Entry lesions in bancroftian filarial lymphoedema patients—a clinical observation
| Autor: | S Ananthakrishnan, L. K. Das |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Intertrigo Veterinary (miscellaneous) media_common.quotation_subject Helminthiasis India medicine.disease_cause Skin Diseases Asymptomatic Lesion Elephantiasis Filarial Hygiene Internal medicine Prevalence medicine Humans media_common business.industry Skin Care medicine.disease Shoes Surgery body regions Infectious Diseases Wuchereria bancrofti Lymphedema Insect Science Tropical medicine Female Parasitology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Tropica. 90:215-218 |
| ISSN: | 0001-706X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.11.015 |
| Popis: | The prevalence of entry lesions in limbs was significantly higher in limbs with filarial lymphoedema (80.88%) than in normal limbs (42.86%, P = 0.000012). Among the various entry lesions in the lymphoedematous limbs, the prevalence of web space intertrigo was significantly higher in those who had acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) than those who did not have ADLA (P = 0.04). Entry lesions were present only in 25% of those not using footwear, while 84.3% of those using footwear regularly or irregularly had these lesions (P = 0.01). None of the patients with good limb hygiene had ADLA, while 64% of those with fair to poor limb hygiene had ADLA (P = 0.02). Since the majority of the entry lesions were asymptomatic, training of patients and health care givers to specifically look for and treat these along with advice for good limb hygiene practices should form an important component of foot care programme for optimum filarial morbidity management. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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