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It's an essay on Elephantiasis.
Title: It's an essay on Elephantiasis.
Category: Recreation & Sports / Health Care
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It's an essay on Elephantiasis.
I did my report on filariasis, which is more commonly known as elephantiasis. Elephantiasis is the late phase of filariasis. Filariasis is a tropical mosquito born parasitic disease causing obstruction of the lymph vessels. In some people the presence of the worm causes a tissue reaction that causes the lymph flow to be blocked. This blockage produces lymphedema which is a swelling and can eventually lead to a tremendous enlargement of an extremity or organ. …showed first 75 words of 354 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 354 total…after ingestion by a human skin they migrate to the lymphayic vessels where they mature and reproduce. There isn't really any prevention to this disease.
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THE ELEPHANT MAN; Putnam Publishers; New York, 1985
"Elephantiasis",
FISHBEIN'S ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL AND HEALTH ENCYCLOPEDIA; H.S. Stuttman Inc. Publishers; Westport, CT.; 1983 ed., vol. 2, pp. 527 "Filariasis",
COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA; Macmillan Educational Company New York, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing Group; New York, Oxford, Sydney; 1991 ed., col. 9, pp. 698-699
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