Hansen's Disease, 1st ed. 2023 A Complete Clinical Guide
Coordonnateur : Deps Patrícia D.
Hansen?s disease (leprosy) is endemic in more than 100 countries worldwide, with over 200,000 new diagnoses each year and more than 4 million people living with some form of HD-related impairment. The World Health Organization?s ?Global Leprosy Strategy? timeline for Hansen?s disease elimination indicates that it will be encountered in clinical practice in endemic countries for at least another decade. Increasing north-to-south migration, global travel and overseas medical work mean that physicians in non-endemic countries will also encounter patients with Hansen?s disease, which can affect people for many years before diagnosis and after treatment. For busy clinicians, it represents a challenge, in terms of disease learning and updating knowledge and skills.
This book provides a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive source of information on Hansen?s disease clinical practice. It covers essential topics on all clinical aspects, complemented by history, epidemiology, paleopathology, and the social impact of the disease. Edited and written by contributors with decades of experience, it?s divided into twenty-six chapters clarifying the genetics and neurological manifestations, physical disabilities and its prevention; oral, ophthalmological, and bone changes, among others.
For the primary audience of practicing physicians, it is an affordable point of reference, whilst also being suitable for student and trainee doctors. It?s also accessible to general practitioners and specialists in dermatology, neurology, pediatrics, infectious disease, family and community medicine, and orthopedics, as well as to non-specialists and other healthcare professionals.Chapter 1: Introduction to Hansen’s disease
Chapter 2: The journey to a scientific understanding of leprosy: a brief outline
Chapter 3: The origin, evolution and history of leprosy through a paleopathological lens
Chapter 4: Hansen’s disease and Human Rights
Chapter 5: Leprosy agents and principal methods of detection, identification and characterization of the leprosy agents
Chapter 6: Epidemiology of Hansen’s Disease
Chapter 7: Hansen’s Disease and One Health
Chapter 8: Metabolic, genetic and immunological mechanisms in susceptibility to leprosyChapter 9: Clinical aspects and classification of Hansen’s disease
Chapter 10: Reaction in Hansen’s disease
Chapter 11: Hansen’s disease in childrenChapter 12: Neuropathophysiology in Hansen’s disease: mechanisms of nerve injury
Chapter 13: Neurological manifestations
Chapter 14: Evaluation, monitoring, and prevention of disabilities in Hansen’s diseaseChapter 15: Ophthalmological alterations in Hansen’s disease
Chapter 16: Ear, nose, throat and mouth alterations in Hansen’s disease
Chapter 17: Osteoarticular alterations in Hansen’s diseaseChapter 18: Diagnostic Imaging in Hansen’s Disease: Conventional Radiography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
Chapter 19: Coinfection and immunosuppression in Hansen’s disease
Chapter 20: Differential diagnosis of cutaneous lesions of Hansen’s disease
Chapter 21: Differential diagnoses of the neurological manifestations of Hansen’s disease
Chapter 22: Immune and Chemoprophylaxis in Hansen’s disease
Chapter 23: Psychosocial aspects of Hansen’s diseases
Chapter 24: Peripheral Nerve by Ultrasound in Hansen’s Disease
Chapter 25: Electroneuromyography in Hansen’s Disease
Chapter 26: Treatment of Hansen’s diseaseEDITOR
Professor Patrícia D. Deps is a physician specializing in dermatology and Hansen’s disease and Professor at the Department of Social Medicine, from Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil. She is member of the following medical societies: Brazilian Society of Dermatology; Brazilian Society of Hansenology; European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology; Sociétè Française de Dermatologie. Dr. Deps holds a Master’s degree in Infectious Diseases (UFES, 1998) and a Ph.D. in Dermatology (UNIFESP, 2003). She undertook post-doctoral training in Tropical Dermatology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2008) and in Medical Anthropology at the Université Versailles Saint-Quintin-en-Yvelines (2018/2019). She is active in the fields of Hansen’s disease, clinical and tropical dermatology, public health, medical history and ethics, paleopathology, anthropology, and medical education, and teaches medical and postgraduate students at UFES. Professor Deps has written and published peer-reviewed scientific articles, a bilingual book “The day I changed my name – Hansen’s disease and stigma” (Édition de Boccard, Paris, 2019), and literary works. She is Vice-President for the Americas in the International Leprosy Association (2023-2026), member of the Scientific Review Committee of the Leprosy Research Initiative (2020-2024), member of the World Health Organization, Technical Advisory Group-Leprosy (2022-2025), Global Leprosy Programme, and Technical Adviser.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Professor Marcos Cesar Florian is a physician specializing in dermatology and Hansen’s disease. He has been member of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology since 1995 and of the Brazilian Society of Hansenology since 2001. Dr. Marcos holds Master’s and PhD in Dermatology (Federal University of São Paulo).Compact, concise and affordable
Edited and written by contributors with decades of experience from a Hansen’s disease endemic country
Suitable for clinicians and specialists, epidemiologists and researchers
Date de parution : 09-2023
Ouvrage de 321 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
