Leprosy is not a scourge in the world's leprosy prevention Day

January 25, 2015 is the International Day for leprosy prevention, leprosy once caused people's panic, leprosy patients are regarded as "scourges", in order to prevent the spread of leprosy village, Leprosy Island has become their survival, but with the development of medical standards, long-term segregation has ceased to exist, rehabilitation of leprosy patients are still "There is no home to return", whether this is a prejudice against leprosy or leprosy patients? What exactly is leprosy disease?
The origin of the world's leprosy prevention Day

The World Leprosy Day is also called the International Leprosy Festival. In 1954, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to act as the International Leprosy Festival on the last 1 days of January each year, in order to promote leprosy knowledge, dispel misconceptions about leprosy, improve the life treatment of leprosy patients and promote the well-being of the people of France, a French philanthropist Flohau. In 1987, the Leprosy Prevention Association of China decided that since 1988, the International Leprosy Festival has also served as a Chinese leprosy festival.

The historical origins of leprosy

According to the literature, leprosy has been in our country for more than more than 2000 years. Due to medical conditions, leprosy causes a large number of patients with limb, face and eye disabilities. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the authorities in Guangdong did not have any defensive and treatment measures against leprosy, but embraced the attitude of "extermination", or put leprosy patients collectively in remote mountains or isolated islands, restricting them from contacting the outside world, using Duanliang, breaking traffic and making them fend for themselves. For thousands of years, leprosy sufferers have struggled to survive the double torment of disease and discrimination.

In the early days of the PRC, due to the limitations of medical standards, in order to prevent the spread of the government to adopt a method of isolation treatment, many patients were moved to the island to treat, but the state did not give up their, but give free treatment and relief. At present, the treatment of leprosy mainly uses the World Health Organization recommended Rifampicin (RFP), ammonia benzene alum (DDS), Chlorine method Aplanatic (B663) and other drugs for combined chemotherapy. Outpatient treatment six months or 1 years to complete the course, the effect is good. Early and timely treatment can avoid the occurrence of various leprosy disabilities. As a result, there is no longer a long-term segregation of leprosy patients.

"Leprosy Island" and discrimination

The geographical segregation of leprosy patients by Leprosy Island, a former "Leper village", has played a role in avoiding the spread of leprosy to a certain extent. However, in the leprosy patients no longer need to carry out long-term isolation today, leprosy patients are still being carried out psychological isolation, this isolation seems invisible, but in fact, the impact is enormous.

Guangdong province Dongguan Machong si Andøya is called China's last "Leprosy Island". At the end of 2012, the Yangcheng Evening News reporter had boarded the island, on the arrival of the new year, facing the island's 81 rehabilitated leprosy patients of the joys and sorrows, the crew of the old weeks because of leprosy, the family members of the "fear of avoiding" and a home can not be returned. The same case is not small, after years of living on the island, the elderly do not want to go home, afraid of affecting family and relatives and friends.
A correct understanding of leprosy

1, wind disease can be diagnosed early

At present, leprosy can be diagnosed earlier. There are two reasons for the delay in the diagnosis of leprosy, one is the patient's own delay, about 3/4, and the other is medical delay, accounting for 1/4. The former is the patient does not know that they have leprosy, or even suspected that they have leprosy, due to traffic inconvenience or busy work rather than to find a doctor, causing the diagnosis delay. The latter is a minority of doctors who do not know about leprosy and do not diagnose leprosy and cause medical delays.

2, wind disease can prevent

Spacious housing, air circulation, adequate light living conditions can reduce the incidence of leprosy, by avoiding contact with bacterial droplets, to avoid close contact with leprosy patients can prevent infection. In leprosy-endemic areas, to avoid hand-foot skin trauma, but also to prevent leprosy. Of course, early detection of leprosy patients, to give timely treatment, the elimination of infectious is the best preventive measures.

3, wind disease can be cured

With the development of medical science, medical scientists have found many effective anti-leprosy drugs. In the late 80, the World Health Organization recommended a combined regimen of three drugs, rifampicin, phenyl sulfone and chlorobenzene, to treat leprosy with remarkable curative effect. This program has already cured 13 million of patients worldwide. As long as the leprosy patients early diagnosis and treatment, can be cured, without leaving any sequelae.

4. Wind disease does not inherit

Leprosy is not a hereditary disease. In leprosy patients, the majority of patients in the family, mainly in patients with the diagnosis and treatment of family members before the long-term close contact with the resulting. Another reason is that some patients ' families do not have enough immunity to leprosy. According to a report by leprosy experts, infants who have just given birth to women with leprosy are isolated from their mothers, and their infants are not sick.

5, the wind disease is not contagious very high

In leprosy-endemic areas, the general population of the phenomenon of leprosy infection is more common, but because of leprosy have a certain resistance, most people will not be sick. Only about 1 per thousand or one out of 10,000 of people may suffer from leprosy. Information shows that in the case of a couple of people with leprosy, the other side of the disease after the infection of leprosy less than 5% chance. So the infectivity of leprosy is small compared to some other serious infectious diseases.

Eliminating discrimination and caring for leprosy patients

At present, more than 150 countries and regions have to hold a corresponding commemoration on the day of the Leprosy Festival. The aim is to let people around the world know that leprosy can be cured, people's fear and discrimination against leprosy should not be continued, and society and families should care for leprosy patients, so that they can receive reasonable treatment as early as possible in the care of love, and get out of the shadow of disease and return to the warm society.

Through the above explanation, I believe that we have a certain understanding and understanding of leprosy, leprosy is not so terrible, leprosy patients are not "scourges." It is the responsibility of every one of us to care for those who are suffering from leprosy and the lepers who have recovered, and to break the shackles of the mind, and to keep leprosy patients from getting sick and grieving.

Links: Leprosy and marriage law

1980, China's Marriage Law stipulates: "Suffering from leprosy without a cure to prohibit marriage"; in 2011, when amending the marriage law, it abolished the rule that leprosy did not cure the unsuitable marriage.