The facts about leprosy

Is a chronic infectious disease of the skin and nerves. The causal agent is Mycobacterium leprae. Symptoms are loss of sensation in hands and feet, leading to disability through injury, and blindness. It is mainly spread through droplets from the nose and mouth by coughing and sneezing. Also via skin particles in dust within housing of infected individuals can be inhaled and transmit the infection. Leprosy is curable through Multidrug Therapy (MDT). MDT is a combination of two or three drugs, clofazimine, rifampicin and dapsone which are administered over two years.