摘要
随着 MDT 的实施,麻风的发病率与患病率已较低,如何有效地早期发现病人成了当前的重要问题。盐城市1987～1996年共新发现病人207人,其中男148例,女59例;TT 23例,BT 80例,BB27例,BL 59例,LL 18例;农民192例,教师1例,学生6例,干部5例,工人3例;发病年龄8～81岁,平均42.2岁;病期在2年以内者187例。
From 1987 to 1996,207 new cas- es of leprosy were detected in Yancheng City,Jiang- su,including MB 104 and PB 103,of which 189 (91.3%) were passively detected,58 (28%) have visible disabilities and 167 (80.7%) were misdiag- nosed at the first going to doctor.291 persons out of them went voluntarily to clinic and the average time of from the onset to first seeking medical advice was six (one to 32) months,and from then to diagnosis of leprosy 13.2 (one to 88) months were averagely spended.The misdiagnosed time for them was 1.7 months averagely (one to six).23 and 58 persons have already had visible disability at the first going to doctor and on diagnosed respectively.The authors pointed out that knowledge of diagnosing leprosy should be spread in the doctors of county and munic- ipal hospitals,and in addition,the the misdiagnosis rate of 15.9% in leprosy control units also is worth special notice.
