2007-05-16 16:07:28 · 10 answers · asked by goehring5050 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Hansen's disease, Leprosy, is caused by a slow-growing Mycobateria leprae, in other words a bacterial infection. It is resistant to most treatment. The result is tissue death in the extremeties, hence you lose your fingers, toes, nose.
2007-05-16 16:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think there's no such word as LEPRACY.
Maybe you're looking for "Leprosy"
lep·ro·sy [lépprəssee]
tropical skin and nerve disease: a tropical disease mainly affecting the skin and nerves that can cause tissue change and, in severe cases, loss of sensation and disfigurement.
Leprosy is transmitted following close personal contact and has an incubation period of 1-30 years. It can now be cured if treated with a combination of drugs.
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2007-05-16 16:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by John^Lorenz^Naz^Cutie! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LEPROSY is an infection by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. It is a nasty and insidious disease.
The most classic sign of the disease that everyone remembers is the nerve damage. Lepers who have been infected for a long time become unable to feel sensations (particularly of pain) in their extremities and so they can sometimes be ignored and injured grievously without the patient knowing about it!
Have a read of the wiki page:
2007-05-16 16:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you meant leprosy.
Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been known since biblical times. It is characterized by disfiguring skin sores, peripheral nerve damage, and progressive debilitation.
2007-05-16 16:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by Dovie ❊ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a biblical disease that people were supposed to get when they spoke lashon ha'ra (gossip). It consisted of getting skin discoloration and having to be sent into a special quarantined area.
2007-05-16 16:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by ══♡══ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bacterial Infection also called Hansens disease.
2007-05-16 16:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here do a little reading check out the source....
2007-05-16 16:11:01 · answer #7 · answered by Meg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ur limbs fall off
2007-05-16 16:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Orinco must have cheated..........give him the 10 points, nothing left to say...........who cares how its spelled
2007-05-16 16:19:05 · answer #9 · answered by ~Aqua.. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a disease. ur body like rots away. it is bad.
2007-05-16 16:15:51 · answer #10 · answered by kel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋