I noticed a small scaly skin patch on the side of one of my fingers a 3 weeks ago. Liked like flaking, dry skin. The rest of my body is well moisterized.
Well, then it turns kind of an orange color, and is now about an inch long an 1/2 inch wide. The skin is still rough, as though callussed, except I don't know what would make it that way. The orange is so faint you can't tell from a distance, but I can tell up close it is definitely different from the rest of the skin. The skin is slightly raised and thick.
I thought it might be fungus, and treated it with nizoral shampoo. Works great any time my feet start to smell. Well, did nothing for my finger.
Well, I saw a movie with leprosy in it, and they can't feel pain. So I got a sharp pair of tweezers and poked myself. It hurts everywhere I poke myself, but not on the orange spot. I then tried some calluses at the base of my fingers, on the palms. They have thicker skin, but still hurt a bit when poked. If I really push hard on the orange spot, I can feel a little pain deeper down, but not on the surface where I left indentations.
So now I'm surfing the net for early warning simptoms, and they discribe my condition very well. They said it can look slightly red, slightly raised, rough, and have reduced sensitivity to pain in the early stages.
Some people cure themselves, others need treatments, and some have permenant damage, but it is best to catch it early. Over 3.5 million have it, and they are in all countries. People tend not to report it for fear of being quarantined, which makes it much worse. Leprosy is not very contagious, and the method of spreading is unknown.
So, I'm going to go online and see if I can order some leprosy drugs on the cheap, if they are topical. If they are internal, I'll go get a doctor instead. This is challenging because I'm completely broke and unemployed right now. I might qualify for state health insurance though. Not a libertarian thing to do. But if I were president, I'd let people use their income taxes to pay for any life saving treatments they can't afford. After all, what good are my tax dollars to them in 10 years if I'm dead. See, even in my libertarian world view, I'd qualify for loans to pay for this treatment.
Well, then it turns kind of an orange color, and is now about an inch long an 1/2 inch wide. The skin is still rough, as though callussed, except I don't know what would make it that way. The orange is so faint you can't tell from a distance, but I can tell up close it is definitely different from the rest of the skin. The skin is slightly raised and thick.
I thought it might be fungus, and treated it with nizoral shampoo. Works great any time my feet start to smell. Well, did nothing for my finger.
Well, I saw a movie with leprosy in it, and they can't feel pain. So I got a sharp pair of tweezers and poked myself. It hurts everywhere I poke myself, but not on the orange spot. I then tried some calluses at the base of my fingers, on the palms. They have thicker skin, but still hurt a bit when poked. If I really push hard on the orange spot, I can feel a little pain deeper down, but not on the surface where I left indentations.
So now I'm surfing the net for early warning simptoms, and they discribe my condition very well. They said it can look slightly red, slightly raised, rough, and have reduced sensitivity to pain in the early stages.
Some people cure themselves, others need treatments, and some have permenant damage, but it is best to catch it early. Over 3.5 million have it, and they are in all countries. People tend not to report it for fear of being quarantined, which makes it much worse. Leprosy is not very contagious, and the method of spreading is unknown.
So, I'm going to go online and see if I can order some leprosy drugs on the cheap, if they are topical. If they are internal, I'll go get a doctor instead. This is challenging because I'm completely broke and unemployed right now. I might qualify for state health insurance though. Not a libertarian thing to do. But if I were president, I'd let people use their income taxes to pay for any life saving treatments they can't afford. After all, what good are my tax dollars to them in 10 years if I'm dead. See, even in my libertarian world view, I'd qualify for loans to pay for this treatment.
