Therapeutic itinerary of people with leprosy: paths, struggles, and challenges in the search for care.

Objectives: to understand how the therapeutic itineraries of people affected by leprosy are processed.

Methods: this is a descriptive, qualitative study, conducted in April 2018 in Barão de Grajaú in Maranhão, with interviews in the form of narratives of seven patients who had a late leprosy diagnosis.

Results: the search for diagnosis is a major difficulty in accessing health services, resulting in a late diagnosis and, consequently, with the presence of visible deformities.