What Is Leprosy?
8. Prevention
Despite its notoriety, leprosy is not an easy disease to catch. Avoiding contact with people that are infected by the disease should be enough to keep you safe. The disease is also rare in developed nations meaning that, depending on where you are located, you are very unlikely to come into contact with an infected person.
Safety precautions like wearing personal protection equipment may be used if you are expecting to be around people that are infected. If you do have symptoms of the disease then you should get them checked out as soon as you can. This is because treating the condition sooner means the more severe symptoms and complication can be avoided.
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