Man 苦しむs from 厳しく swollen penis for 17 YEARS 予定 to silent 感染 with worms
A man who 苦しむd in silence with 高度に embarrassing symptoms has finally been cured after a shock diagnosis.
The 72-year-old lived for 17 years with a 厳しく swollen penis that 原因（となる）d the 組織／臓器 to appear 部分的に／不公平に 築く at all times, 同様に as a swollen scrotum and left 脚.
The 無名の 患者 was 設立する to be 感染させるd with hordes of live, microscopic worms which were 原因（となる）ing chronic inflammation around his groin.
He was living in Switzerland but had moved from Zimbabwe 20 years earlier, where the 感染 is more ありふれた.
A man in Switzerland?lived for 17 years with a 厳しく swollen penis 予定 to parasitic worms (在庫／株 image)
The man was given anti-parasitic 医薬 and within two months of finishing the 麻薬s, his symptoms had 完全に 解決するd.
The tale was 明らかにする／漏らすd in a 事例／患者 報告（する）／憶測 in the New England 定期刊行物 of 薬／医学?by doctors at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland.
They said that when the 患者 （機の）カム to them his inflammation levels were 二塁打 the normal 範囲 - 示唆するing a 厳しい 感染.
An antibody 実験（する） （機の）カム 支援する 肯定的な for Wuchereria bancrofti, which are microscopic, thread-like worms.
感染s are 原因（となる）d by mosquito bites, which 移転 the larvae into the bloodstream.?
Once they hatch, they t ravel into the lymph system ― a circulatory 網状組織 used to drain fluid. This carries them to other areas of the 団体／死体, 含むing the scrotum.?
They then 円熟した, mate and produce millions of offspring.
The Zimbabwean 患者 was 定める／命ずるd diethylcarbamazine and a 選び出す／独身 dose of albendazole - two powerful anti-parasitic 麻薬s which kill the worms.
After two months of 完全にするing his 医薬 he was symptom-解放する／自由な and 消極的な for the parasites.
感染s with the parasitic worm are 比較して ありふれた in 熱帯の and sub-熱帯の areas 含むing parts of Africa, Asia and South America. They are not 現在の in the US s or UK.
The 中心s for 病気 支配（する）／統制する and 予防 (CDC) say people need to be bitten 繰り返して by 感染させるd mosquitoes over several months to get 感染させるd.
The 団体／死体 追加するs: 'Short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 tourists have a very low 危険.
'[But] people living for a long time in 熱帯の or subtropical areas where the 病気 is ありふれた are at the greatest 危険 of 感染.'
普通は, the worms do not 原因（となる） any symptoms.
But in some 事例／患者s 損失 to the lymph system 原因（となる）s fluid to start building up in the 脚s 誘発する／引き起こすing lymphedema. In 事例／患者s where there is 甚だしい／１２ダース swelling of 四肢s, 患者s are 診断するd with elephantiasis.
In men, the parasitic worms can also 誘発する swelling in the genital area.
Swelling can become so 厳しい that it leads to disfigurement and mobility 問題／発行するs for 苦しんでいる人s.
There are an 概算の 100million active 感染s 世界的な, with most 感染させるd individuals living in sub-Saharan Africa.
