RESUMO
In order to assess the incidence of reaction in leprosy, it would be necessary to examine the data from a field control unit. In this study, it was found, at a fully monitored control unit, that Type I reaction occurred in 3.9% of borderline cases and Type II in 23.7% of LL and BL cases. Even so, the load of reaction is not high since reaction of Type I and Type II together are seen only in 3.7% of all types of cases. A majority of them are of mild or moderate degree and could be treated as out-patients. Of the borderline cases, the BB type showed maximum rate of reaction. The BL type can present with both Type I and Type II reactions with a total incidence of 12.8%. While the BT type constituted 74% of total cases, reaction of Type I occurred in 3.1% of cases. Reaction also occurred in 0.8% of RFT cases.
Assuntos
Hanseníase/complicações , Hanseníase/epidemiologia , Humanos , Incidência , Índia/epidemiologia , Hansenostáticos/uso terapêutico , Hanseníase/classificação , Hanseníase/microbiologia , Mycobacterium leprae , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
The distribution of phenotypes of group specific component (Gc) was examined in 71 lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients without any history of ENL reaction and 65 LL patients with history of frequent episodes of ENL reaction. The distribution of none of the phenotypes of Gc (Gc 1-1, Gc 2-1, Gc 2-2) was statistically significant among these groups.