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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Swelling In Lower Legs

Good evening doctor. one of my fathers sister is suffering from leg/joint pain & her leg as become like fat elephant leg due some diseases. she is unable to walk quiet a distance long. this diseases is from since 5 yrs. can a please try to find a soluation & good treatment.
Tue, 21 Jul 2015
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Hi, what you are talking about is most probably elephantiasis. The agent causing the disease(micrifilariae of filarial worm) dies inside the body before the symptoms are seen. So there is no final cure but still you can go for symptomatic treatment like keep foot clean, avoid drying and cracks, treatment of acute attacks, etc.
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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Swelling In Lower Legs

Hi, what you are talking about is most probably elephantiasis. The agent causing the disease(micrifilariae of filarial worm) dies inside the body before the symptoms are seen. So there is no final cure but still you can go for symptomatic treatment like keep foot clean, avoid drying and cracks, treatment of acute attacks, etc.