Leprosy

Leprosy.

Leprosy is a very old disease it is one of the oldest diseases to be known to man kind, it has been killing man for 4000 years! and was well-recognized in the civilizations of ancient china, Egypt and India. Leprosy is a disease of skin damage where your skin grow's boils and sometiems your fingers fall off and your toes fall of, many body parts can fall off when you have leprosy
 * Symptoms of leprosy include:**
 * Skin lesions which often cannot feel touch or pain
 * Nose bleeds
 * Nose congestion (“stuffiness”)
 * Hair loss (eyebrows, eyelashes, body hair)

There has been a cure found for leprosy, leprosy was once a pandemic but now it is not that much of a big deal now though, Treatment for leprosy involves taking several antibiotics for at least 6 months and up to several years. In most cases, a person will lose the ability to infect others within days to months of starting treatment.
 * Leprosy can be treated with antibiotics**

Leprosy is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae
humans can spread leprosy to each other. Leprosy is rare in some countries such as the United States And it is common in other countries such as england the middle ea st and africa.