Does the Bible refer to variety of diseases when mentions leprosy?

: When the Bible mentions leprosy, is it referring to a large variety of diseases?
In different context, the term leprosy sounds like it is something different.
I don’t believe that the Biblical leprosy is Hansen’s disease because Hansen’s does not cause the skin to turn white.
What do some of you Bible scholars think?

Answers and Views:

Answer by xcEzra
It means any kind of sickness.

Answer by Tim Tress
maybe it was aids

Answer by Alex
peoples arms and legs fell off, so it was probably Gangrene.

Answer by Ivan
I think they generalized multiple infectious skin diseases.
Gangrene, leprosy, and many others.

Answer by Skeptikitten
They were ignorant of disease and the cause of it in those times (they believed it to be caused by demons or immorality). It is likely that all necrotizing diseases were considered “leprosy”

Answer by e w
No, I believe that it specifically referred to leprosy, and there was a cure, involving live and dead birds, and bird blood, plus bathing—-
I don’t imagine that anyone ever got cured using this treatment.

Answer by Fire
Why the ignorance?

Unlike yourself who obviously has never ever seen a leper nor I assume had any medical training or you would not be making such silly statements I have actually worked with lepers in China and the Far East! I can assure you that white pigments are found in leprosy particularly when claw hand and the loss of the septum stage is occuring!