Treatment for leprosy patients in Japan. The trend of leprosy treatment in which the prevention of peripheral nerve damage being as its main theme

Autor:	Kentaro Hatano, Masanao Makino, Takanobu Matsuki
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics business.industry Neuritis Observation period Leprostatic agent General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Regimen Medicine Leprosy Medical prescription business After treatment Peripheral nerve damage
Zdroj:	Japanese journal of leprosy. 67:353-360
ISSN:	1884-314X 1342-3681
DOI:	10.5025/hansen.67.353
Popis:	We have examined in leprosy in Bangladesh the change in the rate of peripheral nerve damage before and after the treatment. In the well-organized NGO program where the early diagnose is given, the damage rate improves slightly during the treatment. But among the MB cases, it has been found that the damage rate taken at the time of patient's first check-up still stays high. Furthermore, during the treatment of MB cases, 72% cases show the episode of neuritis, and even during two years of observation period after treatment, 15% cases show the same episode. Among the recurrent cases of last ten years in Oku-Komyo-en, we have looked into the ways of drugs prescribed for the treatment of previous recurrent term in the double recurrent cases. In these prescription, the amount of each dosage was relatively a little and the prescription period was rather long. In RFP, prescription frequency was relatively high, and in DDS and CLF, they were low. We think that the treatment of leprosy in Japan should be based on WHO's regimen. However before making Japanese regimen, it is necessary to discuss more when to finish the treatment.
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