Prevalence of Non-specific Oro-facial Lesions in Leprosy
Prevalence of Non-specific Oro-facial Lesions in Leprosy
Keywords:
Leprosy, Oral hygiene, Orofacial lesionsAbstract
leprosy is a chronic bacterial infectious disease affecting major population especially in low socio economic group, commonly affecting the peripheral nerves and skin. This disease causes various amounts of morbidity that hampers the oral hygiene maintenance. Incidence of nonspecific orofacial lesions increases over a period of time. Aim: to evaluate the various nonspecific orofacial soft tissue lesions in the leprosy. Method and Material: 50 diagnosed cases of leprosy were selected randomly from government leprosy hospital, bengaluru and they are divided into two groups based on duration of hospitalization. The oral hygiene was checked for all the selected cases and the orofacial examination is conducted. Results: out of 50 cases, 31 have the orofacial lesions. The lesions are more prevalent in group 2 than in group 1. Nonspecific oral lesions were more common than the facial lesions. Only 4 cases have the facial lesions as compared to the 27 cases of the oral lesions. Conclusion: in leprosy, the oral lesions are more common than the facial lesions. It may due to inability of patients to maintain the oral hygiene. The incidence of these Lesions increases with duration of the disease. [Gouda S PS NJIRM 2014; 5(5):77-81]
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Abbreviations ; MDT – Multi drug therapy
