Filariasis Symptoms

ELEPHANTIASIS/FILARIASIS Symptoms and Causes

• Causative agent: wuchereria /filarial worm (W.
  bancrofti and W. malayi).
• Wuchereria is helminths.
• filariasis symptoms
• Symptoms:
  •Slowly developed chronic inflammation usually
  in lymphatic vessels of lower limb.
  • The genital organs are often affected resulting
  in gross deformity.
• Female mosquito is the vector of filariasis.
• Control measure is preventing the spread of vector

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Treatment of Filariasis

• Antiparasitic drugs. You may take medications like ivermectin (Stromectol®), diethylcarbamazine (Hetrazan®) or albendazole (Albenza®). These drugs destroy the adult worms in your blood or keep them from reproducing. Taking antiparasitic drugs can also prevent passing the infection to someone else. Because the worms may still live in your body, you take these medications once a year for a few weeks at a time.
• Surgery. You may have surgery to remove dead worms from your bloodstream. If filariasis has caused hydrocele, you may also have surgery to relieve fluid buildup in your scrotum.
• Elephantiasis management. Your healthcare provider may also recommend strategies to manage swelling, like elevation or compression garments.

Treatment Refrence;https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/elephantiasis