After reading about the boy with the giant hand in a front page topic, I decided to share some few things about elephantiasis.
There is no known cure or vaccine for the treatment of elephantiasis, the most effective method available to control the disease is prevention.
first let's look at the causes
Lymphatic filariasis a.k.a elephantiasis is caused by infection with
parasites classified as nematodes (roundworms) of
the family Filariodidea. There are 3 types of these
thread-like filarial worms:
Wuchereria bancrofti, which is responsible for
90% of the cases
Brugia malayi, which causes most of the
remainder of the cases
B. timori, which also causes the disease.
Adult worms lodge in the lymphatic system and
disrupt the immune system. The worms can live for
an average of 6-8 years and, during their life time,
produce millions of microfilariae (immature larvae)
that circulate in the blood.
Mosquitoes are infected with microfilariae by
ingesting blood when biting an infected host.
Microfilariae mature into infective larvae within the
mosquito. When infected mosquitoes bite people,
mature parasite larvae are deposited on the skin
from where they can enter the body. The larvae
then migrate to the lymphatic vessels where they
develop into adult worms, thus continuing a cycle
of transmission.
Lymphatic filariasis is transmitted by different types
of mosquitoes, for example the Culex mosquito
that is widespread across urban and semi-urban
areas; the Anopheles mainly in rural areas, and
Aedes, mainly in endemic islands in the Pacific.
India has the highest risk but as usual, Nigeria follow join body...so my fellow people, its a fight for everyone.
Prevention is better than cure...
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Cc lalasticlala ishilove seun

Help from
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs102/en/
Its not our portion in Jesus name

jesu ! Dat guy with big scrotum *passes out.,*

Oh my goodness! These people must be going through pains.

Ok

scribespad:
Oh my goodness! These people must be going through pains.

I saw a girl with two giant legs...I said damm...no man or woman deserves this...

Really, no one does

obainojazz:
I saw a girl with two giant legs...I said damm...no man or woman deserves this...

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