Background:

leprosy is a curable disease. If it is treated in its first phase, the disability it generates can be avoided.

Objective:

to characterize clinically and epidemiologically patients diagnosed with leprosy.

Methods:

case series study carried out in the Cumanayagua municipality of Cienfuegos, which included the 15 patients diagnosed with leprosy from 2009 to 2019, according to the database of the Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit of said municipality. The main variables were: age, sex, popular councils, clinical and operational classification, type of contact, applied treatment.

Results:

the group of 50-79 years represented 53.3%; females constituted 70.0% of the cases; the popular councils with the highest risks were Brisas with 46.6% and Vila with 20.0%; 73.3% were patients with multibacillary leprosy; more than 40.0% had skin anesthesia and infiltrations; detection was spontaneous in 46.6% of the patients. 73.3% received multibacillary treatment.

Conclusions:

leprosy is not currently a serious health problem in the Cumanayagua municipality, but it is not a completely eliminated disease, so knowledge of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of diagnosed patients is important for their better treatment and medical follow-up.

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