EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF HANSENÍASIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PINHEIRO – MARANHÃO

• Autor(a) principal: Estumano Santos, Pedro De Jeová
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pereira de Souza, Maria Tereza, Sousa Almeida, André, Ferreira Ribeiro, Danyelle de Fátima, Rodrigues Ribeiro, Deandro, Estumano Santos, Raquel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Scientia Generalis
• Texto Completo: https://scientiageneralis.com.br/index.php/SG/article/view/410
• topic: Lepra; Epidemiología; SINAN; Leprosy; Epidemiology; SINAN; Hanseníase; Epidemiologia; SINAN

Leprosy is an ancient pathology caused by an obligate intracellular microorganism, Mycobacterium leprae, which evolves slowly, manifesting itself through dermatoneurological signs and symptoms causing skin and peripheral nerve lesions. This is an epidemiological, descriptive, retrospective study, whose data collection came from diagnosed and notified leprosy cases in the municipality of Pinheiro - MA, from 2017 to 2021, in the online databases of the Information System of Notification Damages (SINAN) available from the SUS Department of Informatics (DATASUS). Leprosy cases in the municipality of Pinheiro, in the respective years, were a total of 188 reported cases. The year 2018 was the highest in terms of the incidence of cases, totaling 29.78% (56) of cases. In 2020, it recorded a lower incidence, totaling 14.36% (27) of cases, the highest notification occurred in individuals aged 30 to 39 years, totaling 39 cases. With regard to skin lesions, 44 of the reported cases occurred in patients with 2 to 5 lesions and 42 cases were greater than 5. The clinical form Dimorph was the largest identified during the period, with 80 cases. Of the 188 notifications, 119 progressed to cure and 12 dropped out. In view of the results, it was possible to trace the epidemiological profile of the disease, placing the elimination and control of leprosy as necessary.