Symptoms mainly affect the skin, nerves and mucous membranes (the soft, moist areas just inside the body’s openings). The disease can cause skin symptoms such as: Discolored patches of skin, usually flat, that may be numb and look faded (lighter than the skin around); Growths (nodules) on the skin; Thick, stiff or dry skin; Painless ulcers on the soles of feet; Painless swelling or lumps on the face or earlobes and Loss of eyebrows or eyelashes. Symptoms caused by damage to the nerves are: Numbness of affected areas of the skin; Muscle weakness or paralysis (especially in the hands and feet); Enlarged nerves (especially those around the elbow and knee and in the sides of the neck) and Eye problems that may lead to blindness (when facial nerves are affected). Symptoms caused by the disease in the mucous membranes are: A stuffy nose and Nosebleeds.
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