NOUN
- chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
How To Use Hansen's disease In A Sentence
- A typical treatment course for Hansen's disease involves multiple drug therapy with dapsone and rifampin for three to five years in patients with tuberculoid leprosy, and for life in patients with lepromatous leprosy.
- For the same reasons, leprosy is now called Hansen's disease, and mongolism has become Down syndrome; people who were once called crazy, mad, lunatic, demented, etc., are now categorized as sick. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1
- The social hygiene service is responsible for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections. Its dermatology clinics also manage skin diseases and Hansen's disease.
- Hansen's disease can mimic tinea corporis by presenting as one or more annular, sometimes scaly, plaques.
- They prefer their disease to be called Hansen's disease not leprosy, and the disease can be easily cured.
- A typical treatment course for Hansen's disease involves multiple drug therapy with dapsone and rifampin for three to five years in patients with tuberculoid leprosy, and for life in patients with lepromatous leprosy.
- Leprosy was given the eponym Hansen's disease after Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen.
