They blocked my number and refused to speak to me," said Tilahun, 46, a farmer in Ethiopia's populous Oromia region, who contracted leprosy around 10 years ago. Ethiopia, a country of some 130 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy — a disease that ... the disease to explain the challenges they face. The NGO also offers microcredit to patients ...

Advanced cases of leprosy cause facial features resembling that of a lion in humans ... If this occurs on a person’s face, it may rarely produce a smooth, attractive-appearing facial contour ...

Advanced cases of leprosy cause facial features resembling that of a lion in humans. Many mutilating and distressing ... If this occurs on a person’s face, it may rarely produce a smooth, ...

Advanced cases of leprosy cause facial features resembling that of a lion in humans ... If this occurs on a person's face, it may rarely produce a smooth, attractive-appearing facial contour ...

Advanced cases of leprosy cause facial features resembling that of a lion in humans. Many mutilating and distressing ... If this occurs on a person's face, it may rarely produce a smooth, ...

Advanced cases of leprosy cause facial features resembling that of a lion in humans ... If this occurs on a person’s face, it may rarely produce a smooth, attractive-appearing facial contour ...

Leprosy is a dreaded affliction which mutilates ... It causes skin corrugation and a “lion face”. Soft nodules appear on the ears, nose, and cheeks and sometimes erode into discharging sores.

Leprosy was the scourge of the ancient world ... with deep furrows between the swellings, so that the face of the afflicted individual begins to resemble that of a lion. Fingers drop off or are ...

Although Rufus thought that 'lion face' syndrome was caused by leprosy or elephantiasis, today doctors know that it can be the result of a number of different diseases. Lion face syndrome is quite ...