What is the Podetoniosis?

podoconiosis is tropical lymphedema diseases that primarily affect the legs and legs of people who have prolonged barefoot contact with the soil in areas higher than 3,280.8 feet (1,000 m) above the sea level. It is also known as the moss leg and more often, Elephantiasis. People with advanced Podetoniosis usually have large, swollen legs and calves, leather and cracked skin and diverse size of ulcers and ulcers along the affected area. Regions in which most people usually have this disease are Africa, Central America and Northwest India.

The region of the regions affects the most 3,280.8 feet (1,000 m) above the sea level. Many of these areas have poorer communities that cannot afford shoes, which means they spend longer in direct contact with the soil. Many doctors and scientists believe that some mineral particles in red clay soils irritate their feet. With almost all professionals, it agrees that this is not related to any bacterial or parasitic growth and is not contagious.

There is a genetic disposition pRO obtaining a disease of the Podkaniosis. That is why they are in places like Ethiopia, people who suffer from this situation, often segregated and even frightened from the community. In fact, people with this condition are forbidden to take anyone who is not influenced.

symptoms and symptoms of the Podetoniosis are very similar to each affected person. Usually the first characters itch in the leg, soon follows a burning around legs and calves. Pain in this area can intensify during the night. There may be two types of swelling. The first is soft and liquid, while the second is heavier and the skin is more coded. Normally, ulcers and ulcers also appear.

While the state usually happens in both legs, they are always asymmetrical. Occasionally, different ones of each leg may occur dog swelling. For the Podzetosis, there is rare travel over the knee, but there are cases where it reaches the area of ​​the weakness.

There is no actual treatment of the POOKOnoios, especially because those who receive this disease are likely to continue to prolong bare contact with the soil. Instead, preventive measures are recommended by healthcare workers. In general, doctors recommend that measures to provide shoes are taken to people in the most affected regions who cannot afford them. In addition, it is also recommended to clean the legs and floor distribution in the dirt cottages. Bandage, compress and raising the legs of people who develop the Podeto is also recommended to alleviate some of the swelling.