Patient's question:
The children in my aunt's family have always had poor health. In the past two years, I noticed that they walk unsteadily, but their intellectual and physical development is normal. When I took them to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor said it was infantile paralysis. How does infantile paralysis occur?Doctor's answer:
Most patients are preschool children. Pediatric leprosy is a chronic contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It primarily affects the skin and nerves of the human body. If left untreated, it can cause progressive and permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes. Early detection and control of the infectious disease can block the transmission of the infection while also improving the immunity of the surrounding natural population. For children, family members of patients, and close contacts who are negative for lepromin and tuberculin reactions in epidemic areas, BCG vaccination or effective chemical drugs should be administered for preventive treatment.