This study analyzed the quality of life of individuals with leprosy and compared quality of life indexes of patients in two different socioeconomic scenarios. The study was conducted at the leprosy clinic of the ABC School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil and during visits to the populations living along the Purus River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to evaluate the patients. Quality of life was found to be impaired in 76.9% of the patients evaluated in the Amazon compared to 19% of the patients in Santo André. In the group of patients in the Amazon who had sequelae of the disease, quality of life was impaired.
RESUMOEm relação ao sexo notou-se em ambos os grupos predomínio do sexo masculino. Observou-se um predomínio de indivíduos de 50 a 60 anos na região amazônica e de 40 a 50 anos na região do ABC. Quanto à forma clínica da doença observaram-se na região amazônica 13 casos (81%) de hanseníase virchowiana (MHV) e 3 casos (19%) de hanseníase tuberculóide (MHT). Na região do ABC 6 pacientes (50%) foram diagnosticados com hanseníase dimorfa (MHD), 5 (41%) hanseníase virchowiana e apenas 1 (9%) hanseníase tuberculóide. Não foram encontradas formas de hanseníase indeterminada (MHI) nas 2 regiões investigadas, sugerindo que em ambas, o diagnóstico foi tardio. Conclusões: Neste estudo verificou-se um predomínio das alterações oculares com maior gravidade nos pacientes examinados na região amazônica. Encontraram-se alterações oculares principalmente nas formas clínicas mais graves da doença.
There are elements in nature that may be compared to some dermatological lesions, such as the black pearl, which is very similar to a cellular blue nevus observed in the gluteus region of a 31-year-old male patient. Keywords: Nevus, blue; Skin diseases; Skin neoplasms Resumo: A natureza pode oferecer elementos passíveis de comparação com algumas lesões dermatológi-cas, como a semelhança entre a pérola negra e o nevo azul celular observado na região glútea de paciente do sexo masculino, 31 anos.
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