Ambulator y Treatment of Plantar Lep rosy Ulcers TIO (TIONG HOO) ,* HAN (SIK HIAN)t and KUTUT SANTOSO.t A chronic fe ature of invalidism in trophic disturbance in leprosy is the plantar ulcer (s). W.H.O. reportsl, 2 disapprove any walking without special protection and stress that it is wrongl to ask a patient to come to a clinic fo r dressing. They advocate complete rest of the fo ot fo r about a month otherwise use plaster casts. Absolute bedrest, as the W.H.O. reports correctly state, is very difficult in rural areas and plaster casts are preferable because these still allow limited walking. Obviously complete rest is not very practical because most leprosy patients belong to the poor class and cannot afford to rest fo r a month.
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