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Leprosy can be cured with multi-drug therapy (MDT).

Multi drug therapy

Leprosy can be cured with multi-drug therapy (MDT), a combination of three antibiotics: rifampin, clofazimine and dapsone. Treatment can take from six months to 12 months sometimes longer.People are no longer contagious after about one week of this treatment . 

Reconstructive surgery

Amazing medical advancements have made it possible for us to assist leprosy-related disabilities in many different ways. Surgery and physical therapy can frequently restore a clawed hand or foot drop, but they cannot restore feeling. 

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