Leprosy and disabilities

Authors

  • Pedro Pablo Obregón Valdivia
  • Anisia Yolanda Pérez Jiménez
  • Dunia Sotolongo Díaz
  • Haydée de la Fuente Rodríguez
  • Idalmis Navarro Pírez

Abstract

Introduction: untreated leprosy causes disabilities making it a serious disease and not well understood by the population.

Method: a descriptive, observational study on the presence and characteristics of disabilities caused by leprosy in the leper colony of Micomiseng town of Equatorial Guinea in the period between January and October 2012. 24 patients were studied, their injuries were identified and their disabilities were classified according to the classification of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Results: from 24 patients, 23 of them had disabilities and all of them presented grade 2. The predominant causes of disability in our study were bone resorption, present in 22 of the patients studied.

Conclusions: disability caused by leprosy have high prevalence (95.8%) in this study, and the majority are classified as severe disabilities as grade 2. It located more frequently in the lower limbs (16-69.5%). The disabilities of the hands, was 26% (6 cases) and only 1 case was detected with ocular involvement. Osseous injuries with disabilities were the most significant clinical expressions with 95.6% (22 cases) followed by ulcers which contributed 21.7% (5 cases), which are more common in deformed limbs (4 cases).

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Author Biographies

Pedro Pablo Obregón Valdivia

Especialista de 1er Grado en Dermatología. Especialista de 1er Grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesor Instructor. Hospital Universitario “Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola”. Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Anisia Yolanda Pérez Jiménez

Especialista 2do Grado en Dermatología. Profesora Interconsultante. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Dunia Sotolongo Díaz

Especialista de 1er Grado en Dermatología. Profesor Asistente. Hospital Universitario “Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola”. Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Haydée de la Fuente Rodríguez

Licenciada en Enfermería. Especialista en Enfermería Comunitaria. Hospital Universitario “Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola”. Ciego de Ávila. Cuba

Idalmis Navarro Pírez

Lic. Defectología. Máster en Atención al Niño con Discapacidad. Policlínico Universitario “Belkis Sotomayor Álvarez”. Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

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Published

2015-07-01

How to Cite

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Obregón Valdivia PP, Pérez Jiménez AY, Sotolongo Díaz D, de la Fuente Rodríguez H, Navarro Pírez I. Leprosy and disabilities. Mediciego [Internet]. 2015 Jul. 1 [cited 2026 Jan. 6];21(2). Available from: https://revmediciego.sld.cu/index.php/mediciego/article/view/422

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Original article

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