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Woman With Elephantiasis is Having Operation in Taiwan
Wang Cheng, 24, cannot work or even wear trousers because of the grotesque and painful elephantiasis which has dogged her since the age of six and left her with legs weighing 50 kilos (110 pounds).
"I cannot go out to work," Wang told AFP as she slowly raised herself to sitting in her bed at Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital.
"Nor can I wear trousers as normal people (do)."
Wang's condition has forced her to stay at home with her father, paralysed from a stroke, and unemployed mother since graduating from high school in the eastern Chinese province of Zhiangsu.
However, her suffering may be at an end after she was offered free surgery by a Taiwanese specialist, who will alleviate the swelling by cutting away some of the lymphatic tissue in her legs.
Senior doctor Hsu Wen-hsien, who will lead the operation on Monday, said he has never seen such an extreme case in more than 30 years' experience, and experts were still unsure about the exact cause.
"In the past cases, none of the patients have had two legs swelling to this size," said Hsu.
Hsu, who has carried out 40 similar operations, 37 successfully, believes he can reduce the size of Wang's legs by 35 percent immediately and 50 percent after rehabilitation work.
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08/11/2008
i hav been got this disease for past 20 years, but first doctor told it was eczema, treatment done for that, over the years it tried all branch of medicine but the result was worse, swelling developed and monthly fever, muscular pain, now inflation in skin also occured and constantly watering, what is the treatment, now i am 60 years old
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