Algorithm for Recognising a Suspected Case of Leprosy
Summary — One-page decision algorithm from the national tuberculosis and leprosy control programme, showing health workers how to tell a suspected leprosy patch from another skin condition and how to classify the case.
Key Findings
- The test at the centre of the algorithm is sensation: a patch where the person feels nothing, or does not sweat, is treated as a case of leprosy.
- A patch that itches, that hurts, that the person still feels, that appeared quickly or that has been there since birth points to another skin condition and the person is referred.
- Fewer than five lesions classifies the case as paucibacillary, more than five as multibacillary.
- Leprosy is treatable and medicine cures the patient, so a confirmed case is put on leprosy treatment.
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MINISTE SANTE PIBLIK AK POPILASYON
PWOGWAM NASYONAL POU LITE KONT MALADI TIBEKILOZ
AK MALADI LÈP
Kijan pou w rekonèt yon moun ou sispèk ki gen maladi Lèp
Plaka Koulè wouj osnon
koulè 5 kob kwiv .Plaka
sila kapab plat osnon
bonbe
Bousòl wouj sou figi moun
lan osnon nan zòrèy ou
byen bousòl ki gen menm
koulè ak po moun lan
Plaka ki bay Gratèl, doulè Si moun
lan toujou santi kote a osnon zòn
lan sansib sou pol / si plaka a parèt
rapid sou li osnon si plak sila la depi
moun lan fèt
Moun lan pa santi
anyen osnon moun lan
pa swe sou plaka lèw
egzamine l
Moun lan santi tout
bagay nòmal
Se pa maladi lèp
Se yon ka lèp
Se yon ka lèp
Voye moun lan konsilte pou
lòt maladi po
Mwens ke 5 lezyon=Pauci
Bacillaire (PB)
Plis ke 5 lezyon= Multi
Bacillaire(MB)
>
Trete moun lan ak Medikaman pou maladi
lèp
Maladi lèp se yon maladi ki ka
trete.
Medikaman toujou geri moun ki
gen maladi lèp
How to cite
Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), 2017, Algorithm for Recognising a Suspected Case of Leprosy, https://mspp.gouv.ht/publications