Assertion: lymphatic filariasis | /r/HasSubevent | elephantiasis
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text: When lymphatic filariasis develops into a chronic condition (untreated for a long time), it leads to lymphedema (tissue swelling), elephantiasis (severe swelling with skin/tissue thickening), and hydrocele (scrotum swelling)
text: Lymphatic filariasis occurs when the lymphatic system is affected by the parasites and a chronic case of the same can lead to elephantiasis, a condition in which body parts swell to abnormally disproportionate dimensions.
text: It is the parasites that cause lymphatic filariasis that lead to elephantiasis and the features of this syndrome.