Lepra fact sheet

Today I received the fact sheet from Lepra, and was able to complete the last page of my novel.If I had any doubts about donating all the profits from my novel to this cause, this informative document resolved the matter.

It really is so sad that due to the enormous stigma still attached to leprosy people hesitate to seek medical aid, although of course the longer they postphone treatment the more damage is done to nerves which control the muscles that allow movement of the hands and feet.  Then the hands lose the power to move, grow stiff and can eventually close up, forming what is known as a 'claw hand'.

It really is staggering to think that every year around 300,000 new cases are diagnosed, but because of the stigma attached to it many more cases go undetected.

And yet the great news is that leprosy is now a totally curable disease thanks to multi-drug therapy (MDT.).  If started early and taken completely and regularly, MDT cures leprosy and prevents deformity.
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