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What Causes Light Brown Papules On Fingers,nose And Muscle Weakness?

A young woman who had been working in Burkina Faso in poverty relief effort with the Peace Corps for the past 5 years began to exhibit multiple copper colored papules on her fingers and nose. The woman also mentioned that she had some loss of sensation in the skin as well as muscle weakness. The attending physician prescribed a combination of antibiotics which included a sulfone drug. A.) What disease does the woman likely have, B.) What test would the physician order to definitively diagnose this disease?, and C.) Why was a combination of drugs prescribed as opposed to a single drug?
Wed, 30 Nov 2016
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As per your history is concerned first we have to ruled out Leprosy by doing skin test before going to any other pathology.If you can upload photograph of skin lesions it will be much easy to interpretation.(Thanks)
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What Causes Light Brown Papules On Fingers,nose And Muscle Weakness?

As per your history is concerned first we have to ruled out Leprosy by doing skin test before going to any other pathology.If you can upload photograph of skin lesions it will be much easy to interpretation.(Thanks)