lepra reaction

lepra reaction
lepra reaction n one of the acute episodes of chills and fever, malaise, and skin eruption occurring in the chronic course of leprosy

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an aggravation of lumps on the skin caused by leprosy, accompanied by fever and malaise.

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an acute or subacute hypersensitivity reaction occurring either during the course of antileprosy treatment or in untreated cases of leprosy. There are two types, now often called type 1 and type 2. Type 1 includes the reversal or upgrading reaction and the downgrading reaction, which are delayed hypersensitivity reactions. Type 2 is erythema nodosum leprosum, a type III hypersensitivity reaction.

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