Is leprosy hereditary?

Leprosy is a highly contagious disease, but it is not hereditary because it is mainly transmitted through contact between people. The leprosy bacteria in the air can spread. However, only people with poor physical resistance will be infected. People with good physical fitness can produce antibodies against leprosy bacteria. So is leprosy hereditary?

Leprosy is not passed on genetically. However, direct transmission cannot be ruled out, through the birth canal, vaginal secretions, saliva or direct contact between mother and child during breastfeeding after the child is born. However, this situation is rare. Although leprosy bacteria are also found in breast milk, tears, semen and vaginal secretions, the amount of bacteria is very small.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. However, after being discharged from the human body, the leprosy bacteria will quickly die in the sunlight or dry bath environment. They will completely lose their vitality after one hour at a temperature of 10°C and lose their reproductive ability after three hours of exposure to sunlight.

Leprosy is not hereditary or congenitally transmitted. Whether people who have close contact with leprosy patients will develop the disease depends mainly on their immunity. People with strong immunity may not develop the disease, and even if they develop the disease, it will be tuberculoid type (a milder form of leprosy). However, people with low immunity are more likely to develop the disease. The vast majority of adults with healthy immunity have strong resistance to leprosy bacteria, so it is less likely to develop. Your father started to suffer from this disease in 1972. After systematic treatment, he was cured and discharged from the hospital, and he has been in good health ever since. I think you and your girlfriend can fall in love, get married, and have children in the future.

According to our clinical experience, the children of cured leprosy patients will not inherit the disease.

Leprosy is not hereditary or congenitally transmitted. Whether people who have close contact with leprosy patients will develop the disease depends mainly on their immunity. People with strong immunity may not develop the disease, and even if they develop the disease, it will be tuberculoid type (a milder form of leprosy). However, people with low immunity are more likely to develop the disease. The vast majority of adults with healthy immunity have strong resistance to leprosy bacteria, so it is less likely to develop.