What are the initial syndroms of the diseases called "filariah"?

Question

*It may not the correct spelling it infects through mosquitos. Spelings may be 'filariah', 'phylariah', 'fylarea'

Answer 1

there are different kinds.

Answer 2

Filaria is a microscopic worm which causes the disease loa loa filariasis in humans. It is found in the rainforests of central Africa.Humans contract this disease through the bite of a horse fly.The disease can cause red ichy swellings below the skin which is known as Calabar swellings. The disease can be treated with the drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC).

Kinds of Filaria

The filaria endemic to parts of Africa, Spain, South America, East Asia, the Caribbean islands, various Pacific islands, and Charleston, South Carolina, reaches a maximum adult length of about 10 cm (about 4 in). Infection either manifests no clinical symptoms or may be indicated in various ways, the most medically important of which is the inflammation of the lymphatics, called lymphangitis, and elephantiasis. In all regions except Polynesia the microfilariae appear in the peripheral blood at night, coincident with the feeding time of mosquitoes and other insect carriers of the worms. Many theories have been developed to explain this nocturnal appearance, the most widely accepted being that the slowing down of heart action during the night helps retain microfilariae in the capillaries.

The eye worm, found in the connective tissues and in the conjunctiva, causes the inflammatory disease loaiasis, characterized by fugitive swellings called Calabar swellings. This worm, indigenous to the west coast of Africa, is transmitted by biting flies. The Guinea worm is a parasite found in Africa and Asia. This worm may grow to 3 m (10 ft) long and often causes painful tumors, blisters, and boils. The microfilariae are released into water and eaten by the tiny copepods. The disease is contracted by drinking water containing infected copepods.

Another filaria causes the disease called river blindness, or onchocerciasis, which is prevalent in regions of Africa and Central and South America. Onchocerciasis produces skin irritations and nodules and can cause blindness, apparently through the effect of metabolic by-products of the roundworm.

Answer 3

Filaria is a microscopic worm which causes the disease loa loa filariasis in humans. It is found in the rainforests of central Africa.Humans contract this disease through the bite of a horse fly.The disease can cause red ichy swellings below the skin which is known as Calabar swellings. The disease can be treated with the drug diethylcarbamazine (DEC).

Kinds of Filaria

The filaria endemic to parts of Africa, Spain, South America, East Asia, the Caribbean islands, various Pacific islands, and Charleston, South Carolina, reaches a maximum adult length of about 10 cm (about 4 in). Infection either manifests no clinical symptoms or may be indicated in various ways, the most medically important of which is the inflammation of the lymphatics, called lymphangitis, and elephantiasis. In all regions except Polynesia the microfilariae appear in the peripheral blood at night, coincident with the feeding time of mosquitoes and other insect carriers of the worms. Many theories have been developed to explain this nocturnal appearance, the most widely accepted being that the slowing down of heart action during the night helps retain microfilariae in the capillaries.

The eye worm, found in the connective tissues and in the conjunctiva, causes the inflammatory disease loaiasis, characterized by fugitive swellings called Calabar swellings. This worm, indigenous to the west coast of Africa, is transmitted by biting flies. The Guinea worm is a parasite found in Africa and Asia. This worm may grow to 3 m (10 ft) long and often causes painful tumors, blisters, and boils. The microfilariae are released into water and eaten by the tiny copepods. The disease is contracted by drinking water containing infected copepods.

Another filaria causes the disease called river blindness, or onchocerciasis, which is prevalent in regions of Africa and Central and South America. Onchocerciasis produces skin irritations and nodules and can cause blindness, apparently through the effect of metabolic by-products of the roundworm.

Answer 4

Depends on the type of filariasis.......

The one that I am thinking of has swelling (almost bump-like) around the hips (by your lymph nodes) and swelling in your lower extremeties and toughening of the skin (elephantiasis).

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