Prevention
Above is a link to a website that lists different ways to help prevent Elephantiasis. Some tips to prevent it are:
-Wear shoes-
This will cover up your feet, and keep the mosquitoes and other chemicals away from them.
-Wash hands, feet, and body-
This will keep your body clean, and help prevent serious infection. If you are infected, and your skin is cleansed, it will do less damage. Whereas, if your skin is dirty, then those chemicals and dirt particles also enlarge the organs.
-Apply ointment-
Applying ointment will act almost like a shield against the microfilariae. Even after you are infected, applying ointment will cleanse the lymph nodes and skin, resulting in faster results.
-Wear clothes with lots of coverage-
Wearing clothes with lots of coverage will help protect you from mosquito bites. Just like any other mosquito precaution, it will limit the skin exposed, therefore, decreasing the chances of being bitten.
-Use bug spray-
Again, the main goal is to keep away mosquitoes. Using bug spray will ward off any unwanted vectors such as mosquitoes.
-Compressive bandages-
Using compressive bandages manages to secrete the lymphatic juice, whereas before, the flow was blocked, causing the swelling.
To sum it all up, anything that will keep mosquitoes away will decrease the chances of being infected. Also, keeping the skin clean and healthy will benefit you in the long run, if you are infected. Remember, mosquitoes are the vector, so by keeping them away, you are basically preventing the disease all together.
-Wear shoes-
This will cover up your feet, and keep the mosquitoes and other chemicals away from them.
-Wash hands, feet, and body-
This will keep your body clean, and help prevent serious infection. If you are infected, and your skin is cleansed, it will do less damage. Whereas, if your skin is dirty, then those chemicals and dirt particles also enlarge the organs.
-Apply ointment-
Applying ointment will act almost like a shield against the microfilariae. Even after you are infected, applying ointment will cleanse the lymph nodes and skin, resulting in faster results.
-Wear clothes with lots of coverage-
Wearing clothes with lots of coverage will help protect you from mosquito bites. Just like any other mosquito precaution, it will limit the skin exposed, therefore, decreasing the chances of being bitten.
-Use bug spray-
Again, the main goal is to keep away mosquitoes. Using bug spray will ward off any unwanted vectors such as mosquitoes.
-Compressive bandages-
Using compressive bandages manages to secrete the lymphatic juice, whereas before, the flow was blocked, causing the swelling.
To sum it all up, anything that will keep mosquitoes away will decrease the chances of being infected. Also, keeping the skin clean and healthy will benefit you in the long run, if you are infected. Remember, mosquitoes are the vector, so by keeping them away, you are basically preventing the disease all together.