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 | | Elephantiasis may also affect the male and female genital organs. | | | The extreme enlargement of the limbs and other areas of the body characterized by elephantiasis, is the result of obstruction of the lymph flow and possibly of blood circulation. | | | The external parts of the female genital organs (vulva) may also be affected by elephantiasis. |
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| | Elephantiasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Elephantiasis (Greek ελεφαντίασις, from ελέφαντας, "the elphant") is a syndrome that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals. | | | However, surgery is generally ineffective at correcting elephantiasis of the limbs. | | | Also, surgical treatment may be helpful for issues related to scrotal elephantiasis and hydrocele. |
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| | FindHealthNews : News, Reviews and Articles On Elephantiasis |
| | Elephantiasis -- or painful extreme enlargement -- of the genitals is also a feature of the disease. | | | The physical consequences of the infection are painful, swollen limbs (lymphoedema or elephantiasis) and hydrocele. | | | Manual lymphatic drainage and pneumatic compression therapy are available to patients to help relieve swelling and pain, she said. |
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| | Elephantiasis can effect basically any part of your body, but usually elephantiasis is located on your lower legs or your genital area. | | | Elephantiasis usually occurs on the lower legs or genitals but can occur on any part of the body. | | | The classic Elephantiasis is " Bancroftian Filariasis" as said earlier can effect any part of the body, but usually the legs, foot or the genital area. |
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| | eMedicine - Filariasis : Article by Michael D Nissen, BMedSc, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA |
| | The consequence is lymphatic damage and chronic leakage of protein-rich lymph in the tissues, thickening and verrucous changes of the skin, and chronic streptococcal and fungal infections, which all contribute to the appearance of elephantiasis. | | | Large hydroceles and scrotal elephantiasis can be managed with surgical excision. | | | Correcting gross limb elephantiasis with surgery is less successful and may necessitate multiple procedures and skin grafting. |
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| | Four such trials are summarised here: on lymphoedema and elephantiasis (from many causes in Australia, and filaritic in India and China). | | | In India and China similar rates were achieved with lymphoedema, but elephantiasis reduced at a slower rate. | | | The drugs reduced these much more slowly than adequate physical therapy, but they did reduce them. |
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| | eyeOrbit - “ Elephantiasis nostras “: further information concerning the enigmatic etymology of "nostras": |
| | II, p.250, Selezione dal Reader’s Digest 1974) With such etymological confusion, the word nostras in elephantiasis nostras could be viewed as extraneous and its use merely a matter of perfunctory tradition. | | | “ Elephantiasis nostras “: further information concerning the enigmatic etymology of the word “ nostras “: Blogger: William Charles Caccamise Sr, MD: Retired Clinical Asst. | | | Professor of Ophthalmology at The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry: Faculty member from 1953 through 1995.] [Founder and Eye Surgeon-in-Charge of the Kurji (Patna, Bihar, India) Holy Family Hospital Eye Clinic under the aegis of Mother Anna Dengel and her Medical Mission Sisters: periodically from 1951 through 1968.] |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Dispelling myths on swollen scrotums |
| | Once elephantiasis of the scrotum has taken grip the only way to cure it is by surgery. | | | The swelling, which has thickened and hardened the skin of his scrotum, is an example of well developed elephantiasis. | | | The number of men taking the drug in Kisarawe is now falling because of this belief, a development which is likely to increase the risk of elephantiasis. |
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| | Elephantiasis - elephantiasis caused by wolbachia |
| | The broader body of knowledge about diseases and their treatments is medicine. | | | Taylor MJ, Makunde WH, McGarry HF, Turner JD, Mand genital elephantiasis S, Hoerauf A. Macrofilaricidal answers about elephantiasis activity after doxycycline treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti: a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial. | | | A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. |
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| | Elephantitis or Elephantiasis, Cause and effect |
| | The word elephantitis or elephantiasis is a vivid and accurate term for the syndrome it describes: the gross (visible) enlargement of the arms, legs, or genitals to elephantoid size. | | | This is the severely disfiguring and disabling condition of elephantiasis. | | | Other situations that can lead to elephantiasis are: a protozoan disease called leishmaniasis a repeated streptococcal infection the surgical removal of lymph nodes (usually to prevent the spread of cancer) a hereditary birth defect Causes and symptoms. |
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| | Feature : Dr. Moses J. Bockarie - By Peter C. Andersen - Sierra Leone Web |
| | "Elephantiasis was first reported in Sierra Leone in 1913, but its prevalence and distribution was not well documented until 1999 when I teamed up with a group of researchers and doctors in Freetown to determine the extent of the problem," Bockarie told the Sierra Leone Web. | | | The worm responsible for Elephantiasis in Sierra Leone is called Wuchereria bancrofti. | | | Elephantiasis results from a parasitic infection caused by one of three varieties of threadlike worm which can block the body’s lymphatic system. |
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| | elephantiasis articles on Encyclopedia.com |
| | elephantiasis ELEPHANTIASIS [elephantiasis], abnormal enlargement of any part of the body due to obstruction of the lymphatic channels in the area (see lymphatic system), usually affecting the arms, legs, or external genitals. | | | Elephantiasis Whatever you're looking for you can get it on eBay. |
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| | elephantiasis on Encyclopedia.com |
| | ELEPHANTIASIS [elephantiasis], abnormal enlargement of any part of the body due to obstruction of the lymphatic channels in the area (see lymphatic system), usually affecting the arms, legs, or external genitals. | | | WHO to supply free elephantiasis drugs to Uganda. | | | Ivermectin, an antifilarial drug, has been effective with a single dose. |
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| | ELEPHANTIASIS - LoveToKnow Article on ELEPHANTIASIS |
| | The only difference in the history of the two forms of the disease lies in the fact that the non-filarial form progresses steadily, until either the underlying condition is cured, or in the case of cancer, andc., brings about a fatal issue. | | | Two distinct forms are known, (1) elephantiasis arabum, due to the development of living parasites, filaria sanguinis hominis (or filaria Bancrofti), and (2) the non-filarial form due to lymphatic obstruction from any other cause whatsoever, as erysipelas, the deposit of tuberculous or cancerous material in the lymphatic glands, phlegmasia dolens (white leg), long-continued eczema, andc. | | | The disease is totally different from the so-called elephantiasis graecorum or true leprosy, for which see LEPROSY. |
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| | * Elephantiasis - (Disease): Definition |
| | The word elephantiasis is a vivid and accurate term for the syndrome it describes: the gross (visible) enlargement of the arms, legs, or genitals to elephantoid size. | | | Elephantiasis of the genitalia (enlargement and chronic inflammation) | | | For example, one type of worm infection alone - lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) - affects 120 million people in the tropics and sub-tropics. |
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| | Just do a search in Google (http://www.google.com) for “Elephantiasis (Filariasis) pharmacy” (or drugs or medicine) and you’ll find one that has what you are looking for. | | | Need drugs, a pharmacy, or medicine for Elephantiasis (Filariasis)? | | | Or, perhaps you are looking for a Elephantiasis (Filariasis) treatment or an alternative cure? You can find people through Google that offer these services as well. |
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| | Elephantiasis by Stillfried |
| | Stillfried did quite a bit of work in Japan, often focusing on Geisha or portraits. | | | This happens to be the most artistic elephantiasis portrait we've ever seen. |
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| | Egypt Finishing 'Elephantiasis' Campaign - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com |
| | If the teams distributing the drugs reach everyone in the communities where the disease is endemic, by 2006 elephantiasis should be eliminated in Egypt. | | | There is a tremendous social stigma attached to elephantiasis _ not only because of the swollen limbs, but because the disease often affects the genitals, especially in men. | | | Because all carriers of the parasite will have been treated, there should be no infected people for mosquitoes to prey on. |
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| | CNN - Drug maker donating elephantiasis medicine - Jan. 26, 1998 |
| | The goal is to eradicate lymphatic filariasis, which often leads to elephantiasis, the huge enlargement of the arms, legs and genital organs. | | | SmithKline said it will donate albendazole -- standard treatment for the intestinal parasites that cause the disease -- for at least 20 years, longer if necessary. | | | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Aiming to eliminate one of the world's most disfiguring diseases, the World Health Organization and a British drug maker said on Monday they are set to launch a 73-nation campaign. |
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| | Tropical Medicine Central Resource |
| | When there is gross elephantiasis, there will be underlying bone changes and the marked soft tissue thickening can be demonstrated. | | | In some patients it may be necessary to exclude both bone and deep soft tissue infection, and ultrasonography will be helpful. | | | The most severe changes affect the ankles and feet. |
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| | Help Cure Cleto's Elephantiasis Cumerdi? - BreakTheChain.org |
| | There is no sponsor mentioned and no explanation of how or when the money will be given to his family. | | | Elephantiasis is a real disease with serious physical consequences. | | | Most likely, what's happened here is someone found the gruesome photo of the boy on a website about elephantitis and decided to put a story to it. |
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| | Wuchereria bancrofti (bancroftian filariasis, elephantiasis) |
| | Any introductory level parasitology textbook will contain pictures of humans infected with "elephantiasis." Viewing such pictures, especially those showing gross disfiguration of the genitals, is better left to those with a "strong stomach." (Click here to view images of humans suffering from elephantiasis ---- WARNING, these images are quite graphic.) | | | Elephantiasis is not "Elephant Man disease." For many years it was assumed that Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, suffered from neurofibromatosis, and for this reason neurofibromatosis is often called "Elephant Man disease." Neurofibromatosis is not caused by a parasite; it is a genetic disease. | | | There is now speculation that Merrick actually suffered from a much rarer condition known as Proteus syndrome. |
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| | Sibiri Goama Ouedraogo, who has had elephantiasis for 10 years, initially thought no medicine could help him because his disease was the result of a hex. | | | But with the information from health officials about its causes, and methods to prevent and treat it, he has changed his view, as have his friends who also thought the illness was a curse. | | | OUAGADOUGOU, 19 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Burkina Faso health workers are out in force nationwide to distribute medicine and information in a bid to combat elephantiasis, an often debilitating disorder the health ministry says strikes about one million people in the West African country. |
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| | Elephantiasis causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Elephantiasis |
| | It can be cured by a massive cleansing process of the whole body. | | | A patient writes: I have been suffering from elephantiasis for the past two and a half years. | | | Elephantiasis is the result of accumulation of morbid humours in the body. |
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| | Elephantiasis - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Referen | | | Elephantiasis is a parasitic disease which is from human to human by mosquito bites. | | | The parasite tends to lodge in and block lymph nodes that drain the lower extremities producing enlargement and deformity of the legs and Dramatic photographs of those affected appear in infectious diseases text. |
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| | elephantiasis - Vinden |
| | bij Elephantiasis neuromatosis of toegenomen flow bij bijvoorbeeld veneuze obstructie; | | | Irreversible oedema, elephantiasis; complications up to malignant degeneration | | | If you take this, you will get wise in the brain; |
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| | Program to Halt Elephantiasis Gets Results |
| | The disease can cause the enlargement and disfigurement of the arms, legs and genitals known as elephantiasis. | | | Studies have shown a simple two-drug, once-yearly treatment is 99 percent effective against lymphatic filariasis, or LF, the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis said in its report. | | | LONDON (AP) - Four years into a 20-year international campaign against the disfiguring disease known as elephantiasis, nearly 80 million people who are at risk have begun to be protected, raising hopes that the sickness can be eliminated, according to a report released Monday. |
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| | Kaposi's sarcoma with elephantiasis associated with AIDS. |
| | Use of a collaborative care approach resulted in dramatic improvement of this patient's wounds. | | | This case study describes the wound management of a 43-year-old patient with an advanced case of Kaposi's sarcoma with elephantiasis of the lower extremities. | | | The severity of the disease can range from a few lesions to extensive cases with fungating, encrusted wounds. |
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| | Elephantiasis Term Papers, Essay Research Paper Help, Essays on Elephantiasis |
| | Our researchers are highly-educated, experienced specialists with impeccable research and writing skills. | | | If so, our Elephantiasis experts can research and write a new, original, unique document—JUST FOR YOU—on the particular Elephantiasis topic of your choice. | | | Our Elephantiasis research is designed to help customers write their own papers, |
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| | DEVELOPMENT REPORT – 80 Million Treated Against Elephantiasis - 2004-04-18 |
| | Two drug companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck, are providing medicines for free. | | | This combined treatment stops the spread of elephantiasis. | | | DEVELOPMENT REPORT – 80 Million Treated Against Elephantiasis - 2004-04-18 |
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| | Lymphatic Filariasis |
| | Liverpool Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre: Extensive information about elephantiasis and its treatment. | | | The first attempt at the elimination of a vector borne disease elephantiasis in a regional area. | | | The content of this directory is based on the Open Directory and has been modified by Gourt.com |
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| | Für den Rettungsdienst ist eine symptomatische Therapie ausreichend. | | | Die Lymphödeme sind klinisch zu versorgen, da die Elephantiasis irreversibel ist. | | | Die Folgen sind Ansammlungen von seröser Flüssigkeit mit der Entwicklung von Lymphödemen und einer stark ausgeprägten Anschwellung der Körperteile, vor allem der Extremitäten (Elephantiasis). |
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| | Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Elephantiasis - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Elephantiasis as a symptom: Conditions listing Elephantiasis as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions: | | | These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Elephantiasis. | | | Elephantiasis as a complication: Other conditions that might have Elephantiasis as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. |
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| | Anti Essays : Free Essays on Elephantiasis Essay |
| | Certain types of elephantiasis can be treated surgically. | | | The leg and foot, may swell to elephantine size. | | | Elephantiasis of the legs is usually treated with elastic bandages and frequent elevation of the legs. |
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| | Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily) |
| | The disease of elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis is easily transmitted by a culex, a female mosquito from a patient suffering from elephantiasis to a healthy person. | | | Bhaktapur, Apr. 5 (RSS): The disease of elephantiasis is on the rise in Nepal as the Ministry of Health has not been giving proper attention to the treatment of the patients suffering from the disease and treating it as an ordinary disease, according to a research study being conducted here. | | | According to experts, elephantiasis is transmitted to a healthy person if the culex mosquito bites a healthy person on his artery. |
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| | Elephantiasis of the scrotum and penis |
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TREATMENT depends on the extent of his elephantiasis. | | | In elephantiasis the texture of the skin of the patient's scrotum is altered, it pits on pressure, it cannot be moved over the deeper tissues, veins are not visible, and the mass cannot be reduced. |
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| | Symptoms of Elephantiasis - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Elephantiasis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. | | | This signs and symptom information for Elephantiasis has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Elephantiasis signs or Elephantiasis symptoms. | | | Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general: |
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| | Antibiotics breakthrough for elephantiasis sufferers |
| | The mainstay treatment for elephantiasis comprises two drugs called diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin, boosted by another drug called albendazole. | | | Elephantiasis -- lymphatic filariasis, as it is officially known -- is transmitted by mosquitoes which pick up microscopic larvae from an infected human and pass it when they take a blood meal from another person. | | | But they are generally effective only against the worm in its earliest stages, not the adult worm which causes the symptoms. |
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| | Elephantiasis or Lymphatic Filariasis Caused By Mosquito Bites |
| | These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. | | | The worms may live undetected for years, and then symptoms of Elephantiasis may surface, such as: lymphedema (extremely enlarged/swollen) of the arms, legs, genitalia, and breasts. | | | Elephantiasis or Lymphatic Filariasis is an infection of parasitic roundworms like: Wuchereria Bancrofti, Brugia Malayi, and Brugia Timori. |
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| | Elephantiasis-one pill a year and its all over! |
| | While it is important to try to cure the infection itself, management of the consequences of that infection (particularly the lymphoedema, elephantiasis and hydrocoeles) is what is often of greatest concern to the patient. | | | Interestingly, with respect to hydrocoeles it has now been shown repeatedly that treatment of infection in communities with either intermittent (monthly, 6-monthly, yearly) drug administration or the steady use of DEC-fortified table/cooking salt, leads to clinical improvement with decreases in both hydrocoele size and prevalence. | | | These same intensive local hygiene efforts and antibiotic ointments can also decrease the frequency of recurrent infection episodes in patients with elephantiasis of the penis or scrotum, but, unfortunately, principles of management have not yet been developed for successfully reversing the anatomic distortions caused by the infection. |
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| | Salon Urge: Naked World Super-sized testicles no man could wish for |
| | Elephantiasis sufferers generally lose their sexual capacity because the once-penetrating penis is eventually engulfed by the swollen tissue. | | | The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 120 million people are cursed with elephantiasis in various body parts. | | | Drooping, low-slung testicles are considered sexy by some erotic aficionados, while others prefer the aesthetics of a puffy, engorged pair of sacs. |
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| | IngentaConnect Genital elephantiasis |
| | Although mainly associated with filariasis and sexually transmitted diseases, such as lymphogranuloma venereum and donovanosis, it could also be an uncommon complication of tubercular lymphadenitis, a common infection in tropical countries. | | | Genital elephantiasis (esthiomene), which is the dramatic end-result of lymphatic obstruction, is rather rare. | | | We report a rare case of a 32-year-old Indian female in whom genital elephantiasis occurred as a complication of tubercular lymphadenitis. |
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| | elephantiasis neurofibromatosa - General Practice Notebook |
| | There is overgrowth of subcutaneous tissues and skin producing considerable local enlargement. | | | Oxbridge Solutions Ltd® is an independent company owned by the authors which does not receive income from any other organisation or individual. | | | Elephantiasis neurofibomatosa is a diffuse neurofibromatosis of nerve trunks. |
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