lunes, 26 de junio de 2017

CHILDHOOD ELEPHANTHIASIS PREVENTION CAMPAIGN - Primary and Paediatric Lymphedema - Secondary Lymphedema - Filariasis and Lymphostatic Podoconiosis - Rare Disease - Prevention and Awareness Campaign



Every day there are children worldwide being born with lymphostatic disorders, also known as Pediatric/Primary Lymphedema or Secondary Lymphedema due to various causesElephantiasis is the worst stage that this disease can develop towards, and it is essential for children to have access to proper treatment from a very early age. Read more about which is the best treatment option for Lymphedema HERE.


In many European and industrialized countries, children born with lymphedema receive specialized treatment and the compression garments they need, but in poor regions of Africa, India, South America, Asia, and Third World Countries, treatment for the majority of these children is non-existent. Read more about which country provides the best lymphedema treatment coverage HERE.



Campaigns by international health organizations and public awareness are necessary and essential, to prevent "Child Elephantiasis" due to lymphostatic disorders, so that these children may one day be adults with a good quality of life, and be safeguarded from a dramatic future which otherwise would probably await them. Elephantiasis is not only due to Filariasis. Read more about which is the best treatment option for Pediatric and Primary Lymphedema HERE.


Primary Lymphedema also leads to elephantiasis
Elephantiasis is not only due to filariasis
Lymphostatic disorders are a disease
Effective treatment exists
Prevention is essential


International Health Campaigns are necessary

REFERENCES










  • WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR TREATS LYMPHEDEMA/LYMPHOEDEMA - WHICH MEDICAL SPECIALITIES ARE RELATED TO LYMPHEDEMA












LYMPHEDEMA INCIDENCE 
AND PREVALENCE
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