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	Elephantiasis Encyclopedia of Medicine - Find Articles
		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.
		True elephantiasis is the result of a parasitic infection caused by three specific kinds of round worms.
		There are a few different causes of elephantiasis, but the agents responsible for most of the elephantiasis in the world are filarial worms: white, slender round worms found in most tropical and subtropical places.
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	Elephantiasis - LoveToKnow 1911
		ELEPHANTIASIS (Barbadoes leg; Boucnemia), is a disease dependent on chronic lymphatic obstruction, and characterized by hypertrophy of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
		Two distinct forms are known, (r) 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 elephantiasis due to filaria is spread by the agency of mosquitoes, in whose bodies the intermediate stage is passed.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Elephantiasis (571 words)

	elephantiasis - Encyclopedia.com
		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.
		In tropical countries the most common cause is filariasis, infestation with certain filaria, small parasitic roundworms (see worm) of the genera Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi that are introduced into the body by many species of mosquitoes.
		Considered as the second leading cause of permanent disability in the country, lymphatic filiriasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a severely disabling disease caused by worms (filariae) that live in the human lymphatic system.
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	Elephantiasis - The mosquito carrier
		Elephantiasis is not "elephant man disease," which is an inherited condition with completely different causes and symptoms.
		Elephantiasis was known to the early Greeks and Romans.
		Because elephantiasis is found mainly in poorer countries, money for research into the cure and prevention of the disease has been limited.
	www.humanillnesses.com /original/E-Ga/Elephantiasis.html (0 words)

	CIGNA - Elephantiasis
		Elephantiasis is a condition characterized by gross enlargement of an area of the body, especially the limbs.
		Elephantiasis is caused by obstruction of the lymphatic system, which results in the accumulation of a fluid called lymph in the affected areas.
		The main symptom of elephantiasis is gross enlargement and swelling of an area of the body because of the accumulation of fluid.
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	The Human Marvels: Vindicating those once labeled as freaks.
		Then during the European exploration of Goa, between 1588 and 1592, Jan Huygen Linschoten wrote that the inhabitants he observed were ‘all born with one of their legs and one foot from the knee downwards as thick as an elephant’s leg’.
		The usual cause of elephantiasis is nearly as horrific as the appearance of the condition itself.
		The effectiveness of these treatments suggests that many of the symptoms of elephantiasis are not directly a result of the lymphatic filariasis but rather the effect of secondary skin infections.
	www.thehumanmarvels.com /2007/05/elephantiasis.html (0 words)

	Elephantiasis Summary
		Elephantiasis is a severely disfiguring and disabling condition in which the arms, legs, or genitals swell so much that they can resemble an elephant's foreleg in size, texture, and color.
		Other causes of elephantiasis are: A protozoan disease called leishmaniasis, a repeated streptococcal infection, the surgical removal of lymph nodes (usually to prevent the spread of cancer), or a hereditary birth defect.
		Elephantiasis (Greek ελεφαντίασις, from ελέφαντας, "the elephant") is a syndrome that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals.
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	Frequently Asked Questions - Pac Elf - Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis in the South Pacific
		Described on the pharaonic murals of Egypt and in the ancient medical texts of China, India, Japan and Persia, elephantiasis and hydrocoele were first associated with parasitic filarial worms and their mosquito vectors in the late 19th century by French, English and Australian physicians working with patients from Cuba, Brazil, China and India.
		Elephantiasis of the entire leg, the entire arm, the vulva, or the breast swelling up to several times normal size-can affect up to 10% of men and women in these communities.
		This treatment is to protect the next generation from elephantiasis and other manifestations of filarial disease by breaking the cycle of infection between mosquitoes and humans.
	www.pacelf.org /faq.html (1769 words)

	Elephantiasis: Encyclopedia of Medicine
		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.
		True elephantiasis is the result of a parasitic infection caused by three specific kinds of round worms.
		There are a few different causes of elephantiasis, but the agents responsible for most of the elephantiasis in the world are...
	health.enotes.com /medicine-encyclopedia/elephantiasis (169 words)

	ND’s Haiti mission not impossible
		A common belief is that people with elephantiasis have been hit with a voodoo curse.
		Elephantiasis is essentially the same condition as lymphedema, Streit said, the swelling well-known to women who have had lymph nodes removed as part of breast cancer surgery.
		Sexton said the program’s Haiti staff and its helpers — fewer than 100 people in all, including workers from the country’s limited public health system — continually puts on educational shows in the country’s communes, political units that are roughly the equivalent of counties.
	www.haiti-info.com /imprimer.php3?id_article=557 (1557 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for elephantiasis
		elephantiasis Condition in which there is gross swelling of the tissues due to blockage of lymph vessels.
		After receiving his medical degree (1866) from the university at Aberdeen, Scotland, Manson left for China where he was to spend 24 years, studying such diseases as tinea, Calabar swelling, and flwater fever.
		He lauded the efforts Ghana was putting in to eradicate elephantiasis and said he would spearhead efforts to expand the production...
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	Elephantiasis, Information about Elephantiasis
		Elephantiasis is a severely disfiguring and disabling condition in which thearms, legs, or genitals swell so much that they can resemble an elephant's foreleg in size, texture, and color.
		True elephantiasis is caused by a parasitic infection from three kinds of round worms.
		Other causes of elephantiasis are: A protozoan disease called leishmaniasis, a repeated streptococcal infection, the surgical removal of lymph nodes (usually to prevent the spread of cancer), or a hereditary birth defect.
	www.faqs.org /health/topics/22/Elephantiasis.html (0 words)

	Elephantiasis
		Elephantiasis, or Lymphatic Filariasis, is a rare disorder of the lymphatic system caused by parasitic worms such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B.
		Elephantiasis is characterized by the gross enlargement of a limb or areas of the trunk or head.
		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.
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	WHO \| Lymphatic filariasis
		Elephantiasis of the entire leg, the entire arm, the vulva, or the breast - swelling up to several times normal size - can affect up to 10% of men and women in these communities.
		Some of these are caused by the body's immune response to the parasite, but most are the result of bacterial infection of skin where normal defences have been partially lost due to underlying lymphatic damage.
		Until very recently, diagnosing lymphatic filariasis had been extremely difficult, since parasites had to be detected microscopically in the blood, and in most parts of the world, the parasites have a "nocturnal periodicity" that restricts their appearance in the blood to only the hours around midnight.
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	Journal of Medical Case Reports \| Full text \| Giant scrotal elephantiasis of inflammatory etiology: Case report
		We present a case of a 40-year-old European man with massive elephantiasis of the scrotum attributed to chronic inflammation of the lower urinary tract caused by urinary outlet obstruction and diabetes mellitus.
		Scrotal elephantiasis is extremely rare outside endemic regions in Africa and India [1,2].
		In hereditary elephantiasis of the Meige type, lymphedema of the external genitalia occurs due to malformation of lymphatic vessels [4].
	www.jmedicalcasereports.com /content/1/1/23 (0 words)

	Worldandnation: Egypt's efforts to halt elephantiasis get promising results
		Elephantiasis, or lymphatic filariasis, has plagued Egypt at least since the days of a Pharaonic priest who lived 3,000 years ago.
		Despite its name and symptoms, elephantiasis is not the disease suffered by the "elephant man," 19th century Briton Joseph Merrick.
		She credits the success to the fact that everyone in the community knows of a victim of elephantiasis, and to what she calls "good propaganda" - before distributing the drugs door-to-door, officials promote the medicine on television and imams lend their support in mosques.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/05/Worldandnation/Egypt_s_efforts_to_ha.shtml (747 words)

	Elephantiasis - Information and Resources - Health Encyclopedia - Kaiser Permanente
		Elephantiasis is a condition characterized by gross enlargement of an area of the body, especially the limbs.
		Elephantiasis is caused by obstruction of the lymphatic system, which results in the accumulation of a fluid called lymph in the affected areas.
		Elephantiasis due to lymphatic filariasis may also be referred to as "true" elephantiasis.
	www.kaiserpermanente.org /kpweb/healthency.do?hwid=nord689 (556 words)

	What Causes Elephantiasis?
		Elephantiasis is a syndrome most often caused by an obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, which results in extreme swelling of the skin and tissues, typically in the lower trunk and body.
		Elephantiasis can be very painful and uncomfortable and reduces the sufferer’s ability to lead a normal life.
		A serious complication of elephantiasis can be obstructed blood vessels, which limit blood supply and cause the skin to become infected and gangrenous.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-causes-elephantiasis.htm (0 words)

	Elephantiasis
		Elephantiasis is technically the hardening and thickening of the skin following swelling of the arms, breasts, legs, or for men the genitals known as lymphedema (CDC, 2004).
		This parasitic nematode is the main worm that infects the lymphatics and causes lymphatic filariasis.
		Nonfilarial elephantiasis, or podoconiosis, generally occurs in the mountains of central Africa, and is caused by the volcanic ash that works its way through people’s bare feet and into their lymphatics.
	www.bio.davidson.edu /Courses/immunology/Students/spring2006/Heeren/eleph.html (0 words)

	SmithKline Beecham And WHO Collaborate in Seeking to Eliminate Elephantiasis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The disease often leads to elephantiasis, the huge enlargement of arms, legs and genital organs which causes profound physical and psychological disability.
		Elephantiasis of the entire leg, the entire arm, the vulva, or the breast -- swelling up to three times normal size -- can affect up to 10 percent of men and women in these communities.
		The psychological and social stigmata associated with the disease are immense.
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	Wuchereria and Brugia
		Elephantiasis has been written about since the time of the early Greeks and Romans.
		The worms in the lymphatic system cause tissue changes which restrict normal flow of lymph and result in swelling, fibrosis and eventually secondary infections in the affected tissues.
		The vulva is near the level of the middle of the esophagus.
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	Elephantiasis
		Elephantiasis is a rare disorder of the lymphatic system.
		Elephantiasis may also affect the male and female genital organs.
		Recent studies have shown that a possible cause of elephantiasis in Africa may be related to the red soil on which certain barefooted populations live.
	www.bestschools.org /hs/science/wiener/elephantiasis.html (0 words)

	Lymphatic Filariasis : RSS Feeds : Gourt
		Elephantiasis (Greek ελεφαντίασις, from ελέφαντας, "the elephant") is a syndrome that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals.
		This nonparasitic form of elephantiasis, known as nonfilarial elephantiasis or podoconiosis, generally occurs in the mountains of central Africa.
		Nonfilarial elephantiasis is thought to be caused by persistent contact with volcanic ash.
	www.gourt.com /Health/Conditions-and-Diseases/Infectious-Diseases/Parasitic/Lymphatic-Filariasis.html (0 words)

	Genome mapped for elephantiasis parasite - Infectious Diseases - MSNBC.com
		WASHINGTON - Scientists have mapped the genome of a worm that causes elephantiasis in what they called on Thursday an important step toward developing new drugs or vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disfiguring disease.
		Elephantiasis is marked by hideous swelling of the arms, legs, head, genitals or breasts.
		It is caused by small, thread-like parasitic worms that can live for years inside the human body and thrive in the human lymphatic system.
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	Genital elephantiasis and sexually transmitted infections - revisited.
		STI-related genital elephantiasis should be differentiated from elephantiasis due to other causes, including filariasis, tuberculosis, haematological malignancies, iatrogenic, or dermatological diseases.
		Elephantiasis in donovanosis is mainly due to constriction of the lymphatics which are trapped in the chronic granulomatous inflammatory response generated by the causative agent, Calymmatobacterium (Klebsiella) granulomatis.
		The LGV-associated genital elephantiasis should be treated with a prolonged course of doxycycline given orally, while donovanosis should be treated with azithromycin or trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole combination given for a minimum of three weeks.
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	Elephantiasis - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Elephantiasis: Lymphatic obstruction which causes severe swelling in the legs and groin area.
		It is usually caused by infection with a parasitic worm which is transmitted by mosquito bites.
		Elephantiasis as a complication caused by other conditions
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /e/elephantiasis/intro.htm (0 words)

	NIH-funded scientists solve genetic code of parasitic worm that causes elephantiasis
		In the September 21, 2007 issue of Science, the researchers report solving the complete genome of Brugia malayi, one of the worms that causes the often debilitating disease elephantiasis.
		The WHO also estimates that about half a million people around the world have lost their vision due to onchocerciasis, or river blindness, which is caused by another type of filarial parasite.
		This longevity complicates elephantiasis treatment because existing drugs for treating the disease target the larvae only and do not completely kill the adult worms.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2007-09/nioa-nss091407.php (0 words)

	Elephantiasis infection: cause, symptoms, treatments, prevention, long-term outlook, risks, complications
		Elephantiasis is caused by several different types of parasitic worms, including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori.
		When an infected female mosquito bites a person, she may inject the worm larvae into the bloodstream.
		In addition, elephantiasis is difficult to detect early.
	www.mamashealth.com /parinfect/elep.asp (0 words)

	VOA News - Scientists Unlock Genetic Code of Debilitating Elephantiasis Parasite
		Elodie Ghedin, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, led the DNA study leading to the genetic blueprint of the thread-like microscopic worm, known as Brugia Malayi.
		Ghedin say the parasite, which is carried by spiders and mosquitoes, threatens one billion people who live in countries where the disease is endemic.
		She says many people can be bitten by infected insects and never develop the condition while others develop a massive allergic reaction.
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