Reação hansênica em menores de 15 anos em um município hiperendêmico.

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: SANTOS, Daisy Maria Conceição dos
• Orientador(a): AQUINO, Dorlene Maria Cardoso de
• Banca de defesa: AQUINO, Dorlene Maria Cardoso de , PAIVA, Maria de Fátima Lires , CORREA, Rita da Graça Carvalhal Frazão , QUEIROZ, Rejane Christine de Sousa , ROLIM, Isaura Letícia Tavares Palmeira Rolim
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Maranhão
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ENFERMAGEM/CCBS
• Departamento: DEPARTAMENTO DE ENFERMAGEM/CCBS
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Hanseníase; Reações; Menores de 15 anos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Leprosy; Reactions; Under 15 years
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: Enfermagem de Saúde Pública.
• Link de acesso: https://tedebc.ufma.br/jspui/handle/tede/2363

Leprosy is a chronic, infectious, contagious disease caused by the bacillus M. leprae is a serious public health problem that can cause physical disabilities and deformities. One of the major causes of physical incapacity is the leprosy reaction, a phenomenon not very common in children under 15 years, but that is increasing in this age group. The objective of this study was to analyze the occurrence of leprosy reactions in children under 15 years of age in São Luís-MA. An analytical study carried out at municipal health units with the implemented Leprosy Control Program. The study included 131 children under 15 years of age who were notified with leprosy in the period 2014 and 2015. The information was collected from the medical records and information contained in the original research database entitled "Epidemiological, clinical and immunological aspects of leprosy in children under 15 years in the Municipality of São Luís- MA ". The leprosy reaction was present in 15.3% of the cases and the most frequent type of reaction was isolated neuritis (50.0%). In the univariate analysis, the male sex (70.0%, p = 0.017), black race (35.0%, p = 0.036), multibacillary 80.0 (p = 0.001), degree of disability 0 (65.0%, p = 0.001), with 2 to 3 lesions (30.0%, p = 0.047% ). In the logistic regression, the associated males (p = 0.005), brown / black (p = 0.001), family income ≤ 1 minimum wage (p = 0.000), and ≥ 2 people with leprosy in the house (p = 0.000) and with the clinical form Borderline / Virchowiana (p = 0.000). The leprosy reaction in children under 15 years is associated with some sociodemographic conditions.