ELEPHANT DISEASE (Lymphatic Filariasis)
Symptoms:
-Severe swelling in limbs.
-Enlargement in bones.
The Elephant disease is a tropical disease that causes
sever swelling in the arms and legs. Affecting 120 million people around the world, mainly in the tropics.
The disease is caused by parsitic worms that take over the Lymphatic system and is spread by mosquitoes.
The worm switches around the Lymphatic stystem making the immune system damage itself.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5369930.stm
Other Info:
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine found that Doxycyline gave relief to those diagnosed.
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3 comments:
Ashley! This is gross! haha!
anyways, how do people end up getting elephant disease?!
This disease affects homeostasis as the worms take over, not allowing the Immune System to fight off the disease. As a result, the person infected gets the swelling in the limbs and abnormal enlargement of the bones (which affects the Skeletal System).
hahaha i know it is gross!!!!! people are getting it because the mosquitoes are carrying it and transfering it from person to person ahahahah
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