A field trial of detection and treatment of nerve function impairment in leprosy-Report from

摘要

As part of a collaborative project between the Ministry of Health of China (MOH) and The Leprosy Mission International (TLMI) on leprosy rehabilitation and prevention of disability (POD), a total of 1407 patients was monitored for possible nerve function impairment (NFI) through standardized clinical nerve function assessment between May 1995 and February 1998. Of these, 191 patients were found to have NFI and were put on a fixed regiment of prednisolone. In this study, 36.7/100 of NFI occurred before diagnosis of leprosy, 35.6/100 developed during MDT and 25.7/100 after their release from MDT.