In which state of India, most of the patients of filariasis, what causes this disease and how dangerous?

India is constantly achieving success in the medical field, but there is a disease that has affected millions of people of the country. This disease spread by mosquito bites causes wildly swelling in the body. Especially there is more swelling in the hands and feet and genitals, due to which this disease is also called Hathipaon in common language. Which state of India has the highest number of patients of this disease and how dangerous this disease is, know in this report?

This disease is the highest in these areas

Filaria patients are very high in India’s tropical and subtropical regions, as warm and humid climate is suitable for mosquito flourishing. According to data from the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO), Uttar Pradesh, India, has the highest number of patients with filariasis. Many people are affected by this disease in both rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh. At the same time, states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal are also badly affected by filariasis. According to a report, this disease is present in more than 250 districts of 20 states of India, of which districts like Gorakhpur, Azamgarh and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh are the most affected. At the same time, filaria parasites were found in 2.07% out of 10264 samples in the Knight Blood Survey (21-26 November) in Bhagalpur, Bihar.

Why is filariasis?

Filaria is a parasitic disease, caused by a small threads such as pests called phelroidia. These insects enter the body of humans by bite of mosquitoes. This disease occurs especially due to mosquito of culex, anopheles and Aedes species. These parasites mainly consists of three types of Wuchreeria Bancropha, Brugia Malai and Brugia Timori. Among them, Wuchreeria Bancrophy is the most common. When a mosquito bites a human being, these parasites enter the blood and damage the lymphatic system. This process occurs slowly and sometimes symptoms appear after many years. Apart from this, this disease spreads rapidly due to favorable conditions for dirty water stagnation, dirt and breeding of mosquitoes.

How dangerous is filariasis?

Filaria is placed in the category of neglected tropical disease, as it spreads more in poor and less developed areas. Let us know how dangerous this disease is.

• Body effect: The most severe form of filariasis is Elephantiasis, which causes abnormal swelling in the hands, legs, breasts, or genitals. This inflammation can cause permanent disability. In men, hydrocele (swelling in the testicles) and inflammation in the breasts in women are extremely common. This makes the skin thick and rough, which increases the risk of bacterial infection.
• Mental and Social Impact: Due to this disease, patients have to face social boycott. People do not like them due to perverted organs, due to which the patients are mentally broken.
• economic burden: Treatment and management of filariasis takes a lot of time and money. Chronic patients have to go to the hospital again and again, which affects the economic condition of the family.
• Effect on immune system: The disease weakens the immune system, which increases the risk of other infections in patients.

What do doctors say?

Many new research has been done to eliminate filariasis and treat it. The Mass Drug Administration – MDA is being carried out under the WHO and the Government of India’s Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF). Under this, medicines like Dietialcarbamajin (DEC), Albendazole and McCon are given, which are effective in killing parasites. Dr. Ashutosh Ranjan of Patna says that if the treatment of filariasis is done in the initial stages, the patient can be protected from permanent disability. At the same time, surgery is the only option in serious cases. He said that in the new research, work is being done on macrophilerside drugs, which can kill adult parasites. The medicines present currently destroy only microfilaria (baby insects), but adult worms live for many years.

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