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Prevenção de incapacidades em hanseníase: realidade numa unidade sanitária

In Hansen's disease, the third part of advanced incidences or non treated cases exhibit some patterns of physical incapacity; besides that prejudice and beliet generated by deformities which the patients may present if they do not get a correct treatment. Which basis on this problematical question of the disease a group of professionals composed of medical doctors, nurses, physical therapist, occupational therapist and social worker made a-study of the incapacities of the Hansen's disease patients through a detail ed physical exam. This study intended to identify sensory and motor injuries of the face, upper and lower limbs. This study also develops a research about the necessity to systematize the assistance given in a public health center.


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