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  1. ... syphilis), human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis, ... even though the symptoms caused by NTDs can be disabling and chronically ...
  2. ... the disease. Link to catalog record 33. Title: Lymphatic ... for which the chief symptom is swelling -- sometimes massive -- of limbs, breasts, and ...
  3. ... contents are milky and the patient presents the symptoms of filariasis. Treatment.—The treatment consists in excision, with an attempt to remove the affected lymphatics. SPERMATOCELE. Etiology.—Spermatoceles are true retention cysts in ...
  4. ... duct by a tumor, malignant lymphoma, disease of lymphatic vessels, sclerosis, lymphan- giectasis, and filariasis, and (b) the discharge of a chylous ascites into the pleural cavity by way of the lymph spaces. Symptoms.—The symptoms and physical signs do not differ ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Flight surgeon's handbook 
    Publication: Randolph Field, Tex. : School of Aviation Medicine, [1943]
    ... fly (Chrysops) carries infective larvae of loiasis. (3) Diagnosis: (a) Bancroft’s filariasis: Adults develop in lymph glands. Are essentially asym- ptomatic until occurrence of lymphatic obstruction (lymphocele) caused by host tissue reaction to ...
  6. ... 421-3. ------ Kataphylaxia, a phenomenon seen clinically in filariasis. Ibid., 601-10, 4 pl. ------ A case of filarial abscess. Ibid., 631. ------ The diagnosis of lymphatic obstruction of filarial origin. Ibid., 1931, 66: 11- ...
  7. ... the disease. Surgical measures are sometimes neces- sary. Filariasis Definition.—The most common species is the Filaria of Bancroft. The eggs are present in the blood stream while the adult worms are found in the lymphatics. Symptoms.—“Filariae may cause no symptoms. If the adult ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - A history of preventive medicine : Headquarters, United States, Army, Forces, Middle Pacific, ... 
    Publication: [Hawaii?] : Headquarters, United States, Army, Forces, Middle Pacific, Office of the Surgeon, [1945?]
    ... the disease in this area was five months* Diagnosis was based upon residence in a filariasis endemic area* history of pain in lymph nodes and along lymphatic channels* thickening of the spermatic cords of lymphatics ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Lymphatic filariasis hope for a better life 
    Publication: Washington, DC : Public Health Foundation, 2000
    Lymphatic filariasis hope for a better life Elephantiasis, Filarial -- therapy ... -- of limbs, breasts, and genitals. Occurring mainly in the tropics, it is ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Manual of the Medical Department of the United States Navy 
    Publication: Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1942
    ... evacuation, and clothing appropriate to climate and use. Filariasis 1. ... the development of symptoms embryos are found in night blood; embryos are ...
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