Elephantiasis

Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by the species of the super family Filariodia. Elephantiasis is a common symptom of filariasis that causes thickening of the skin. The word elephantiasis is represented and accurate term for the syndrome it describes: the enlargement of the arms, legs, or genitals to elephantoid size. True elephantiasis is the result of a parasitic infection caused by three specific kinds of round worms they are Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia. timori. The long, threadlike worms block the body's lymphatic system— it is a network of channels, lymph nodes, and organs which helps to maintain proper fluid levels in the body by draining lymph from tissues into the bloodstream. They are commonly infected by
air borne flies and mosquitoes. Limbs can swell so extremely that they resemble an elephant's foreleg in size, texture, and colour. This is the severely impaired and disabling condition of elephantiasis.