Year: 1966
Type: article
Abstract: Leprosy patients with open wounds and ulcers are fe ared, despised and treated as outcasts.New drugs are being tried fo r the prevention and management of deformities so that these patients may become useful members of society.Trophic ulcers are quite commonly met with in leprosy patients and are attributed to relati ve ischemia and loss of sensation triggered by trauma and sepsis.In the management of ulcers local dressings, plaster, physiotherapy and surg ery have a limited role to play.In addition very few hospitals in India are undertaking plastic surgery.Local use of some of the antileprosy drugs has shown some success.Injections of hydnocarpus oil at the base of the trophic ulcers give healing effects (Chatterjee, 1955) ; Saxena and Mathur (1963); Mathur and Saxena (1965) and Mathur (1965) have shown beneficial effects of Priscol in leprosy deformities and ulcers.
Source: Leprosy Review
Authors: J. S. MATHUR, V. N. SEHGAL, N. S. N. RAO
Institution: Banaras Hindu University
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Banaras Hindu University
OpenAlex ID: W2318148917