Slide Series, Bangladesh 1990: "Leprosy - the old scourge" - No. 03: A leper man with thickening of the skin. With patients with a low or no resistance, the disease may show special signs. This patient was got strong skin thickening in his face. Sometimes this condition is named a lion face. The symptoms are also used as an early diagnose of the disease, since the thickening often starts in the earlobes, and is felt before other symptoms appear.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-93826
- Dates
- 1990
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Asia Bangladesh Thakurgaon Nilphamari
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Bangladesh
- Reference
- imp-dan-DM_272.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/87250d5b8521c91616128bdd9b823057