develop, which usually have different pigmentation and can be raised or nodular – patients may also experience a loss of sensation in the skin on these lesions.
Leprosy is transmitted via droplets from the nose & mouth, in the same way as another disease caused by a Mycobacterium vector: tuberculosis ( M.
Despite what you may have been led to believe (by anything from Bible tales to popular media), the disease is curable – but disability may ensue if not treated in its early stages. It’s a chronic infectious disease which tends to affect the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract, and the eyes. Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s disease, and is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Project Mobilisation continues! As I need to start building my cricket shirt collection back up again, I think I will be opting for my #TailendersOfTheWorldUniteAndTakeOver t-shirt for a while – and I bought a Bangladesh hat partly because it’s thanks to them that I got back into watching cricket properly, but also because they’re just Yes, there was plenty going on around the world (and even in England, when the weather behaved itself), but perhaps the disappointment of the IPL being cut off snapped me out of it for a while. On the fieldThis was a bit of a barren month, as far as cricket was concerned. The first big event was England’s mini-series against New Zealand it’s always a shame when there are only two Tests, but I certainly made the most of them May T21 On the fieldNow we’re talking! Plenty to be going on with this month, as the weather largely behaved and international & domestic fixtures came thick & fast.
McCoy’s) took on the Oval Invincibles (a.k.a. The women kicked things off as the Manchester Originals (a.k.a. The hype and speculation over The Hundred has been absolutely insane – and its COVID-induced delay definitely hasn’t helped matters – but last night at the Oval, we finally got to see what it was all about. Complete domination against Sri Lanka was spoiled by Bristolian rain (*shakes fist*), but it was the ODI series against Pakistan that was the most satisfying England had to pretty The Hundred: Initial Reaction On the fieldJuly seems to have been designated as white ball month, with enjoyable ODI & T20 series between England and both Sri Lanka & Pakistan.
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