ELEPHANTIASIS
January 30 is recognized worldwide, as the day to highlight the “Neglected Diseases”. Some severe and neglected diseases are not only located in poor or developing countries, but also can be found in European and high-tech western nations, as is the case of Lymphostatic Elephantiasis. The medical term elephantiasis is used to identify a part of the body, which has undergone progressive deformity and trophic skin changes as a result of chronic lymphedema. Throughout the world, the lack of treatment or under-treatment of lymphedema makes elephantiasis a condition that is still present today. Read more about the best treatment for elephantiasis here.
International awareness campaigns are needed for access to compression therapy and garments for patients diagnosed with chronic lymphoedema, many of them children, since this is the only possible way to stop the progression of the disease. Elephantiasis is a treatable condition, but it will never be eradicated from the world and will continue to be a severe public health problem, as long as there is non-treatment or under-treatment of lymphatic dysfunction (Lymphedema).
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- WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR TREATS LYMPHEDEMA/LYMPHOEDEMA - WHICH MEDICAL SPECIALITIES ARE RELATED TO LYMPHEDEMA
LYMPHEDEMA INCIDENCE
AND PREVALENCE
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LYMPHEDEMA INCIDENCE
AND PREVALENCE
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