A 54-year-old man in central Florida was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy in 2022, He sought treatment at a dermatology clinic for a painful and progressive erythematous rash. The lesions began on his distal extensor extremities and progressed to involve his trunk and face
Revelations 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues
The American Heritage Dictionary “plagues”
1. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
2. A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
3. A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.
Important Takeaways:
- Florida is experiencing an increase in LEPROSY cases with nearly 20% of cases across the country coming from the center of the state
- Florida has seen a huge surge in leprosy cases, with rising evidence suggesting the disease is becoming endemic in the southeastern United States.
- Leprosy, which is scientifically known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease that primarily affects the skin and peripheral nervous system.
- The number of reported leprosy cases in the southeastern states has more than doubled over the past decade, according to the CDC.
- It added that leprosy has been historically uncommon in the United States; with the incidence rate peaking around 1983, and a drastic reduction in the annual number of documented cases occurring from the 1980s through to 2000.
- Leprosy is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae.
- The illness is renowned for being extremely slow to develop. The bacteria reproduce slowly and people may not develop symptoms for decades after being exposed.
- The average time is around five years, but some people may not develop signs for more than 20 years after coming into contact with the bacteria.
- Symptoms of leprosy include patches of discolored skin, numbness, muscle weakness, eye problems, a blocked nose and nosebleeds and ulcers on the soles of the feet.
- Leprosy was historically thought to have been a contagious skin disease which led to societies banishing victims to colonies, but scientists now believe the illness spreads – slowly – if people inhale bacteria.
- The illness can cause progressive nerve damage, weakness and the breakdown of limbs, flesh and facial features if left untreated, but antibiotics can now clear it up.
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