Mor med synlige tegn på spedalskhed i ansigtet med bar , Vadathorasalur 1980-erne. Følgerne af ubehandlet spedalskhed medfører ofte hævelser i ansigt og på hænder og fødder med væskende sår ved næsen. Tidligere blev børn af spedalske forældre isoleret på børnehjem. Men hvis moderen bliver behandlet 6 måneder, før hun føder, kan hun ikke bringe smitten videre, og når barnet er født, får det medicin gennem modermælken, som skulle forebygge, at barnet får sygdommen Mother with visible signs of leprosy in the face with child, Vadathorasalur 1980's. The consequ
Mother with visible signs of leprosy in the face with child, Vadathorasalur 1980's. The consequences of untreated leprosy often causes swelling of the face as well as feet with weeping sores in the nose. Previously, the children of lepers parents was isolated in orphanages. But if the mother is treated six months before she gives birth, she can not bring on infection, and when the baby is born, it gets the medication through breast milk, which would prevent the child from catching the disease
Det Danske Missionsselskab Danish Missionary Society DMS Vadathorasalur DIAS00327 Spedalske Sydindien Lepers Hospital sundhed Hospital health Mission til spedalske Mission to lepers Danmission
Time Period
1984
Place
Asia Indien Syd India, South Indien India Tamil Nadu Vadathorasalur
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