The lymphatic filariasis also known as elephantiasis is a neglected disease. This type of infection occurs when parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. The side effect of this type of diseases are bodyache, vomiting, headache, and dizziness or fever that is usually upside within a day. A painful and profoundly disfiguring disease happens with scrotal swelling that goes on later in life that leads to permanent disable. The majority of infections are asymptomatic, showing no external signs of infection. These infections still cause damage to the lymphatic system and the kidneys, and alter the body's immune system. The filariasis is mostly caused by an infections by parasites known as the roundworm, in which there are only 3 types …show more content…
There are any episode to this tiple diseases, one of these episodes are caused by the body's immune response to the parasite. Most are the result of secondary bacterial skin infection where normal defences have been partially lost due to underlying lymphatic damage. They attack to debilitating, the primary cause of lost wages among persons suffering with lymphatic filariasis. In over 2000 million people were infected, with about 40 million disfigured and incapacitated by the disease. filariasis can be eliminated by stopping the spread of infection through preventive chemotherapy with safe medicine combinations, repeated annually for at least 5 years. 6.7 billion treatments have been delivered to stop the spread of infection since 2000. Not to mention the 499 million people no longer require preventive chemotherapy due to successful implementation of who strategies. A basic, recommended package of care can alleviate suffering and prevent further disability among persons living with disease caused by lymphatic filariasis. They way of stopping the spread of infection through large-scale annual treatment of all eligible people in an area or region where infection is