Nancy Wexler’s article, “learning to Be a Leper,” makes me really frustrated about the misconceptions and how health providers may inadvertently stigmatize the patients that they try to help. Not only is the meaning of disease but also illness is more distinctly defined with the different societies perception of Leprosy. The diagnoses of and the methods of coping with Leprosy are the main problems that stimulate the need for illness and disease labeling of those with the sickness within society. As many cultures have worked together with categorizing different diseases, their common definition surrounds the objective and clinical manifestations of altered physical function or infection. This definition allows for a focus on the biological