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Have you ever seen a person with very swollen leg that you wonder; what happened to this person? Why is/are the legs so big and looking heavy?. Yes, the condition is called “Elephantiasis” also known as Lymphatic filariasis.
When an infected mosquito takes a blood meal, it introduces the third-stage filarial larvae onto the skin of the human host, where the parasite penetrate into the bite wound  . They then develop into adult forms that commonly reside in the lymphatics.
Lymphatic filariasis is a potentially highly disfiguring and disabling disease. The most prominent clinical feature is the development of severe lymphedema of the limbs “elephantiasis” and occasionally genitalia “hydrocele”. Affected limbs become grossly swollen; the skin may become thick. The adult worms live in the lymph vessels, disrupting the immune system and causes fluid to accumulate, resulting in extreme swelling, usually in the legs or genital area.
I know you want to know how to prevent such from ever happening to you so I will tell you how.
AVOID MOSQUITOES, AVOID MOSQUITOES, AVOID MOSQUITOES!!!
Yes, any type of mosquito whether female Anopheles mosquito, Culex mosquito or Aedes mosquito can cause this disease as repeated bites from infected mosquitoes spreads it.
There are other filaria worms such as “Brugia malayi” and “Brugia timori” which causes similar filaria diseases.
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