4 Subdistrict Lebak Still endemic elephantiasis

Four districts in Lebak regency, Banten was declared endemic transmission of the disease elephantiasis (filariasis).
    
Section Head Section Head Eradication of Communicable Diseases (P2M), Public Health Service, Lebak, Dr. Alwan Amirudin, Friday, said today elephantiasis disease patients carrying 17 people and six of them and 11 people were taken clinical samples (blood samples) to be researched at the Laboratory of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Jakarta.

In fact, a patient with elephantiasis, reportedly died from complications with comorbidities. They are people with elephantiasis, spread across four districts namely Warunggunung, Maja, Lebak Cipanas and Gedong.
    
"The four districts that are endemic elephantiasis of disease transmission is also thought to spread more widely because until now has not been studied," he said.

Therefore, this year it has provided medical services in the District Warunggunung. This treatment is one of the efforts to prevent transmission of the elephant so as not to spread foot and attacked residents Lebak.
    
He mentioned, mass treatment was done at night because is transmitted through mosquito bites all kinds. To turn off the virus that filarial worms, Alwan said, patients can take medicine Dethyl Carbamazine (DEC) for repeated for worms die and no body menggeroti
    
Although the disease does not kill an elephant foot, patients often bear the social burden in society. According to him, the elephant foot is an infectious disease caused by infection of filarial worms that live in the channels and lymph nodes (lymph nodes) that cause acute and chronic symptoms.
    
Clinically, according to him, the disease is in addition to causing inflammation in the lymph glands and channels, especially in the groin area and underarms, but can also occur in other parts of the body.
    
According to him, elephantiasis patients experiencing disability on the part of the body such as hands and feet to swell permanently.
    
"If positive stricken elephant foot, the victim can not be treated again," said Alwan Amirudin. He added that currently Lebak District Health Department continues to conduct counseling about the eradication of mosquito breeding in the area of ​​environmental health is also endemic disease elephantiasis

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20 Year Suffers Foot Elephant

one of the residents of Kampung Cibolang RT 05 RW 03, Desa Citepus, Palabuhanratu District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, suffering from elephantiasis (filariasis) for almost 20 years because they do not have the funds to get treatment.
   
"Although the right foot to swell, I'm still working as a laborer to support his family," Yudin said that the daily working as a laborer in Sukabumi, on Friday (25 / 7).
   
Father of four was admitted, before his right foot swell, he felt a high fever. His fever had subsided, but several days later his right leg began to swell suddenly from the thumb and continues to grow today. Despite the pain in his right leg still not subsided, but Yudin continues to work hoeing fields for family subsistence.
   
Various means are taken, ranging from traditional to specialist doctors to cure his right foot, but the disease elephantiasis that never healed. "I've treated several times, but my foot still swollen," he said.
   
Yudin said, at this time because he did not have the money to finance his family have been mediocre.
   
"If the disease relapses, I just came to the village paramedics just to inject a dose of antibiotics," he said, hoping there is concern from Sukabumi regency to help cure the illness. The reason, he did not have a HIP card.
   
Elephant foot disease or filariasis is an infectious disease caused by filarial worms transmitted by mosquitoes. This disease is chronic and if not treated can cause permanent disability in the form of enlargement of the legs and arms, both men and women.
   
Meanwhile, Survaillance Health Office (DHO) Suhendar Sukabumi District, said it would inspect prior to the victim to find out whether people with elephantiasis disease or not.
   
"If it is true, it will be given sindromatis treatment on site. We will also take blood specimens of patients," he said. Taking blood specimens should be done at night

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The success of Elephant Foot Eradication Program in the World

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) or is often called elephantiasis, suffered by 100 million more people in the world. This number will be erased in 2020. Thus disclosed experts.

Diseases caused by parasitic worms and causes swelling in the breast weird, muscle (leg), and gender. UN health agency, WHO has sponsored the distribution of 1.9 billion doses of medicine since 2000 simply because of it.

The success of this program is clearly disclosed in the journal Public Library of Science Neglected Tropical Diseases. The project was initiated by the Global Programme to Eliminate LF has so far take steps to prevent the 6.6 million children of this condition and will continue to conduct its program of 9.5 million other sufferers.

Dr. Mwele Malecela, head of the program said, "All we do is on track and our goal will be achieved later in the year 2020. If this does occur, this program will be case for the handling of the global eradication of disease."

Approximately 83 countries in the world is experiencing endemic disease and the program has to be implemented in 48 countries, approximately 570 million people become targets.

Another benefit
This elephant foot care using a combination of two drugs, both of which are provided free. This medicine must be given once a year for five years to ensure that the disease does not spread.

Another benefit of this is its lobat could inhibit the growth of stomach worms (intestinal) and nearly 100 million children and women have been treated with this.

Prof. David Molyneux from the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who also became executive secretary of the campaign said that the success of the program was "shocking".

"In some countries we are talking about the cost of five cents per person per year. We now have helped hundreds of millions of the world's poorest people. Of course another benefit of this drug is very important. I think this is a very important thing. Compared with other health programs, It runs much better.

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Number of Patients with filariasis Still High

Patients with elephantiasis, or filariasis in West Java to November 2008 reached 420 people. They are scattered in 254 villages and 140 sub-districts and villages in 24 districts and cities. Poor environmental sanitation is a major cause of filariasis.

According to the Head of Sub Office of Environmental Health West Java Provincial Health Office, Fita Rosemary, Thursday (18/12), filariasis is an infectious disease caused by Filaria worms and transmitted by mosquitoes. The main drivers are still the lack of sanitation, healthy society. It opens up the opportunity to breed mosquitoes. The only spread through mosquito bites an elephant foot. "Filariasis causes permanent disability, social stigma, psychological barriers, and economic losses," he said.

Fita said, there are currently nine filariasis-endemic areas in West Java. Diantaranta Bekasi, Bekasi, Bogor and Tasikmalaya regency. Data as of November 2008, the largest number of sufferers is on as many as 69 people Bekasi Regency and the City of Bekasi with 39 people. Furthermore, Tasikmalaya regency (37), Bogor Regency (35), and Regency Brass (25). "But the discovery of many cases is not out increasingly active and growing field monitors pahamnya people with elephantiasis," he said.

Therefore, the West Java Health Office looked at this disease is one that needs to be given full attention. To target mass treatment, for example. From only 1.34 million people in 2007 rose to 6.14 million by the year 2008.

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Mass Treatment of elephantiasis

Tens of thousands of people who lived in a number of areas in Lebak obtain mass treatment of filariasis or elephantiasis.
    
"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 the clinical declared a total of 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.

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Free Optimistic Elephant's Foot

City District Government, South Kalimantan, is optimistic in 2015 the New Town are free of disease elephantiasis (filariasis).
    
Chief Public Health Alert Notices drg through Ambarita Mardiman Disease Eradication Head, M Kes, in Kota Baru on Sunday, said the conviction was based upon the New City Health Department efforts through counseling and supplementation Dietyl Carbamezin, Albendazol, and Paracetamol and Blood Sidik Jari ( SDJ).

"In this way we hope people become more aware of and can anticipate the spread of elephantiasis disease early on," he said.

Meanwhile, in Kota Baru today was detected about 36 people with elephantiasis, a disease caused by filarial worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.

North Sea Island, Kota Baru, as many as four people; North Kelumpang (11 people); Pamukan II (one person); South Kelumpang (one person), and South Sea Island (seven people).

Sub Sea Island West (three people); Middle Kelumpang (one person); and District Sei Durian much as two people; barnacle, Island East Sea (two people); Marabatuan, Nine Island (one person); South Pamukan (one person); Mangrove (one person); and Sampanahan one people with elephantiasis.

For eradication and break the chain of transmission of the disease elephantiasis, particularly in areas of endemic filariasis, Public Health Service directly conduct mass treatment round four times in a row.

For the last treatment is not known how much the success rate of these tablets.

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