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Leprosy â tzaâraâat â leprosy, stinging hornets. Around the late 1940âs and early 1950âs a number of rabbis took a close look at the Hebrew word that we translate as leprosy (tzaâraâat) and decided that leprosy was not a good English word to use here.Leprosy as we know it today, just does not fit the Biblical description of leprosy.round the late 1940âs and early 1950âs a number of rabbis took a close look at the Hebrew word that we translate as leprosy (tzaâraâat) and decided that leprosy was not a good English word to use here. Leprosy as we know it today, just does not fit the Biblical description of leprosy.
Leprosy in Tahiti, circa 1895. Leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions (light or dark patches) are the primary external sign. If untreated, leprosy can progress and cause permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes.eprosy is curable with a treatment known as multidrug therapy (MDT). Treatment for paucibacillary leprosy is with the medications dapsone and rifampicin for six months. Treatment for multibacillary leprosy consists of rifampicin, dapsone, and clofazimine for 12 months.