La Qualité de vie chez les personnes atteintes d'handicaps induites par la lèpre

Leprosy is a debilitating infectious disease prevalent in Brazil, India and Vietnam. The Authors sought to assess disabilities and impairment of quality of life in Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam. Study: 160 patients with leprosy induced disabilites answered a questionnaire WHO quality of life-BREFassessment questionnaire Results from the BREF questionnaire; scores: physical subdomain score …

Pièges à éviter lors du traitement de lésions pigmentées et tatougages avec le laser

Beware of skin colored tattooos (e.g around the mouth): Why ? There is high risk of pigment darkening upon removal (eg Q switched laser): thie pigment turns black (oxydation reaction) Solution: use COs laser ablation: superficial   Beware of gold: Why ? if gold therapy was used for treatment of rhematoid arthririts, chrysiasis (deposit of…