81. Leprosy Leprosy (Hansen s disease) Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease of theskin, nerves in the hands and feet and, in some cases, the lining of the nose. http://health2k.state.nv.us/disease/diseases/leprosy.htm

Leprosy (Hansen' s disease) What is leprosy? Who gets leprosy? How is leprosy spread? What are the symptoms of leprosy? ... How can leprosy be prevented? What is leprosy? Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease of the skin, nerves in the hands and feet and, in some cases, the lining of the nose. Leprosy is a rare disease in the United States. Who gets leprosy? Anyone can get leprosy, but children seem to be more susceptible than adults. How is leprosy spread? It is not clear how the leprosy germ is spread, but household and prolonged close contact is important. The germs probably enter the body through the nose and possibly through broken skin. The germs get in the air through nasal discharge of untreated lepromatous patients. What are the symptoms of leprosy? Tuberculoid leprosy symptoms are a few well-defined skin lesions that are numb. Lepromatous leprosy symptoms are a chronically stuffy nose and many skin lesions and nodules on both sides of the body. How soon after exposure do symptoms appear?

82. Leprosy Hansen s disease; Hansen disease; disease, Hansen; disease, Hansen s; Hansensdisease; Leprosies. A chronic granulomatous infection caused by http://medical.webends.com/kw/leprosy

Medical.WebEnds.com - Medical Terminology Dictionary A B C D ... Z WWW Medical.WebEnds.com Leprosy A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin , the mucous membranes , and the peripheral nerves . Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid. Google links Processing time was 0.020398139953613 seconds.

83. FDA APPROVES THALIDOMIDE FOR HANSEN'S DISEASE SIDE EFFECT, IMPOSES UNPRECEDENTED FDA APPROVES THALIDOMIDE FOR HANSEN S disease SIDE EFFECT, IMPOSES UNPRECEDENTEDRESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION. FDA today cleared thalidomide for marketing http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/ANS00887.html

FDA TALK PAPER Food and Drug Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 FDA Talk Papers are prepared by the Press Office to guide FDA personnel in responding with consistency and accuracy to questions from the public on subjects of current interest. Talk Papers are subject to change as more information becomes available. T98-44 Ivy Fleischer Kupec: 301-827-6242 July 16, 1998 Consumer Hotline: 800-532-4440 FDA APPROVES THALIDOMIDE FOR HANSEN'S DISEASE SIDE EFFECT, IMPOSES UNPRECEDENTED RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION FDA today cleared thalidomide for marketing as a treatment for erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), a serious inflammatory condition in patients with Hansen's disease (also known as leprosy) while at the same time it imposed unprecedented restrictions on the drug's distribution. Because of its well-known potential for causing birth defects, thalidomide will be among the most tightly restricted drugs ever to be marketed in the United States. The following may be used to answer questions: In September 1997, FDA's Dermatologic and Dental Drugs Advisory Committee recommended thalidomide's approval based on an analysis of the totality of available data, including historical data based on the experience of the Public Health Service and published literature, that demonstrated thalidomide's effect in treating the skin lesions of ENL for more than 30 years.

84. 20785medr.htm an inflammatory complication of certain forms of Hansen s disease. ENL being treated at the National Hansen s disease Center in Carville, Louisiana, http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/thalinfo/20785medr.htm

Supervisory Review of NDA 20-785 Janet Woodcock, MD July 7, 1998 I. INTRODUCTION This is a supervisory medical review of NDA 20-785, a marketing application submitted by Celgene Corporation for thalidomide (trade name Thalomid) for the treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), a designated orphan indication. The application was originally submitted on 12/24/96. The drug thalidomide has a long FDA history. Thalidomide was approved in Europe in 1957. A US marketing application was reviewed by the Agency in 1960 and was not approved because of concerns about neuropathy associated with use of the drug. While the Agency was awaiting answers to these concerns, the link between thalidomide use and an epidemic of congenital malformations (phocomelia and other organ defects) occurring in Europe was recognized and the drug was withdrawn from marketing. The tragedy played a part in the debate around the 1962 amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that resulted in specific effectiveness requirements for drugs. A chance observation in the 1960's suggested that thalidomide might be useful in the treatment of patients with erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), an inflammatory complication of certain forms of Hansen

85. Hansen's Disease Top / Health / Conditions and diseases / H / Hansen s disease Leprosy (Hansen sdisease) Types of leprosy, complications, cause and treatment. http://www.reference.com/Dir/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/H/Hansen_s_Disease/

Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Web Home Premium: Sign up Login YOUR AD HERE Dictionary ... Encyclopedia - Web Directory Web Directory Top Health Conditions and Diseases H / Hansen s Disease Forum on Leprosy Leprosy newsgroup, information and links. Hansen's Disease An informative article about leprosy from the Southern Medical Journal. Leprosy Info from the World Health Organization "Information on leprosy, research, treatment, WHO strategy for elimination and global statistics." AMMA: Kalaupapa National Historical Park Kalaupapa National Historical Park on the island of Molokai is Hawaii's newest park. Created by Congress in 1980, it serves as an ongoing reminder of the islands' struggle with Hansen's Disease (leprosy). General site and tour information. The Challenge of Leprosy Keith and Ruth Skillicom's account of working at a leprosy clinic in India. What is Leprosy ? Cause, cure, and statistics from The Leprosy Mission. C. Savona-Ventura: The History of Hansen's Disease in Malta. http://www.geocities.com/hotsprings/2615/leprosy.html, 1996 History and statistics of leprosy in Malta, as well as general information about the disease and its spread. Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Types of leprosy, complications, cause and treatment.

86. Global Leprosy-Leprosy Research Support-Colorado State University high transmission of the disease in certain areas, overdiagnosis or reactivation of disease, detection of non-human sources of infection, http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/microbiology/leprosy/globalleprosy3.html

Patrick J. Brennan Click for larger view Leprosy As It Was Leprosy Today The Continuing Need for Leprosy Research and Central Resources Global Leprosy In 1978, NIAID awarded two contracts for the purpose of fractionating Mycobacterium leprae -infected armadillo organs to derive sizable quantities of M. leprae for use by the leprosy research community. Dr. Brennan's National Jewish Hospital was awarded one. On Dr. Brennan's transfer to Colorado State University in 1980, the work moved there. Thus, we have had this contract since 1979 through four subsequent recompetitions. Since the closedown of the WHO/IMMLEP M. leprae Bank in 1990, this Contract is now the sole source of appreciable quantities of M. leprae and its various products. Prior to 1995, two contracts existed, "Isolation, Purification and Characterization of Antigens from Purified Mycobacterium leprae Obtained from Armadillo Tissue" at CSU and "Establishment and Maintenance of an Armadillo Colony Infected with M. leprae

87. Reportable Communicable Disease Cases, 1990 - 1999 Legionnaires disease, 35, 36, 37, 26, 44, 36, 38, 35, 54, 33. Hansensdisease (Leprosy), 4, 5, 0, 2, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 3 http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/communicabledisease9099.htm

Reportable Communicable Disease Cases, 1990 - 1999 The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Illinois, 1999 The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Illinois, 2000 Reportable Communicable Disease Cases, 2000 - 2003 Diseases Amebiasis Animal Bites Anthrax Blastomycosis Botulism, Foodborne Botulism, Infant Brucellosis Campylobacter Cat Scratch Fever Chickenpox Cholera Cryptococcosis Cysticercosis Diphtheria Ehrlichiosis Encephalitis, Acute Infectious Encephalitis, California Encephalitis, Herpes Encephalitis, Post Chickenpox Encephalitis, Post Infectious Other Encephalitis, Post Vaccinal Encephalitis, St. Louis E. coli 0157:H7 NA NA NA Giardiasis Group B Strep Invasive Infections Haemophilus influenzae, Invasive Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis non A, non B Hepatitis Unspecified Case Histoplasmosis Jacob-Creutzfeldt Disease Kawasaki Disease Legionnaires Disease Hansens Disease (Leprosy) Leptospirosis Listeriosis Lyme Disease Malaria Measles Meningitis, Aseptic Meningitis, Cryptococcal Meningitis, Listeria Meningitis, Pneumococcal Meningitis, Staphylococcal Meningococcal Invasive Disease Mumps Pertussis Poliomyelitis Psittacosis Rabies, Animal

88. Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) (NYHD) Communicable disease Fact Sheet. Leprosy (Hansen s disease). What is leprosy?Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease of the skin, nerves in the hands and http://www.nevdgp.org.au/geninf/nyhd/ny_leprosy.htm

Website: see also www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/Index.htm New York State Department of Health Communicable Disease Fact Sheet Leprosy (Hansen' s disease) What is leprosy? Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease of the skin, nerves in the hands and feet and, in some cases, the lining of the nose. Leprosy is a rare disease in the United States. Who gets leprosy? Anyone can get leprosy, but children seem to be more susceptible than adults. How is leprosy spread? It is not clear how the leprosy germ is spread, but household and prolonged close contact is important. The germs probably enter the body through the nose and possibly through broken skin. The germs get in the air through nasal discharge of untreated lepromatous patients. What are the symptoms of leprosy? Tuberculoid leprosy symptoms are a few well-defined skin lesions that are numb. Lepromatous leprosy symptoms are a chronically stuffy nose and many skin lesions and nodules on both sides of the body. How soon after exposure do symptoms appear? It usually takes about four years for tuberculoid leprosy symptoms to appear and about eight years for lepromatous leprosy symptoms to appear.

89. Phenytoin - General Practice Notebook Hansen s disease 3 tray.dermatology.uiowa . Hansen s disease 4tray.dermatology.uiowa . Hansen s disease 5 tray.dermatology.uiowa . http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/MedwebPage.cfm?ID=1093992449

90. About Hansen's Disease We sincerely wish that people remove perjudice and discrimination against Hansen,sdisease and give aid to tropical countries where many patients still http://www.riddell-wright.com/E/hansen.htm

Guidance of Hansen's disease Hansen's disease is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Ieprae. This disease had been formerly called "Ieprosy" being believed to be incurable and hereditary. Therefore,Hansen's Patients and their families had a parsecuted history of unreasonable prejudice and discrimination. Dr.Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen, a Norwegian physician,discovered Mycobacterium leprae in 1873,leading to proof of the disease as infectious in nature. Thereafter,this disorder has been called Hansen's disease. Mycobacterium leprae belongs to acid-fast bacilli,as doas Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However,Mycobacterium leprae shows very low infectivity.Possible entry of tha organism seems to tha abraded skin and the nasal mucosa etc.Major sites of invasion are the skin and peripheral nerves. Morvidity in Hansen's diseasse is also very low,and mainly depends on host immune response rather than organism virulence.Hygienic and untritional conditions

91. SE.Di.CI - UNLP Título, Social representation of Hansen s disease thirty years after the It found that Hansen s disease is part of a process of modernization of http://www.sedici.unlp.edu.ar/search/viewset.php?idset=318&view_set=1

92. Entrez PubMed In 6 other cases, in addition to the Hansen s disease patient, the port of entryfor tetanus was the site of extraction of Tunga penetrans larvae. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1

93. Leprosy (Hansen S Disease) (Hansen s disease). What is leprosy? Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease ofthe skin, nerves in the hands and feet and, in some cases, the lining of the http://mdchoice.com/Pt/Ptinfo/leprosy.asp

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94. A Clinical Study Of Vitiligo Martis Jacintha, Bhat Ramesh, Nandakishore B, Shett Associated diseases include atopic dermatitis (2 cases), Hansen s disease (2cases), alopecia areata (1 case), halo naevus (1 case), chronic urticaria (1 http://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2002;volume=68;issue=2;spag

95. Helplines American Leprosy Missions (Hansen s disease), 5433131 American Liver Foundation,223-0179 American Lupus Society, The, 331-1802 http://www.hoyweb.com/lh/helpline.htm

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96. UW Medicine - Referrals To Harborview Medical Center General Surgery Clinics Gynecology Clinic Hand Therapy Clinic Hansensdisease Clinic Hepatitis and Liver Clinic Infectious disease Clinic http://www.uwmedicine.org/PatientCare/InformationForHealthcareProfessionals/Make

Make a Referral Patient Care Coordinators Physicians Liaison Program U-Link ... Make a Referral Referrals to Harborview Medical Center Other Links of Interest Patient Care Coordinators This content is for health care professionals interested in knowing about the types of medical and surgical specialty services provided by Harborview Medical Center. It also supplements information included on our primary and specialty care services web sites. Referral Guidelines Referral Guidelines exist for each specialty clinic. They include explanations of services, procedures, and clinic referral contacts and specialty physicians. Just click on a specialty clinic to view this information. The clinics included below represent many of the specialty services provided at Harborview Medical Center. If you are interested in a service that is not listed on this page, please contact our Patient Access Center Manager, Frances Marshall, at fmarsh@u.washington.edu We appreciate your referrals and are committed to simplifying the referral process and improving communications. Your feedback is welcome. To submit, please use our Referral Provider Satisfaction Survey: Specific Referral Guidelines available: Our guidelines are in PDF format and require Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view. If you do not have it installed on your computer, you can

97. Life In Pohnpei For Expat Employees Leprosy (Hansen s disease) used to abound here and had until 1996 its highestper capita incidence in the world here. The actual probability of contracting http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/sakau/pohnlife.html

Working and Living in Pohnpei A Compendium of Views Introduction There is a vast difference between visiting a place and working in a place. From 1984 to 1986 I found West Africa to be a wonderful place to live and to work; tourists, however, experienced problems with the authorities and the near complete lack of a tourist infrastructure. Fortunately Ghana has made a steady and amazing recovery from those hard times. In 1992 I visited the atoll island Mwokilloa and found it to be an incredible beautiful place to visit, I also remembered that I was told in 1984 by U.S. Peace Corps that atolls had the highest early termination rates. That is, they are hard places to live. In my own opinion Pohnpei is a fantastic place to visit and to live. This is a document painting a non-tourist picture of working in Micronesia as some have come and not been overly happy here. Others have come and fallen in love with Micronesia. We figure better to come in with lowered expectations and be pleasantly surprised that things are not all so bad after all than come in with visions of Tahiti or Honolulu and be not so pleasantly surprised. The material was written for potential post-secondary employees, hence the collegiate slant on the material. The core of this document was originally put together by former Chair Languages and Literature Danny Wyatt. Former Chair Natural Sciences and Mathematics Calvin Burgoyne edited and expanded the document.

98. ADCARE Hospital Helpline, 252 6465 American Leprosy Missions (Hansen s disease), 5433131. American Liver Foundation,223-0179. American Lupus Society, The, 331-1802 http://www.elc-pa.org/800orgs.htm

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