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After being exposed to the illness, leprosy symptoms may take a while to manifest.

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After being exposed to the illness, leprosy symptoms may take a while to manifest. It typically lasts between three and five years but  it can also  last up to twenty years.The infection spreads from person to person by nasal secretions or droplets.The time between contact with the bacteria and the appearance of symptoms is called the incubation period.  Some Signs of leprosy are painless ulcers, skin lesions of hypopigmented macules (flat, pale areas of skin), and your peripheral nerves.Additionally, muscular weakness or paralysis brought on by nerve injury results in:

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