Leprosy history and symptoms

History and Symptoms
This chronic infectious disease usually affects the skin and peripheral nerves but has a wide range of possible clinical manifestations. Patients are classified as having paucibacillary or multibacillary Hansen's disease.
 * Paucibacillary Hansen's disease is milder and characterized by one or more hypopigmented skin macules.
 * Multibacillary Hansen's disease is associated with symmetric skin lesions, nodules, plaques, thickened dermis, and frequent involvement of the nasal mucosa resulting in nasal congestion and epistaxis.