Infectious Diseases >> Filaria

Symptoms

• Hardening and thickening of the skin which is called as elephantiasis due to more bacterial infections in the skin and lymph system.
• Distortion of lymphatic system.
• At the late stage painful, disfiguring swelling of the limbs occurs.
• Hydrocele or swelling of the scrotum may develop in case of men after the death of an adult worm.
• Filarial infection can also cause pulmonary tropical eosinophilia syndrome, which includes cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing.
• Sometimes swelling in arm, leg, breast, and limb may occur.
• Rupture of lymph into urinary tract.