Sore throat pain is one of the most common complaints of cold months. Exposure to sudden temperature changes, abuse or ill use voice (happens in some works, such as between teachers and singers) and spend several hours in smoky environments may predispose to recurrent pharyngitis.

More often they are caused by viruses. The symptoms are redness of the throat, painful swallowing and sometimes fever. In these cases you need to take some medications that can decrease your symptoms. Although this condition usually not more serious, if not disappeared three days after the beginning, you should consult your doctor.
If there is a history of rheumatic fever if the fever is high, where they appear white patches or skin rash, goes also to the doctor if could be something more serious.

Anyway, here are some tips for protecting your throat:

On cold days you breathe through your nose and cover your mouth with a scarf. Thus, the inhaled air reaches the pharynx hot and not irritated.

Leprosy is a skin disease where there are lumps, spots and hypo chromic plate with raised edges. It is a disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that affects skin and nerves, except the central nervous system.

To be affected by Leprosy and acquire necessary to live with these dermatosis patients for many months or even years, and especially not be liable for any person is prone to developing this disease, the gateway to the human organism of this bacillus Mycobacterium leprae is by skin contact or mucous membranes.

Taking into account various studies and clinical features of leprosy is classified as:

Lepromatous leprosy: 2 types

1 .- Nodular: appears on the face, trunk and limbs, respecting palms, soles, scalp and penis, the lesions are nodules ranging from 2 to 3 mm to 2 or 3 cm and are the color of the skin. This type affects the whole body minus the central nervous system, being the most frequent variety, infective, and the skin test to lepromin (Mitsuda) is negative and the patient’s immune system is badly damaged.

2. Diffuse: This affects all the skin and the patient has smooth skin, bright. Here is a complete infiltration of the bacillus in the integument, having only drooping eyebrows, telangiectasias on the face and skin atrophy after acute period of the dermatosis. Read the rest of this entry »