这是大麻风病
1Division of National Hansen's Disease Programs, Gillis W Long Hansen's Disease Center, Carville, LA 70721-9607, USA. jkrahe1@lsu.edu
Lancet (London, England)
|February 25, 1999
概括
麻风病管理得到了改进,减少了污名. 然而,这种疾病的发病率仍然稳定,根除需要持续的控制努力,而不仅仅是化疗.
科学领域:
- 医学科学 医学科学 医学科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 麻风,一个古老而可怕的疾病,经常被误解.
- 30年来,麻风病管理的重大进展已经减少了患者的耻辱和改善了结果.
- 世界卫生组织 (WHO) 到2000年消除麻风的目标提高了公众的意识,但也对其根除产生了误解.
研究的目的:
- 为医疗保健专业人员提供有关麻风及其管理的基本理解.
- 为了应对尽管有控制努力,麻风病的持续发病率.
- 告知医生关于在移动的全球人口中继续诊断和管理麻风的相关性.
主要方法:
- 审查历史数据和有关麻风病发病率和登记病例的当前趋势.
- 分析世卫组织消除目标对公众认知和疾病控制的影响.
- 评估单独化疗在消除细菌传染病方面的局限性.
主要成果:
- 尽管注册病例数有所下降,但麻风病发病率的变化很小.
- 公众的看法受到世卫组织消除目标的影响,导致人们相信根除.
- 单靠化疗是不足以消除麻风的.
结论:
- 只有通过化疗,麻风在不久的将来不太可能被根除.
- 在2000年以后,持续和充分的控制工作对于可能减少麻风病发病率至关重要.
- 世界各地的医生可能会遇到麻风病例,由于患者的流动性,需要对这种疾病及其管理有基本的了解.
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