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General Information About Filaria

Filaria is a long, thread-like roundworm called Wuchereria Bancrofti that lives as a parasite in the bodies of human beings and animals. The male worm is shorter than the female and it has a curved tail. This is mainly found in Central Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific.

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I already suffer from filaria for the past 20 years and i have a swelling in my left leg, is there any cure for redusing the swelling

(Posted by Niranjan Prasad, India Date : 12/29/2008 )
my mother has swelling in her left leg below knee with pain and that area looks red, pain is maximum at early morning. is it filaria, suggest me about treatment
(Posted by Ram Sahu, India Date : 12/8/2008 )
my sister has swelling in right arm and also there are some boils are there it very painful pl give suggestions
(Posted by shyam dhar shukla, India Date : 12/2/2008 )
i already suffer from filaria for the past 15years and i have a swelling in my left leg, is there any cure for redusing the swelling
(Posted by daisy arokiaswamy, India Date : 11/30/2008 )
What will prevent the swelling from the leg when you have filaria.
(Posted by Robert Rampersaud, Guyana Date : 9/14/2008 )
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