lunes, 26 de junio de 2017

Les enfants atteints de lymphoedème / Kinder mit Lymphödem / I bambini con linfedema / Crianças com Linfedema / Barn med Lymfødem / Dzieci z Obrzęk limfatyczny / Дети с лимфедема / 與淋巴水腫兒童 / リンパ浮腫を持つ子供 / 림프 부종 어린이 / Lenfödem çocuklar / リンパ浮腫の発症 および有病率に関する情報

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 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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