How to deal with elephantiasis in more than 30 years

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Lymphedema is caused by some infections. If it is a limb, it will be thickened. Because the skin will be very rough and hard in the later stage, it is also called elephantiasis. Now let's talk about what to do with elephantiasis in more than 30 years.

How to deal with elephantiasis in more than 30 years

First: Lymphedema according to the course of disease, different treatment principles. In the early stage, the purpose is to eliminate the stagnant lymph and prevent the regeneration of lymphatic effusion. In the late stage, the purpose is to remove the irrecoverable pathological tissue or to treat the local lymphatic obstruction by shunt. In the acute stage of lymphedema, non-surgical treatment is the main treatment.

Second: the temperature should be controlled at 80-100 ℃, once a day, 1 hour each time, 20 times as a course of treatment. The interval of each course was 1-2 weeks. After each treatment, elastic bandage should be added. According to the clinical observation, after 1-2 courses of treatment, the affected limb tissues were soft and the limbs were gradually reduced, especially the frequency of erysipelas like attacks was greatly reduced or stopped.

Third: restrict sodium intake and use diuretics in the acute phase, limiting sodium chloride intake normally, 1 * 2g/d, in order to reduce tissue sodium and water retention. At the same time, appropriate amount of diuretics was used to speed up the discharge of water and sodium. Hydrochlorothiazide can be used, 25mg each time, three times a day, and appropriate potassium supplement, until the condition is stable.

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In addition to the above methods, elephantiasis can also be treated by surgery, but surgery is not recommended now. Although surgery may greatly improve the patients, it still varies from person to person.