Complications of Lymphatic Filariasis

Complications list for Lymphatic Filariasis:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Lymphatic Filariasis includes:

• Lymph system damage (see Lymph symptoms)
• Kidney damage
• Pain
• Disfigurement
• Sexual disability (see Sexual symptoms)
• Social rejection (see Society problems)
• Elephantiasis

See also the symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis and Lymphatic Filariasis: Introduction.

Complications and sequelae of Lymphatic Filariasis from the Diseases Database include:

• Pruritus
• Eosinophilia
• Urticaria
• Chyluria
• VDRL positive
• Lymphoedema
• Lymphadenopathy

See also the symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis and Lymphatic Filariasis: Introduction.

Complications of Lymphatic Filariasis:

Lymphatic filariasis is a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability worldwide. People with the disease can suffer pain, disfigurement, and sexual disability. Communities frequently shun women and men disfigured by the disease. Many women with visible signs of the disease will never marry, or their spouses and families will reject them. Affected people frequently are unable to work because of their disability. This hurts their families and their communities. Poor sanitation and rapid growth in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, where the disease is common, has created more places for mosquitoes to breed and has led to more people becoming infected. (Source: excerpt from Lymphatic Filariasis: DPD)

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

About complications:

Complications of Lymphatic Filariasis are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Lymphatic Filariasis. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis and complications of Lymphatic Filariasis is unclear or arbitrary.

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