Bring patients to hospital earlyBoy with leprosy is restored [Archives:2003/683/Health]
By Dr. Abdul Baset Al-Doubai
For The Yemen Times
Great efforts have been exerted to eliminated leprosy, a terrible condition that makes people run away from whoever is a leprosy patient.
No stone has been left unturned to spread health education among people through the mass media, pamphlets, posters, manuals and field activities, either for the purpose of health education or to discover new leprosy cases in their early stages. Nevertheless, the case of M.A is considered as a rare case.
M. A is a 13 year- old -child from Kadas village, Taiz Governorate. Neither his family nor the health workers noticed that the leprosy disease indications had appeared on his face, and what might have added insult to injury was the family’s bad economic condition. Eventually, he arrived to the City of Light and all the health workers had diagnosed his case simply by looking to his face.
Thanks to God that there were no deformations or physical handicap. Lab test showed that the child had a very high bacterial index. His case was diagnosed as “ MB Leprosy ”.
We explained to the family what their child actually had. Moreover, we urged them to be more careful about their child and to monthly visit the hospital. Subsequently, the child regained his health gradually. His treatment went smoothly without any obstructions or problems.
The child may not realize what might have been happen to him if he hadn’t come early to the hospital. However, taking a deep and long look at leprosy patients, with deformations that took they beauty of their faces and limbs and left them suffering the rest of their lives, will clear things up before him.
Undoubtedly, when he realizes the success that has seen achieved in the treatment of his case, he will never forget all the people who support the leprosy elimination programme. He will never forget those people who take pains to eliminate leprosy, a disease, if not a killer of the people’s dreams.
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