Filariasis

Filariasis is a disease caused by the worm Filaria is transmitted through the different types of mosquitoes.
This disease is chronic (chronic) and when we do not get treatment, can cause defects such as enlargement settle feet, arms and genitals both women and men. This disease is usually found in Indonesia.
Ways of transmission
This disease is transmitted through mosquitoes which suck the blood of someone who has contagious before. The blood of the infected and contain flyblow and will be transmitted to other people when an infected mosquito bite or suck blood person.
Unlike malaria fever and bleeding, Filariasis can be transmitted by mosquitoes from 23 species of the genus Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, Aedes & Armigeres. Because this is, Filariasis can spread very quickly.
Clinical symptoms
Filariais acute symptoms can be:
Fever repeatedly during 3-5 days, fever may be lost if the rest and appears again after the heavy work
Lymph gland swelling (without injury) at bending thigh, axilla (lymphadenitis), which appear to redness, heat and pain
Channel resolvent lymph gland that feels hot and sore from the base of the stalk or base of feet towards the end of the arm (retrograde lymphangitis)
Filarial abses result often suffer lymph gland swelling, can shatter and remove pus and blood
Enlargement leg, arm, breast, penis fruit that looks a bit reddish and feels hot (early lymphodema)
Clinical symptoms of the chronic form of the settling enlargement (elephantiasis) in the leg, arm, breast, penis fruit (elephantiasis skroti).
Diagnosis
When someone suspects found Filariasis signs and clinical symptoms, diagnosis is done by examination of blood began to finger the night at 20:00 local time. One patient stated as Filariasis, when found in the blood mikrofilaria.
Prevention
Prevention can be done with:
Seeks elude from mosquito bites penular
Clean the water plant on swamps which is a mosquito brood, up, dry out or drain off water as a mosquito brood
Clearing the underbrush around the house