Chief Medical Officer Pekalongan Pekalongan Dwi Herrera Wibawa on Friday, said the number of elephant foot disease endemic area in 2009 was increased, when compared to the previous year that only three regions.
Five elephant foot disease endemic area is Kelurahan Pasir Sari, Bandengan, Pebean with the number of patients reached 10 people, while 28 patients Bumirejo Kelurahan Tegal Rejo, and as many as 12 patients.
"The disease is caused elephantiasis filariasis worm that is spread through mosquito bites. If the worm into the human body, will cause the leg until the thigh swollen and will harden if left unchecked," he said.
He said, to prevent the spread of the disease elephantiasis, the Public Health Service has conducted treatment to all residents affected by the disease by giving the drugs' Carbamazine Diethyl Citrate (DEC), albendazole, and vitamin B6.
For patients who have reached the chronic category will be given the drug to be taken three times daily for 10-12 days. "For patients with positive 'filaria' whose leg has been enlarged and will recover despite experiencing temporary disability of the foot remains swollen. But the swelling would be cured within a period of five years," he said.
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