Mexico issues a health alert after registering 300 cases of leprosy

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The Ministry of Health issued a health alert due to the increase in leprosy cases reported in Mexico. The agency has reported that there are 300 patients with this disease distributed in almost all entities of the country. Tlaxcala is the only State in the Republic that has not yet diagnosed people. Chiapas, Sonora and Baja California lack information in this regard.

Given a high incidence, the federal health agency placed 12 munici Phone Number List palities under epidemiological surveillance: Tuxcacuesco, San Sebastián del Oeste and San Cristóbal de la Barranca, in Jalisco; Nocupétaro and Nuevo Urecho, in Michoacán; Tlaltizapan in Morelos; Lampazos in Nuevo León; El Espinal, Santiago Niltepec and San Miguel Chimalapa, in Oaxaca; Choix in Sinaloa, and Tunkas in Yucatán.

The health authority in Mexico called these localities “priority municipalities for leprosy” as they have a prevalence greater than one case per 10,000 inhabitants. In its epidemiological bulletin released this week, the agency stated that its dermatological sessions must “privileg intervention in these municipalities in order to interrupt the chain of transmission.”

The cases of leprosy registered in Mexico are multibacillary. Patients show six or more skin lesions. The agency affirms that the presence of untimely diagnoses is in regular scope. The condition "allows us to understand that the bacillus will prevail in the environment, which contributes to the decrease in the number of patients showing a plateau that does not allow cutting the chain of transmission of the disease at a greater speed."

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What is leprosy?
According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by a bacteria known as Mycobacterium leprae or Hensen's bacillus. The microorganism has a slow reproduction process. Up to five years may pass between the average incubation period and the appearance of the first symptoms.

The first signs of the disease are spots on the skin, lesions, loss of sensation, muscle weakness and a tingling sensation in the extremities . “When cases are not treated at the onset of signs, the disease can cause progressive and permanent sequelae, including deformities and mutilations, reduced mobility of the extremities and even blindness,” notes PAHO.