"Until now, mass treatment with elephantiasis, is continuing because it was feared transmitting it to other people," said Head of Communicable Diseases Eradication and Restructuring Lingungan, Lebak District Health Office, Dr Alwan Aminudin Friday.
He said the current number of people with elephantiasis, is still high because of the declared clinically as many as six people and dozens of others expressed positive elephantiasis.
Mass treatment of elephantiasis, which was held in Cipanas subdistrict, Lebak Gedong and Maja because in these areas are endemic areas of filariasis transmission.
Mass treatment in the area is already the third year by a team of District Health Office and the Ministry of Health Centre.
"Transmission of disease elephantiasis in the three districts were declared not free," he said.
According to him, elephant foot disease is not deadly, but patients may experience permanent disability in one part of his body.
Therefore, mass treatment should be done to prevent the transmission of the disease. If residents stricken with elephantiasis positive disease can certainly cause social penyandangf in the community.
In addition, productivity will be low pederita that ultimately the decline of human quality in Lebak regency. He mentioned, mass treatment in endemic elephantiasis should be done for five consecutive years for declared free from endemic areas elephantiasis.
"Currently, in the three districts that are just entering the year declared endemic keiga amssal treatment," he said.
Participants mass treatment with elephantiasis, followed by all citizens including children under the age of two years, pregnant women, nursing mothers and people with chronic disease
"With the mass treatment of this elephant's foot, is expected ditemukakan again penmuan filariasis cases in the community," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Head of Puskesmas Cipanas, Suripto, say, mass treatment is carried out elephant foot in the working areas as many as 40,000 residents.
Until now, he added, Elephant foot disease cases in the District of Cipanas befall residents of Kampung Seah, Cipanas Village. has been declared clinically.
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