Elephantiasis

Elephantiasis, sau da yawa ba daidai ba ne ake kira elephantitis, shine fadadawa da karfafawa na gaɓoɓin ko sassan jiki saboda kumburi na nama (edema). Ana nuna shi ta hanyar edema, hypertrophy, da Fibrosis na fata da ƙwayoyin cuta, saboda toshewar tasoshin lymphatic (lymphedema).  Yana iya shafar al'aura. Kalmar elephantiasis galibi ana amfani da ita ne game da alamun da cututtukan tsutsa suka haifar,   amma yana iya nufin cututtuka iri-iri waɗanda ke kumbura sassan jikin mutum zuwa girman gaske.

 Dalilin da ya sa 
Wasu yanayi da ke tattare da elephantiasis sun hada da:

 Elephantiasis nostras, saboda dadewa na kullum lymphangitis .
 Elephantiasis tropica (wanda aka sani da lymphatic filariasis), wanda yawancin tsutsotsi na parasitic ke haifar da su, musamman Wuchereria bancrofti . Fiye da mutane miliyan 120, akasari a Afirka da Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya, abin ya shafa. 
 Elephantiasis marasfilarial (ko podoconiosis), cuta na rigakafi da ke shafar tasoshin lymph 
 Leishmaniasis 
 Elephantiasis, Grade 3 lymphedema, wanda zai iya faruwa a cikin mutane masu ciwon nono 
 Genital elephantiasis, sakamakon lymphogranuloma venereum
 Proteus ciwo, cuta ta kwayoyin halitta da aka fi sani da yanayin da yuwuwar Joseph Merrick ya fuskanta, wanda ake kira Elephant Man. 

 Sauye-sauyen kamuwa da streptococcal 
 Lymphadenectomy 
 Rashin haihuwa na gado 
 Myxedema na pre-bial

Sauran cututtuka, irin su Cutar Klippel-Trénaunay, ana iya gano su da farko a matsayin elephantiasis.

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