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03-01-2006, 04:33 AM
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Leprosy
Could anyone give me some information about leprosy, but mostly how to describe it ?
'Cause one of my characters is slowly dying of disease and loneliness, but how can I imagine leprosy when I don't even know the physical decrepitude it implies ? It's for a science-fiction (apocalyptic future) novel.
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03-01-2006, 10:56 AM
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First, perhaps, you should actually research the disease... then maybe you can ask us for advice.
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03-01-2006, 01:00 PM
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Thanks ^^
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03-01-2006, 04:03 PM
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Do a google IMAGE search for leprosy. Trust me, you'll find more than you want!
It's not generally a fatal disease - also google leprosy symptoms
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03-01-2006, 04:08 PM
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Is google the answer to everything??
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03-01-2006, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by kalibantre
Is google the answer to everything??
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There are better places to ask that, such as here:
http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
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03-01-2006, 05:41 PM
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Thanks you so much.. that really cheered me up.. hahaha....
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Wilde at heart "That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in.."
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03-01-2006, 08:25 PM
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untreated hanson's disease [what is called 'leprosy'] is a truly horrific affliction... fingers, toes, ears and noses actually rot away... it's caused by a bacterium and is actually the least contagious of all contagious diseases, despite its sufferers historically made outcasts, from fear of it being 'catching'... nowadays it can be controlled at least, if not cured...
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Last edited by mammamaia : 03-01-2006 at 08:28 PM.
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03-01-2006, 08:29 PM
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Leprosy isn't a very bad disease, really. Nothing like it's been portrayed in history.
It's only mildly contagious, it takes a very long time to cause noticeable effects, and it's easily curable. It also doesn't kill your appendages so they rot while still attached like most people think. What it does is it causes small amounts of tissue damage, which regenerate fairly quickly, but because it happens so often, errors occur and you end up becoming increasingly disfigured. You have to have it for a long time for this to happen, though. It also damages your nerves, which is a more immediate effect of it.
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03-02-2006, 05:23 PM
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...en%27s+disease
...see these sites for the real lowdown on this rarely-fatal disease... your character can't be 'slowly dying' of it, unless he/she remains untreated, which is highly unlikely these days or in a future that has any kind of medical knowledge and technology...
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03-02-2006, 11:48 PM
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You'd have to remain untreated for years, too.
Gangrene is a better disease for that smelly, rotting, agonizing death. It kills your nerves like leprosy does, too (only much faster), so you don't feel the gangrenous appendage.
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03-03-2006, 05:52 PM
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lovely discussion!... think i'll go take a loooong, hot shower... m
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