Filariasis
Its size may be supermini, but as soon as filarial worms lodged in the human body, these changes would happen horrible. Mini worm activity in the body that can make your feet, hands, breasts, and even, scrotal size sufferers turned into ” giant”. This is ofren called elephantiasis disease.
Seeing how horrible the disease, there are still many people in rural believe, the disease is a hereditary desease, evem regarded as a nuisance or a demon spirit. Although very rarely cause death, disease makes people with disabilities and non productive.
Tangible cause of filariasi worm like threads. Filarial of the fenus Wuchereria and Brugia. In Indonesia, the worm is known to cause Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.
Adult worms cylindrical, smooth like a white thread and a long measuring 55-100 mm and 0.16 mm thick. Male worms are smaller, 55 mm x 0.09. Larvae numbers mikrofilaria once out tens of thousands of larvae can be gloved size 200-600 microns x 8 microns.
Expert parasitology from the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia Prof. Saleha Sungkar explained, microfilaria into the human body through mosquito. More than 20 species of mosquitoes to vector filariasis. Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes as a vector for Wuchereria bancrofti in urban areas. In rural general vector Anopheles, Culez, Aedes, and Mansonia. Vector mosquito species can differ from one region to other regions.
Worms that mosquitoes do not suck just moved, but before growing in the mosquito’s body. Mini creatures that thrive in the muscles of mosquitoes. About three weeks, in stage three, the larvae begin to move on and move to the mosquito stick tool. Mosquitoes carrying the then wander mikrofilaria human bites and move the infective larvae.
Along the bloodstream, the larvae out of the capillaries and into the lymph vessels. Uniquely, the worm was detected in peripheral blood at night, the rest hid in the organ in the body. Blod tests are usually done at least worms at night. Besides humans, to Brugia malayi, the source of disease transmission could also wild animals, like monkeys and cats.
As adults, the worms clog the lymph vessels and block the lymph fluid causing swelling.Besides the legs, swelling can occur in the hands, breasts, or testicles.
When clog the lymph vessels in the groin, for example, lymph fluid from the lower body can not flowing so that enlarged leg. Blockage can occur in the armpit, causing enlargement of the hands.
Early diagnosis containing the new mikrofilaria can be enforced if found symptoms and signs of acute filariasis. Symptoms, among others, recurrent fever and swollen lymph nodes. Can occur armpit war red, hot, and sick, as well as the enlargement of organs.
Chronic clinical symptoms of permanent enlargement of the legs, arms, breasts, or testicles. However, generally, the new diagnosis is established after developing the disease after 5-6 months can be found in the peripheral blood mikrofilaria. At times, did not show clinical symptoms, whether accure or chronic, so that the person does not feel attacked by filariasis.
Filariasis diagnosis as early as possible to help cure patients. Detection is done by recognizing the symptoms of accute and chronic, confirmed by blood tersts on the finger of the patient at night.
Healthy Review | sapto | 
November 19, 2009 8:20 am
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