印度《印度麻风》第52卷第4期(1980年)第536页报道:作者对普通人群与麻风病患者因破伤风而死亡的发生率作了比较,似乎麻风病患者发生破伤风的较少。麻风病是一种影响周围神经和神经末端,导致手足感觉功能丧失的疾病,麻风病患者中有手或足,或手足两者均有感觉障碍的高达39％。肢体麻木常常引起外伤;由于疼痛感觉丧失因而伤口常不能得到足够的治疗。从而伤 India Leprosy Volume 52 Issue 4 (1980) Page 536 Reported: The authors compared the incidence of tetanus deaths among the general population and leprosy patients, and it appears that fewer people have tetanus in people with leprosy . Leprosy is a disease that affects peripheral nerves and nerve endings, resulting in loss of sensory function of the hand and foot. People with leprosy have hand or foot, or up to 39% of sensory disturbances in both hands and feet. Limb numbness often causes trauma; wounds often fail to get adequate treatment due to the loss of pain sensation. Thus hurt