1.5K views · 16 reactions | Cases of Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, are increasing across the country. Some symptoms include pale or red rash, painless lumps, swelling, numbness, and nose bleeds. | Scripps News | Facebook

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Ever wondered why two people can experience a similar injury, but one develops chronic pain and the other doesn’t? The nervous system is one major factor that could be at play! 👀🧠 Learn how this can happen, and how you can find relief with the tools and techniques in the Curable app. | Curable

3 Things That Change in the Brain When Pain Becomes Chronic: 🚨 The pain alarm in the brain becomes more sensitive to danger 🧠 The amygdala activates more easily, which puts the body into fight-or-flight mode more often 😖 The physical pain response becomes activated more quickly and efficiently than it did before ⁣ The good news is, the brain can change BACK to become less sensitized and reactive. With the science-backed techniques in the Curable app, you can heal. ⁣ | Curable

Can we find newer, shorter, and safer treatments for multibacillary leprosy? NEJM Editorial Fellow Abarna Pearl, MD, MPH, summarizes an open-label, proof-of-concept study involving bedaquiline monotherapy as a treatment for multibacillary leprosy. Read the full trial results: https://nej.md/3ZQUjsn | The New England Journal of Medicine

53K views · 2.6K reactions | At 23, Alice Ball created the first effective leprosy treatment, a discovery a male colleague tried to steal. | The History Page | Facebook