BREAKING: BAUCHI STATE DETECTS 206 NEW LEPROSY CASES

Bauchi State

                                                 BY NDIFREKE JACOB.

 The Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS,Tuberculosis/Leprosy and Malaria, BACATMA, has revealed that  206 new cases of leprosy were discovered in 2017.

 The number which represents 0.3 per 10,000 population in the state, showed that the number of children affected was 32 representing 15.5 percent of the 206 new leprosy cases.  

Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman of the Agency Dr. Mansur Mustapha Dada, stated yesterday during a press briefing, as part of activities to mark the commemoration of World Leprosy Day in Bauchi State.

  '' leprosy is a chronic disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium Leprae and is transmitted by minute droplets through the upper respiratory tract. The bacteria is very slow in growing with generation time of 12 to 13 days and an incubation period of two to five years.'' 

 Mansur disclosed that from 2015 to 2017 the agency has renovated the Leprosy unit at Bayara Hospital in the state, provided drugs/commodities and conducted Leprosy campaign at Kuturun Kuka Maimadi Ward of Alkaleri Local Government, where the case detection rate was high.

  “The disease develops slowly from six months to 40 years, affecting the skin, mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract and the peripheral nervous system, resulting in skin lesions and deformities such as eyes, nose, feet, hands and testicles. “It tends to occur within families, which has led many to think leprosy is hereditary. “However, scientists have proved that the disease is due to over-crowding, concentrations and intimacy with family members.”  

 Mansur also disclosed that some of the  symptoms of leprosy include skin patch lighter, than the surrounding skin, pale skin, loss of eye brow,feet and facial disfigurement, painful peripheral nerves of hands, loss of sensation to touch, loss of eye lashes among others.

 He further explained that although the disease is an air borne one which can be cured if cases are detected early and affected person treated it could help curb the spread. 

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