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Mashup Score: 0Madarosis: A Marker of Many Maladies - 2 year(s) ago
Madarosis is a terminology that refers to loss of eyebrows or eyelashes. This clinical sign occurs in various diseases ranging from local dermatological disorders to complex systemic diseases. Madarosis can be scarring or non-scarring depending upon the …
Source: PubMed Central (PMC)Categories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Leprosy - 2 year(s) ago
Leprosy affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and eyes; 16 million patients treated with free medicines over the past 20 years. #BeatNTDs
Source: www.who.intCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
5/ #Leprosy Treatment: Tuberculoid: dapsone + rifampin x 12mo Lepromatous: dapsone + rifampin + clofazimine x 24mo WHO 2018: rifampin + dapsone + clofazimine for all patients for 6 or 12 mo https://t.co/oRuyWRscoM
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Mashup Score: 1Essential Medicines and Health Products Information Portal - 2 year(s) ago
A World Health Organization resource
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6/ #Leprosy #Lepra Reactions (up to 40%) Type 1 reversal reaction - DTH (Th1/cell-mediated) - Analgesics, steroids Type 2 erythema nodosum leprosum - Immune complex (Th2) - Analgesics, steroids - If no response: clofazimine, thalidomide, methotrexate https://t.co/hNawiO4up9
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Diffuse Multibacillary Leprosy of Lucio and Latapí with Lucio’s Phenomenon, Peru
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7/ #Leprosy #Lucio’s is type 2 lepra reaction Exaggerated proliferation of bacilli —> invade blood vessel walls —> endothelial proliferation / reduction of lumen —> plus: inflammation and coagulation —> thrombosis, ischemia, infarction, tissue necrosis https://t.co/hPlabwozkW
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Objective To determine the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis using a single dose of rifampicin to prevent leprosy in close contacts. Design Single centre, double blind, cluster randomised, placebo controlled trial. Setting Leprosy control programme in two districts of northwest Bangladesh with a population of more than four million. Participants 28 092 close contacts of 1037 patients with…
Source: The BMJCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
8/ #Rifampin prophylaxis and #leprosy Study of >20,000 close contacts: single dose rifampin was 57% effective at preventing leprosy WHO recommendation: #Rifampin single dose prophylaxis is recommended for prevention of #leprosy in endemic regions https://t.co/Mw9i8pG56s
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Mashup Score: 54Neglected Tropical Diseases - 2 year(s) ago
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are mainly prevalent in tropical areas, where they affect impoverished, underserved communities. They cause devastating health, social and economic consequences. WHO estimates that more than 1.7 billion people require treatment for at least one NTD every year. The NTD channel offers learning resources to support implementation of the NTD road map for 2021-2030,…
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#OpenWHO hosts 1⃣2⃣ free online courses on Neglected Tropical Diseases, incl. 5 🆕 courses: 🔸#Leprosy 🔸Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis 🔸Supply chain management of NTD health products 🔸Tropical dermatology 🔸Visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa 👉https://t.co/z6jQzRyvC8 https://t.co/kTYCs04ioT
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Mashup Score: 58Obituary: Dr Shaik Khader Noordeen, 1933 - 2021 - 3 year(s) ago
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the recent passing of Dr Shaik Khader Noordeen at the age of 88.
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Saddened by the loss of Dr S.K Noordeen, a key contributor to @WHO’s #leprosy elimination strategy. He coordinated WHO’s leprosy research from 1979-1984, leading to multidrug therapy. His passion & dedication were crucial in the fight against the disease. https://t.co/TUEx76Lpuh https://t.co/NmGcmIaUQv
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Mashup Score: 3Lancet - 3 year(s) ago
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Source: www.thelancet.comCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Our June issue is now online. Next week, we will share some highlights. Register for content alerts https://t.co/PgQbd2OXjq #COVID19 #vaccines #DL #lncRNA #leprosy #bonelesions #drugresistance, maternal #microbiome among other exciting research Read➡️https://t.co/SeEu2hfwdT https://t.co/xglniuYczN
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Mashup Score: 23Leprosy - 3 year(s) ago
Leprosy affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and eyes; 16 million patients treated with free medicines over the past 20 years. #BeatNTDs
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Stopping discrimination and promoting inclusion must be core components of any #leprosy strategy https://t.co/J21E8k4rIc #WorldLeprosyDay https://t.co/gkWV4QtcbG
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Mashup Score: 3Leprosy - 3 year(s) ago
Leprosy affects the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and eyes; 16 million patients treated with free medicines over the past 20 years. #BeatNTDs
Source: www.who.intCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Untreated, #leprosy can cause progressive and permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes. https://t.co/J21E8k4rIc #WorldLeprosyDay https://t.co/X4Yx14Kmkf
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4/ #Leprosy #madarosis What is #madarosis eyebrow paucity? A common finding in advanced leprosy. Histiocytic infiltration of hair follicles —> follicle destruction due to granulomatous inflammation https://t.co/PGzzlWVVOo