Leprosy Training Module for Medical Officers
Leprosy Training Module for Medical Officers
Leprosy Training Module for Medical Officers
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Difference between<br />
Type I Lepra Reaction ( Reversal Reaction ) & Relapse<br />
Features<br />
1. Onset<br />
2. Time of onset<br />
3. Old lesions<br />
4. New lesions<br />
5. Ulceration<br />
6. General<br />
Condition<br />
7. Response to<br />
Corticosteroids<br />
8. Drug<br />
Compliance<br />
Type I Lepra Reaction<br />
1. Sudden, within a few<br />
hours.<br />
2. Generally occurs during<br />
treatment or within 6<br />
months of stopping<br />
treatment.<br />
3. Become red, swollen and<br />
shiny.<br />
4. May develop in some<br />
cases.<br />
5. Ulceration sometimes.<br />
6. Fever & malaise unusual.<br />
7. Excellent.<br />
8. May have been good.<br />
Relapse<br />
1. Slow and insidious.<br />
2. Generally, occurs a long<br />
time after treatment.<br />
3. Margins of some may<br />
become red.<br />
4. Few.<br />
5. Unusual.<br />
6. Not affected.<br />
7. Lesions subside but<br />
reappear. Corticosteroids<br />
are not indicated in<br />
relapse.<br />
8. Poor.<br />
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