尽可能早期诊断及治疗麻风神经受损,对预防畸形极为重要。一般人认为畸形意味着活动性麻风,且有传染性。另外,也因后遗畸形,而被认为是不治之症。畸形还可加重患者的心理负担,即使患者也许实际上没有身体的残疾,但畸形常常迫使其依赖他人。神经损害表示有或曾有过神经的炎症。 As early as possible diagnosis and treatment of leprosy nerve damage, prevention of deformity is extremely important. Most people think that deformity means active leprosy, and contagious. In addition, because of deformity, and is considered incurable disease. Deformity can also exacerbate a patient’s psychological burden, even though the patient may actually have no physical disability, but deformities often force them to rely on others. Nerve damage means that there is or has had inflammation of the nerves.