2007-03-15 03:28:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Test your knowledge!
2007-03-15 03:34:03 · update #1
Test you knowledge!And please send me links of the information on wikipedia!! Thank you.
2007-03-15 03:43:39 · update #2
can't write today. Please do NOT send me links of info on wikipedia website. Thanks again!
2007-03-15 03:44:59 · update #3
Lymphatic filariasis is infection with any of 3 species of Filarioidea. Acute symptoms include fever, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, funiculitis, and epididymitis. Chronic symptoms include abscesses, hyperkeratosis, polyarthritis, hydroceles, lymphedema, and elephantiasis. Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia with bronchospasm, fever, and pulmonary infiltrates is another manifestation of infection. Diagnosis is by detection of microfilariae in blood, ultrasound visualization of adult worms, or serology. Treatment is with diethylcarbamazine; antibiotics are used for complicating bacterial cellulitis.
Treatment is effective only if the disease is detected at an early stage. Sample blood has to be taken at midnight for the presence of microfilaria.
Also, surgical treatment may be helpful for issues related to scrotal elephantiasis and hydrocele. However, surgery is generally ineffective at correcting elephantiasis of the limbs.
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2007-03-15 03:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elephantiasis is a condition where a worm stops up blood vessels. It has been quite a few years since I studied it. The main thing that I recall was that it infected men and it caused the testes to swell.
At the time, there wasn't an effective treatment.
2007-03-15 03:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a rare condition that involves the thickening of the tissues in the limbs, head and genitals. Believe it or not, it is caused by parasites and is often transmitted by mosquitoes.
Chemotherapy is used to attack the worms and to repair damage caused when the body fights off the dead worms. Deep therapeutic cleaning can be helpful early in the disease, and surgery may be necessary. IN 2003 a study indicated that antibiotic treatment may be helpful.
2007-03-15 03:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its caused by a parasite that embeds itself in tissue, usually somewhere in the lower body. Treatment Ive seen involves removing the worm, which is wrapped around a pencil or stick and pulled out slowly so as it doesnt break.
2007-03-15 03:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2017-02-19 23:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the condition and treatments here
http://www.raintree-health.co.uk/cgi-bin/getpage.pl?/data/elephantitis.html
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2007-03-15 03:32:31 · answer #6 · answered by jamand 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i doubt that anyone on yahoo will be able to tell you how to treat this condition. you may want to try and search the disease itself on the internet
2007-03-15 03:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
get a mouse.
2007-03-15 04:04:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋