Leprosy patients, China, late 1800s [1024x768]

Yes. Like many things ur body is much better at fighting things (immune system) when healthy and similarly one of the reasons it’s not seen much in the West.

Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy or Hansen's disease. They are classified under neglected tropical diseases and treated via multi-drug therapy which includes Rifampicine and Dapsone. Multi drug because you don't want bacteria to acquire resistance. Curiously, it is one of the hardest bacteria to culture in laboratory settings and therefore harder to study and can lie dormant is human body for nearly a decade. UPDATE: They have excellent immune deception skills just like tuberculosis which also is caused by another Mycobacterium. It isn't spread easily (it ~~was previously thought to be~~ is not highly contagious) and therefore the stigma attached with the disease has to do with the powerful visual as suggested by the image. Mix with orthodox religious nonsense (both western and eastern cultures) led to persecution and discriminatory laws which are now under scrutiny. Still considered endemic to tropical parts of the world and requires national public health programs in order to control and eradicate it.

Noma is also a infection that is endemic in areas the world that suffer from poor sanitation combined with malnutrition.

What did the leper, say to the hooker? >!Keep the tip!<

Krokodil

A couple years back a policeman came into our school to persuade us to not do drugs. He spoke about Krokodil and even showed us a video of a girl in a hospital screaming in agony while the flesh of her arm has melted off, leaving just the bone. Although my country(not Russia) has a lot of problems, cops remain quite convincing.

I found that so fascinating when the pictures first started to surface. Two really stuck with me - the video of the guy in the hospital with his leg normal around his knee, an 8 inch section of raw bone, and then the rotting remains of his foot wrapped in saran wrap. The doctor says a few things, takes a look under the plastic wrap, and summarily saws the bottom portion of his leg off. The other one was a woman in her 20s, who you could tell was probably good looking before her face became pocked and bloody and portions of her legs were rotting off her body. She took the photo laying down in a pose you might find in a magazine and I always thought that was morbidly interesting

Bow to leper messiah

You’re my hero of the day

lepromicron?

I would love to read that article!

No matter how weakly transmittable leprosy is, I'm sure 11 years of working with a disease's victims would leave you infected in those days.

> Father Damien, Saint of Molokai now that just sounds like a Bloodborne boss... why can't I have such a cool name?

It seems not very different. They both are in the same state, but the woman looks down a bit

The prognosis for lepra lepromatosa (this picture) is much worse than for lepra tuberculoides, because it affects the inner organs. Especially the liver, spleen and kidneys. The life expectancy is limited.

Everywhere, yes. The organs, too. It effects the outer parts of the body the most, though, since they are more exposed and can be mechanically removed, due to the structure of the tissue failing.

'course not These faces are built to very rigorous medical standards

Pretty common, lepers were ostracized.