1. BY: LAURITA M. HARRISON An Ancient DiseaseLeprosy

2. HANSENS DISEASE Ancient Civilizations Asian Egyptian 600 B.C. 3. MYOBACTERIUM LEPRAE 5 year incubation 20 years Children Tuberculoid Lepromatus Skin Lesion Muscle Weakness Numbness Lepromin Lesion Biopsy Skin Scraping Examination 4. COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE Temperature Tropical/Sub-Tropical Asia Africa United States 14 million patients 90% 5. MEDICATION Antibiotics Dapsone Minocycline Rifampin Clofazamine Macrolides Aspirin Prednisone 6. CONTAGIOUS? Coughing Sneezing Long Contact Early Treatment 7. LIVING WITH LEPROSY Shame Shunned Leper Colonies Curable 8. MY THOUGHTS Leprosy is a horrible disease. It is disheartening to know that even in this day and age people diagnosed with this disease are still frowned upon and shunned from their communities. Maybe one day this will be a disease that no longer exists; only mentioned in medical history books.