November: Filariasis Awareness Month

THE REAL VAMPIRES ARE OUT!


Facts about Filariasis:

Causative Agent: Wucheraria bancrofti/Brugia malayi

Vectors: Mosquitoes a.k.a. Aedes poicillus/Culex quiquefasciatus/Anopheles flavirostris/Mansonna sp.

Incubation pd: 8-16 months

Reservoir: abaca or gabi plant

Nursing Dx: Alteration in body image secondary to edema of body parts

S/Sx:
----------> Acute Stage (chills, fever, malaise, myalgia, lymphangitis) -> Edema -> Elephantiasis/Hydrocoele/Anasarca

Prevention: Eradication of vectors, avoid mode of transmission



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