As January hurried by, February arrived in a hurry. Have you ever been aware of and concerned about leprosy? Established by the world health organization, the last Sunday in January every year is the international day of leprosy, also known as "prevention and treatment of leprosy day" in the world, many countries in the world is in various forms of activities held in the day, the purpose is to mobilize social forces to help leprosy patients overcome difficulties in life and work, to get more rights. As a professional and experienced hotel amenities supplier, Quadranteco not only pays attention to market demand, but also pays attention to public health and health issues. We not only produce professional and effective disinfection products, but also hope to spread the topic of public health to more people. Today, we are going to learn about leprosy.
Speaking of leprosy, what do you know about this concept? Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by the bacillus leprae. The clinical manifestation is the skin damage of numbness sex, the nerve is thick, the severe person even the extremity is disabled. The disease is widely prevalent in the world, China is prevalent in Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai provinces, autonomous regions. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, this disease has been effectively controlled due to active prevention and treatment, and its incidence has decreased significantly. Leprosy reproduces slowly, with an average incubation period of five years. The extreme misunderstanding and fear of leprosy is very similar in China and the rest of the world, as can be seen from the way leprosy is referred to. Leprosy is mainly concentrated in South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. Family transmission is the main method. Human susceptibility to leprosy varies widely, and children are generally more susceptible to the disease than adults. Most cases are in adults over 20 years of age, with more male cases than female cases. Leprosy is mainly concentrated in South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.
In the past, leprosy was treated in different ways. The first decisive change came in the 1940s with the development of the drug dapsone. Treatment for leprosy lasts for many years, often for long life, making it difficult for patients to follow the treatment regimen consistently. But the good news is that modern leprosy can no longer get away with it. With a combination of antibiotics, the spread of the disease is well controlled and the patient can be completely cured. The situation in our country is that from half a million cases during the founding period, there are only a few thousand cases left now. The United States, on average, has had fewer than 200 new cases a year over the past decade, mostly brought in from abroad. Since 1995, WHO has provided combination chemotherapy free of charge. In 2000, the global goal of eliminating leprosy as a public health problem (defined as a prevalence of less than one case per 10,000 people) was achieved. Over the past 20 years, more than 16 million people with leprosy have received combination chemotherapy.
Leprosy is first transmitted from humans to wild animals and then from wild animals to humans. In one case, three Florida residents contracted leprosy after coming into contact with a wild animal called an armadillo. Many wild animals have a variety of infectious diseases that are harmful to human beings. Once they come into contact with them, human beings will inevitably be infected with some malignant infectious diseases, such as AIDS, Ebola, and Covid-19, which emerged in the past two years. In addition to staying away from these wild animals, we should pay more attention to personal health on weekdays, pay attention to hygiene, wash hands frequently and with regular disinfection. Hand hygiene is especially important. Keeping our hands clean is especially important because they come in contact not only with the food we eat, but also with the mucous membranes of our nose and mouth. For hand hygiene products, we developed several hand sanitizers, when you do not have running water to wash your hands, hand sanitizers can timely and effectively help your hands away from the virus. From the formula of the hand sanitizer to the ratio of alcohol to the choice of fragrance, we experimented with the market demand and finally came up with several different hand sanitizers. We don't do fancy stuff, we just focus on disinfection products that are good and effective.
