[Podoconiosis, a society and medical community neglected disease].
Podoconiosis, mossy foot or endemic non-filarial elephantiasis, is a geochemical disease that causes lower limb lymphedema; it is directly related to walking barefoot over soils of volcanic origin, in areas with a high pluviometric annual index. It has a specific geographical distribution, affecting around 5% population in areas where it is endemic. It is debilitating and disfiguring disease, which frequently leads to social margination. Podoconiosis is totally preventable and, once a diagnosis is established, it may improve with simple therapeutic measures.
División de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España. Electronic address: lprietope@fjd.es.
Laura
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Prieto-Pérez
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Madrid, España.
Juan José
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Soriano Cea
División de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Miguel
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Górgolas Hernández-Mora
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004604:Elephantiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors
Elefantiasis; Elephantiasis; Linfedema; Lymphedema; Neglected; Olvidada; Prevenible; Preventable; Suelo volcánico; Volcanic soil