{"id":9278,"date":"2024-01-28T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/world-leprosy-day-break-stigma-know-facts-behind-common-myths-about-hansens-disease\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T11:05:01","slug":"der-welt-lepra-tag-bricht-die-stigmatisierung-erfahren-sie-mehr-uber-die-fakten-hinter-verbreiteten-mythen-uber-die-hansen-krankheit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/de\/world-leprosy-day-break-stigma-know-facts-behind-common-myths-about-hansens-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Welt-Lepra-Tag: Stigmatisierung brechen, Fakten hinter verbreiteten Mythen \u00fcber die Hansen-Krankheit erfahren"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/world-leprosy-day-break-stigma-know-facts-behind-common-myths-about-hansens-disease.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Lepra, auch als Hansen-Krankheit bekannt, ist eine der am st\u00e4rksten stigmatisierten Krankheiten der Welt und hinterl\u00e4sst bei Patienten das Gef\u00fchl, isoliert und diskriminiert zu werden, selbst Jahre nachdem Wissenschaftler ein Heilmittel gefunden haben.<\/p>\n<p>Lepra wird durch Mycobacterium leprae verursacht <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/leprosy\/symptoms\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">chronische Infektionskrankheit<\/a> die Haut, Nerven, Augen und Nasenschleimhaut betrifft. Zu den Symptomen auf der Haut z\u00e4hlen Knoten, Schwellungen, Geschw\u00fcre, verf\u00e4rbte Stellen und der Verlust von Augenbrauen und Wimpern. Bei den Patienten kann es auch zu Nasenbluten und verstopfter Nase kommen. Nervensch\u00e4den k\u00f6nnen zu Taubheitsgef\u00fchl und Schw\u00e4che f\u00fchren und unbehandelt zu Verkr\u00fcppelungen an H\u00e4nden und F\u00fc\u00dfen, L\u00e4hmungen und Blindheit f\u00fchren.<\/p>\n<p>Obwohl selten, kommt Lepra bis heute vor. Etwa 208.000 Menschen sind von der Krankheit betroffen <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/23043-leprosy-hansens-disease\" target=\"_blank\">weltweit<\/a>, und jedes Jahr erhalten etwa 100 Personen in den USA eine Diagnose.<\/p>\n<p>An diesem Welt-Lepra-Tag, der jedes Jahr am letzten Sonntag im Januar begangen wird, wollen wir das Stigma brechen, indem wir die Fakten kennen und die weit verbreiteten Missverst\u00e4ndnisse \u00fcber die Krankheit entlarven.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #1: Lepra ist hoch ansteckend<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fakt: Nach Angaben der Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/leprosy\/world-leprosy-day\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CDC<\/a>) k\u00f6nnen 95% von Erwachsenen die Bakterien bek\u00e4mpfen, die Lepra verursachen.<\/p>\n<p>Lepra kann nicht durch gelegentlichen Kontakt wie H\u00e4ndesch\u00fctteln, Sitzen neben oder Sprechen mit einem Patienten \u00fcbertragen werden, sondern nur durch langfristigen engen Kontakt mit einer infekti\u00f6sen Person.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #2: Lepra ist unheilbar<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Lepra kann durch eine Behandlung mit einer Kombination von Antibiotika geheilt werden. Die Multimedikamententherapie dauert ein bis zwei Jahre.<\/p>\n<p>Obwohl die Behandlung die Krankheit heilen und ihr Fortschreiten verhindern kann, kann sie einmal entstandene Nervensch\u00e4den oder Entstellungen nicht r\u00fcckg\u00e4ngig machen. Daher ist es wichtig, die Krankheit fr\u00fchzeitig zu diagnostizieren und sofort eine Behandlung in Anspruch zu nehmen.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #3: Nur arme Menschen bekommen Lepra<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Lepra betrifft Menschen mit armen Verh\u00e4ltnissen <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leprosymission.org\/leprosy-champions\/exposing-the-myths-around-leprosy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Immunit\u00e4t<\/a>. Menschen, die in benachteiligten Gemeinden leben, sind anf\u00e4lliger f\u00fcr Lepra, da mangelnde sanit\u00e4re Einrichtungen, Zugang zu sauberem Wasser, Ern\u00e4hrung und ein geringerer Lebensstandard das Immunsystem beeintr\u00e4chtigen k\u00f6nnten.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #4: Leprapatienten m\u00fcssen isoliert bleiben<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Patienten, die mit Antibiotika behandelt werden, k\u00f6nnen ihr normales Leben weiterf\u00fchren und im Kreise ihrer Familie und Freunde leben.<\/p>\n<p>Nach einigen Tagen der Antibiotikabehandlung ist die Infektion nicht ansteckend. Um jedoch sicherzustellen, dass die Infektion nicht erneut auftritt, sollte die gesamte verordnete Behandlung abgeschlossen werden.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #5: Lepra f\u00fchrt dazu, dass einem Menschen Finger und Zehen abfallen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Die Nerven der Finger k\u00f6nnen taub werden, aber sie fallen nicht einfach ab.<\/p>\n<p>Wenn die Patienten im fortgeschrittenen Stadium der unbehandelten Erkrankung Verbrennungen oder Schnittwunden an den Fingern erleiden und diese unbehandelt lassen, kann es zu Infektionen und bleibenden Sch\u00e4den kommen. Schlie\u00dflich kann der K\u00f6rper den Finger wieder aufnehmen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/world-leprosy-day-break-stigma-know-facts-behind-common-myths-about-hansens-disease-471308\">Medizinische t\u00e4gliche Quelle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/world-leprosy-day-break-stigma-know-facts-behind-common-myths-about-hansens-disease.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Lepra, auch als Hansen-Krankheit bekannt, ist eine der am st\u00e4rksten stigmatisierten Krankheiten der Welt und hinterl\u00e4sst bei Patienten das Gef\u00fchl, isoliert und diskriminiert zu werden, selbst Jahre nachdem Wissenschaftler ein Heilmittel gefunden haben.<\/p>\n<p>Lepra wird durch Mycobacterium leprae verursacht <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/leprosy\/symptoms\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">chronische Infektionskrankheit<\/a> die Haut, Nerven, Augen und Nasenschleimhaut betrifft. Zu den Symptomen auf der Haut z\u00e4hlen Knoten, Schwellungen, Geschw\u00fcre, verf\u00e4rbte Stellen und der Verlust von Augenbrauen und Wimpern. Bei den Patienten kann es auch zu Nasenbluten und verstopfter Nase kommen. Nervensch\u00e4den k\u00f6nnen zu Taubheitsgef\u00fchl und Schw\u00e4che f\u00fchren und unbehandelt zu Verkr\u00fcppelungen an H\u00e4nden und F\u00fc\u00dfen, L\u00e4hmungen und Blindheit f\u00fchren.<\/p>\n<p>Obwohl selten, kommt Lepra bis heute vor. Etwa 208.000 Menschen sind von der Krankheit betroffen <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/23043-leprosy-hansens-disease\" target=\"_blank\">weltweit<\/a>, und jedes Jahr erhalten etwa 100 Personen in den USA eine Diagnose.<\/p>\n<p>An diesem Welt-Lepra-Tag, der jedes Jahr am letzten Sonntag im Januar begangen wird, wollen wir das Stigma brechen, indem wir die Fakten kennen und die weit verbreiteten Missverst\u00e4ndnisse \u00fcber die Krankheit entlarven.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #1: Lepra ist hoch ansteckend<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fakt: Nach Angaben der Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/leprosy\/world-leprosy-day\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CDC<\/a>) k\u00f6nnen 95% von Erwachsenen die Bakterien bek\u00e4mpfen, die Lepra verursachen.<\/p>\n<p>Lepra kann nicht durch gelegentlichen Kontakt wie H\u00e4ndesch\u00fctteln, Sitzen neben oder Sprechen mit einem Patienten \u00fcbertragen werden, sondern nur durch langfristigen engen Kontakt mit einer infekti\u00f6sen Person.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #2: Lepra ist unheilbar<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Lepra kann durch eine Behandlung mit einer Kombination von Antibiotika geheilt werden. Die Multimedikamententherapie dauert ein bis zwei Jahre.<\/p>\n<p>Obwohl die Behandlung die Krankheit heilen und ihr Fortschreiten verhindern kann, kann sie einmal entstandene Nervensch\u00e4den oder Entstellungen nicht r\u00fcckg\u00e4ngig machen. Daher ist es wichtig, die Krankheit fr\u00fchzeitig zu diagnostizieren und sofort eine Behandlung in Anspruch zu nehmen.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #3: Nur arme Menschen bekommen Lepra<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Lepra betrifft Menschen mit armen Verh\u00e4ltnissen <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leprosymission.org\/leprosy-champions\/exposing-the-myths-around-leprosy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Immunit\u00e4t<\/a>. Menschen, die in benachteiligten Gemeinden leben, sind anf\u00e4lliger f\u00fcr Lepra, da mangelnde sanit\u00e4re Einrichtungen, Zugang zu sauberem Wasser, Ern\u00e4hrung und ein geringerer Lebensstandard das Immunsystem beeintr\u00e4chtigen k\u00f6nnten.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #4: Leprapatienten m\u00fcssen isoliert bleiben<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Patienten, die mit Antibiotika behandelt werden, k\u00f6nnen ihr normales Leben weiterf\u00fchren und im Kreise ihrer Familie und Freunde leben.<\/p>\n<p>Nach einigen Tagen der Antibiotikabehandlung ist die Infektion nicht ansteckend. Um jedoch sicherzustellen, dass die Infektion nicht erneut auftritt, sollte die gesamte verordnete Behandlung abgeschlossen werden.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mythos #5: Lepra f\u00fchrt dazu, dass einem Menschen Finger und Zehen abfallen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tatsache: Die Nerven der Finger k\u00f6nnen taub werden, aber sie fallen nicht einfach ab.<\/p>\n<p>Wenn die Patienten im fortgeschrittenen Stadium der unbehandelten Erkrankung Verbrennungen oder Schnittwunden an den Fingern erleiden und diese unbehandelt lassen, kann es zu Infektionen und bleibenden Sch\u00e4den kommen. 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Symptoms on the skin include lumps, swelling, ulcers, discolored patches and loss of eyebrows and eyelashes. The patients may also experience nose bleeds and stuffy noses. Nerve damage can cause numbness and weakness and may result in crippling of hands and feet, paralysis and blindness if left untreated.Although rare, leprosy exists to this day. Approximately 208,000 people are affected by the disease worldwide, and around 100 individuals in the U.S. receive a diagnosis each year.This World Leprosy Day, observed on the last Sunday of January every year, let us break the stigma by knowing the facts and debunking the common misconceptions about the disease.Myth #1: Leprosy Is highly contagiousFact: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 95% of adults can fight off the bacteria that causes leprosy.Leprosy cannot spread through casual contact like shaking hands, sitting next to or talking to a patient but only through long-term close contact with an infectious person.Myth #2: Leprosy Is incurableFact: Leprosy can be cured through a treatment that involves a combination of antibiotics. The multidrug therapy takes one to two years.Although the treatment can cure the disease and prevent its progression, it cannot reverse nerve damage or disfigurement once formed. Hence, it is important to diagnose the disease early and seek treatment immediately.Myth #3: Only Poor People Get LeprosyFact: Leprosy affects people with poor immunity. Those living in underprivileged communities are more vulnerable to leprosy, as lack of sanitation, access to clean water, nutrition and lower standards of living could affect the immune systems.Myth #4: Leprosy Patients Need to Stay IsolatedFact: Patients who are being treated with antibiotics can continue their normal lives and live among their family and friends.The infection is not contagious a few days into the treatment with antibiotics. But to ensure that the infection does not return, the entire prescribed treatment should be completed.Myth #5: Leprosy Makes A Person&#039;s Fingers and Toes Fall OffFact: The nerves of the digits may become numb but they do not just fall off.In the advanced stage of the untreated disease, if the patients suffer burns or cuts to the digits and leave them untreated, it can lead to infection and permanent damage. 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Symptoms on the skin include lumps, swelling, ulcers, discolored patches and loss of eyebrows and eyelashes. The patients may also experience nose bleeds and stuffy noses. Nerve damage can cause numbness and weakness and may result in crippling of hands and feet, paralysis and blindness if left untreated.Although rare, leprosy exists to this day. Approximately 208,000 people are affected by the disease worldwide, and around 100 individuals in the U.S. receive a diagnosis each year.This World Leprosy Day, observed on the last Sunday of January every year, let us break the stigma by knowing the facts and debunking the common misconceptions about the disease.Myth #1: Leprosy Is highly contagiousFact: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 95% of adults can fight off the bacteria that causes leprosy.Leprosy cannot spread through casual contact like shaking hands, sitting next to or talking to a patient but only through long-term close contact with an infectious person.Myth #2: Leprosy Is incurableFact: Leprosy can be cured through a treatment that involves a combination of antibiotics. The multidrug therapy takes one to two years.Although the treatment can cure the disease and prevent its progression, it cannot reverse nerve damage or disfigurement once formed. Hence, it is important to diagnose the disease early and seek treatment immediately.Myth #3: Only Poor People Get LeprosyFact: Leprosy affects people with poor immunity. Those living in underprivileged communities are more vulnerable to leprosy, as lack of sanitation, access to clean water, nutrition and lower standards of living could affect the immune systems.Myth #4: Leprosy Patients Need to Stay IsolatedFact: Patients who are being treated with antibiotics can continue their normal lives and live among their family and friends.The infection is not contagious a few days into the treatment with antibiotics. But to ensure that the infection does not return, the entire prescribed treatment should be completed.Myth #5: Leprosy Makes A Person's Fingers and Toes Fall OffFact: The nerves of the digits may become numb but they do not just fall off.In the advanced stage of the untreated disease, if the patients suffer burns or cuts to the digits and leave them untreated, it can lead to infection and permanent damage. 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