Visceral Leishmaniasis
Visceral Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis is a disease that most often causes sores on the skin. Sometimes, the disease spreads to other parts of the body. It can spread to your mucus membranes or through your blood to your internal organs like the spleen, liver, and bone marrow. There are 3 forms of this disease. They include: Skin sores and ulcers. This is the skin form. Skin sores may spread to the nose and mouth. This kind affects the mucus membranes, the soft tissue inside the mouth, nostrils, and throat. Liver, spleen, and lymph nodes are involved. This is the most severe form and can cause death if it is not treated right away.
Name
Leishmaniasis
About this topic
Leishmaniasis is a disease that most often causes sores on the skin. Sometimes, the disease spreads to other parts of the body. It can spread to your mucus membranes or through your blood to your internal organs like the spleen, liver, and bone marrow. There are 3 forms of this disease. They include: Skin sores and ulcers. This is the skin form. Skin sores may spread to the nose and mouth. This kind affects the mucus membranes, the soft tissue inside the mouth, nostrils, and throat. Liver, spleen, and lymph nodes are involved. This is the most severe form and can cause death if it is not treated right away.
What drugs may be needed?
Fight an infection,Help with pain and swelling
What problems could happen?
Anemia,Bleeding,Immune system may not work,Condition may come back,Scars,Spleen needs to be taken out,Other infections,Malnutrition
Body systems
Dermatologic
What are other common names?
Leishmania Infections,Aleppo Boils,American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis,Baghdad Boils,Black Disease,Black Fever,Bush Yaws,Chiclero Ulcer,CL,Cutaneous Leishmaniasis,Delhi Boils,Dumdum Fever,Espundia,Kala-azar,Leishmania,MCL,Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis,Mucosal Leishmaniasis,New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis,NWCL,Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis,Oriental Sores,OWCL,Picatura de Pito,Severe Mucocutaneous Disease,Visceral Leishmaniasis,VL
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