Infection with parasites Worms

Infection with lymphatic worm parasites or elephant leg edema seriously affects health in many tropical countries. The disease is rare today, but it is a disease that causes pain and severe leg deformities that are often difficult to diagnose at an early stage.

1. What is lymphatic worm disease?

  • Lymphatic worm disease also known as elephant leg edema is a disease caused by worms that paralysed only into the lymphatic system of the human body. The disease can be spread from person to person through a pathogenic intermediary of mosquitoes, mosquitoes infect worm larvae only when stinging people, then parasites enter the skin entering the human body, after which the larvae move into the lymphatic system, where they develop into adult worms in the human lymphatic system.
  • Lymphatic worm disease is a disease that causes severe pain and deformity to the patient. Patients who become infected at an early age gradually symptoms appear that lead to temporary or permanent disability of the legs.
  • Diagnosis of lymphatic worm infection is often difficult to diagnose clinically at an early stage. It is necessary to base on factors such as: living in a circulating disease area, symptoms of elephant edema, pissing. For people living outside the disease zone for diagnosis it is necessary to base on the results of tests for detection of worm larvae only.

SCC test

Conduct tests to detect worm infections

2. Clinical symptoms

Most people are infected with lymphatic worms but do not have clinical manifestations for many years or a lifetime. The important feature is that the patient lives in the epidemiological zone. Some cases have the following manifestations:

  • The incubation period is at least 4 weeks, which may be longer. The person is asymptomatous or tired, with a mild fever, skin rash. This period is highly likely to transmit the disease because the person has pathogens in the person without the symptoms of the disease for treatment.
  • Period of emergency
  • Fever: usually high fever, suddenly, accompanied by signs such as fatigue and severe headache, often recur in batches, each lasting 3-7 days
  • After a few days of fever will appear inflammation of the lymph nodes, inflammation of the lymph nodes appears manifestations of red inflammatory lymph nodes, pain along the lymphatic vessels, usually the side in the lower veins. Inguinal lymph nodes can be swollen, hot, red, painful.
  • Chronic period.
  • The patient is rapidly thin. Gradual appearance of elephant leg edema as a result of chronic inflammation of the lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs with the characteristics of stiff edema, stomach. Edema can appear from the paws up to the thighs.
  • Inflammation or genital edema such as inflammation of the testicles, inflammation of the testicles, effusion of the testicles. In case of inflammation in the genitals the patient shows manifestations of elephant scrotum or large breasts.
  • Peeing: clinical manifestations by urinating into turbid white water such as rice water, so as not to settle for a long time; sometimes mixed with accompanying blood.

Burning, itching the urinary duc ducs is sick?

Lymphatic worm leads to genital edema

3. Treatment of infection with worm parasites

  • Treatment of worm infections with only larvae in the blood with acute clinical manifestations such as fever, lymphadenitis, lymphadenitis … and no clinical manifestations: taking specific DEC medications for treatment
  • In the acute course of symptomatic treatment is mainly: antipyretic, analgesic, resting, not taking DEC-specific treatment drugs because it can cause inflammation of the vessels, lymph nodes. It is also possible to use antibiotics against multiple infections.
  • The cases of elephant edema (edema, scrotum, breast …) are treated as follows:
  • Anthelmintics are in dinhed if the blood test has larvae: take specific drugs that kill only worms.
  • In patients with elephant edema, it is necessary to pay attention to the problem of bacterial multiple infections by: washing the edema twice a day with clean water and bath soap, drying, strengthening movement, massaging the legs to enhance circulation of the circulation system.
  • Sleep at night with high legs or you can use a light bandage to wrap the leggings to avoid stagnation of edema.
  • If there is a bacterial infection, local antibiotics or body antibiotics are required depending on the degree of the disease
  • Treatment of cases of peeing:
  • Use anthelmintics only when blood tests have only worm larvae
  • Eat fatty diets and protein-rich foods

Protein-rich diet

People with worm disease just need to replenish protein-rich foods

4. Prevention

  • Health propaganda on harm and prevention of worm disease shows people how to prevent it.
  • Environmental sanitation: build high, airy houses to limit mosquitoes entering the house, measures to reduce mosquito reproduction, spraying mosquitoes regularly in accordance with the procedure.
  • Wear closed protective clothing when working at night especially in areas with crafts such as mating, lying on the curtain to avoid mosquito bites.
  • Early detection and treatment of people with the disease is required.

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