Study of clinico-epidemiological profile of leprosy patients at tertiary care center
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4529.IntJResDermatol20210569Keywords:
Leprosy, Central India, Epidemiology, Clinico-epidemiologicalAbstract
Background: Leprosy is often mentioned as the oldest disease known to man, the origins of which are lost in the mists of antiquity. In spite of having been declared eliminated in December 2005 from India as a public health problem, India has still 60% of the entire global case load.
Methods: A total of 60 Leprosy patients belonged to Ujjain and its adjoining districts, attending the outpatient department of dermatology at R.D Gardi medical college, Ujjain (M.P.). Over a period of 1 year i.e. January 2019 to December 2019 constituted the subject material for study. The data was analysed for clinico-epidemiological characteristic and relevant investigations were done.
Results: A total of 60 patients attended the leprosy clinic during the study period. Maximum number of patient belonged to age groups of 21-40 years. Male preponderance with M:F ratio was 3:1. Family history was seen in 3 patients (5.0%). 73.3% patients were from rural area. Borderline tuberculoid (19 patients) was commonest clinical presentation and 2 cases of childhood leprosy were recorded.
Conclusions: The present study gives a general picture about the current trends of Leprosy in this particular region and highlights the importance of clinico-epidemiological profile and relevant investigations. This study emphasizes the need of spread of awareness about the disease, facilities for investigation and early diagnosis.
Metrics
References
National leprosy eradication programme (NLEP) training manual for medical officers. Available at: https://cltri.gov.in/MO%20Training%20Manual.pdf . Accessed on 25 June 2020.
NLEP annual report 2015-2016 central leprosy division. Available at: https://dghs.gov.in/WriteRead Data/userfiles/file/NLEP_Final_Annual_Report_2015-16.PDF. Accessed on 25 June 2020.
National leprosy eradication programme, 2017. Available at: http://nlep.nic.in/pdf/DisttwiseNCDR-Mar.2017.pdf. Accessed on 25 June 2020.
Patel KK, Momin AM, Mistry AA, Vaishnani JB. Study of clinicoepidemiological profile of leprosy patients at tertiary care centre of South Gujarat region. Int J Res Dermatol 2020;6:355-60.
Mahajan R, Ninama K, Jain V, Bilimoria FE, Lakhani S. A 5 year study of leprosy patients in a tertiary care centre. Ind J Clin Exp Dermatol. 2018; 4(3):232-6.
Tiwary PK, Kar HK, Sharma PK, Gautam RK, Arora TC, Naik H, Dhir V. Epidemiological trends of leprosy in an urban leprosy centre of Delhi: a retrospective study of 16 years. Indian J Lepr. 2011; 83:201-8.
Chhabra N, Grover C, Singal A, Bhattacharya SN, Kaur R. Leprosy scenario at a tertiary level hospital in Delhi: A 5-year retrospective study. Indian J Dermatol. 2015;60:55-9.
Singal A, Sonthalia S and Pandhi D. Childhood leprosy in a tertiary-care hospital in Delhi, India: A reappraisal in the post-elimination era. Lepr Rev. 2011;82:259-69.
Verma A, Sinha AK, Jain KK, Verma N, Verma S, Dewangan PK. Clinico-epidemiological pattern of determinants of visible disabilities among patients affected with leprosy in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2020;7:1565-70.
Mehta B, Desai N, Khar S. Clinico-Pathological Co-relation in Leprosy. IJD. 2012;9(1).
Jayalakshmi. Histopathological of skin leions in leprosy. Malaysian J pathol. 1980;3:39-45.
Doshi D, Balegar S, Singh S, Mishra D. Reasons of delay in diagnosis of leprosy: a cross sectional study. iosr journal of dental and medical sciences. JDMS. 2016;15(5):5- 10.
Salodkar AD, Kalla G. A clinico-epidemiological Study of leprosy in arid north-west Rajasthan, Jodhpur. Indian J Lepr. 1995;67(2):161-6.
Nigam P, Verma BL, Srivastava RN. Leprosy- a clinico-epidemiological study in a rural population of Bunderlkhand. Lepr India. 1977;49(3):349-59.
Selvasekar A, Geetha J, Nisha K. Childhood leprosy in an endemic area. Lepr Rev.1999;70: 21-7.
Daniel JR, Maniar JK, Ganapati R. An approach to leprosy work ib South Bombay- a preliminary communication. Indian J Lepr. 1984;56(2):280-91.
Chaudhary RC. A clinico social study of leprosy cases in a rural population of Rajasthan. Lepr India. 1981;53(2):259-65.
Jindal N, Shanker V, Tegta GR, Gupta M, Verma GK. Clinico-epidemiological trends of leprosy in Himachal Pradesh: a five-year study. Indian J Lepr. 2009;81:173-9.
Tegta GR, Verma GK, Verma K. A Clinico-epidemiological scenario of leprosy at a tertiary care centre in sub-himalayan region: a seven year retrospective study. Indian J Lepr. 2019;91:7-16.
Tekwani D, Patil V, Joshi R, Joshi S. Clinico-histopathological correlative study of leprosy at a rural hospital. JMSCR. 2017;5(5):22532-41.
Shivaswamy KN, Shyamprasad AL, Sumathy TK, Ranganathan C, Agarwal V. Clinico histopathological correlation in leprosy. Dermatol J. 2012;18(9):184-5.
Sharma A. Sharma RK, Goswsami KC, Bardwaj S. Clinico histopathological correlation in leprosy. JK Sci. 2008;10(3):120-3.
Kumar B, Rani R, Kaur I. Childhood leprosy in Chandigarh; clinico histopathologicai correlation. Int J Lepr Mycobact Dis. 2000;68(3):330.
Kurup R, Haynes U, Mentore G. A study on trends and patterns of leprosy in guyana during a ten period, 2007-2016. Indian J Lepr. 2018;90:207-16.
Singh P. A study of histopathological spectrum of leprosy at a tertiary care hospital. Int J Sci Res. 2019; 8:2277-9.
Moorthy BN, Kumar P, Chatura KR, Chandrasekhar HR, Basavaraja PK. Histopathological correlation of skin biopsies in leprosy. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2001;67(6):299-301.
Ridley DS, Jopling WH. Classification of leprosy according to immunity. A five-group system. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis. 1966;34:255-73.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
