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A 24-year-old Ethiopian Farmer with Burning Feet

Podoconiosis is a non-infectious tropical disease caused by exposure of bare feet to irritant alkalic clay soils. This causes an asymmetrical swelling of the feet and lower limbs due to lymphoedema. This swelling is called “elephantiasis” and may lead to severe disability of the patient. It is found...

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Autores principales: Visser, Benjamin Jelle, Korevaar, Daniel Arnoldus, van der Zee, Janneke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23042845
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0405
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description Podoconiosis is a non-infectious tropical disease caused by exposure of bare feet to irritant alkalic clay soils. This causes an asymmetrical swelling of the feet and lower limbs due to lymphoedema. This swelling is called “elephantiasis” and may lead to severe disability of the patient. It is found in areas of tropical Africa, Central and South America and north-west India, where such soils coexist with high altitude, high seasonal rainfall and low income. Social stigmatization of people with the disease is widespread and economic losses are enormous. Podoconiosis is unique in being an entirely preventable non-communicable tropical disease. However, so far it has received little attention from health care policy makers.
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spelling pubmed-35163042012-12-07 A 24-year-old Ethiopian Farmer with Burning Feet Visser, Benjamin Jelle Korevaar, Daniel Arnoldus van der Zee, Janneke Am J Trop Med Hyg Images in Clinical Tropical Medicine Podoconiosis is a non-infectious tropical disease caused by exposure of bare feet to irritant alkalic clay soils. This causes an asymmetrical swelling of the feet and lower limbs due to lymphoedema. This swelling is called “elephantiasis” and may lead to severe disability of the patient. It is found in areas of tropical Africa, Central and South America and north-west India, where such soils coexist with high altitude, high seasonal rainfall and low income. Social stigmatization of people with the disease is widespread and economic losses are enormous. Podoconiosis is unique in being an entirely preventable non-communicable tropical disease. However, so far it has received little attention from health care policy makers. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3516304/ /pubmed/23042845 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0405 Text en ©The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Re-use License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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