DESPITE efforts to contain infectious diseases, Anambra State government has revealed that 14 new cases of Leprosy has been discovered in some communities in the state.
The State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Joe Akabike who disclosed the surge of the infection while fielding questions from newsmen in Awka on Wednesday, announced that by 2014, the state had registered a total of 95 cases.
He said leprosy rehabilitation centres have been established at Father Damian centre, Nnewi and the Okija centre, adding that the disease is treated in all the 21 local councils while the drugs are given free.
He advised the general public to watch out for the symptoms of leprosy including patches on the skin, loss of feeling in the skin, numbness on the hand and feet, weakness of the hands, feet and eye lid, painful nerves and swellings on the face or earlobe etc
SOURCE:THE GUARDIAN
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