Disease elephantiasis.

Many diseases that you need to be aware of the current unpredictable weather. One of the diseases that can appear suddenly is a disease elephantiasis. Why all of a sudden? Because some people who develop the disease at first did not feel any pain or any complaint. To find out if you are stricken with elephantiasis disease or not, you can do a blood test through the fingertips.

The main objective in the early treatment of the disease is to eradicate filariasis (eradication) parasites or larvae that develop in the patient's body, so that the retributions of transmission can be reduced and reduced.

However, the disease elephantiasis or filariasis as dangerous to other diseases. The disease is caused by infection with the filarial worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, or Brugia timori which is transmitted through mosquito bites. Types of mosquitoes that can transmit diseases including elephantiasis manifold Aedes, Mansonia, Anopheles, and Culex.

Mosquito-borne worms and then penetrate human skin. So the worms will go to the blood vessels and lymph glands. In these lymphatic vessels, the larvae changed twice on the skin and body into adult worms. This process lasted for nine months.

Worms are increasingly growing up in the lymph vessels is what causes the blockage of lymph flow. This blockage can occur anywhere in the body. In general, a blockage occurs in the groin area. Can also occur in the feet and hands. Blockage of the lymph vessels that causes the body to swell elephantiasis patients. Worse, in the lymphatic vessels, worms can last up to ten years.

In Indonesia, the disease is still endemic elephantiasis. Health Ministry data shows that in 2011, the number of elephantiasis patients reached 12 066 people in 344 districts / us throughout Indonesia. Meanwhile, there are 40 million Indonesian people whose bodies contain microfilaria. That is, they are potentially infectious to others elephantiasis. This is because many types of mosquitoes which can be a medium of transmission of disease elephantiasis.

Symptoms.

Probably the three conditions that occur in people with elephantiasis disease:

First, patients may not feel sick or complaining of pain. Still, the disease is dangerous because it can be transmitted to another person's body.

Second, the patient may experience an acute infection caused by inflammation of lymph channels that feels hot and sore. Swollen lymph nodes may rupture and bleed.

Third, lymph blockage which can cause swelling in the feet also hands. In women. Swelling can occur in the breast, while in men in the testes. Swollen area will look red, hot, and painful. If conditions had been like this, usually people with elephantiasis have a fever for three to five days.
Of the three processes, the first condition is the most dangerous because it has no symptoms, so that the people affected do not seek treatment, and it was a process of transmission to others who are healthy can happen.

Prevention and Treatment.

In general, the elephant leg disease prevention can be done by trying to avoid transmitting mosquito bites. Pay attention to your surroundings. Clean up puddles of water that can be breeding places of mosquitoes, such as a bathtub.

Can also use mosquito nets when sleeping or installing mosquito repellent in your home.

If you have been stricken with elephantiasis disease, it can be treated with anthelmintic, such as DEC, albendazole or ivermectin.
Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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DatePublished: November 09, 2014 at 19:27