Proposed Criteria for Early Detection of Leprotic Arthropathy

Leprosy is a chronic mycobacterium disease infectious in some cases primarily affecting the peripheral nervous system and secondarily involving skin specially the melanocyte and certain other tissues [1]. Road, [2] stated that, even countries with developed health services leprosy often diagnosed only in an advanced stages of the disease due to: 1. In most societies, leprosy is not endemic and occurs only as an imported disease of minor public health importance. 2. Little attention is being paid to teaching leprosy in medical schools moreover, chapters of leprosy in general textbooks are not always updating. 3. Traditional fear is still common, the patients are often reluctant to expose themselves as leprotic patients because the fear of restrictive measure. From this study we could conclude recent criteria for early detection and diagnosis of leprotic arthropath