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People with an active infection can take medications to kill the worms in the blood. These medications stop the spread of the illness to others, but they do not completely kill off all the parasites.
Treatment for elephantiasis includes:
antiparasitic drugs, such as diethylcarbamazine (DEC), mectizan, and albendazole (Albenza)
using good hygiene to clean the affected areas
elevating the affected areas
caring for wounds in the affected areas
exerc...more
People with an active infection can take medications to kill the worms in the blood. These medications stop the spread of the illness to others, but they do not completely kill off all the parasites.
Treatment for elephantiasis includes:
antiparasitic drugs, such as diethylcarbamazine (DEC), mectizan, and albendazole (Albenza)
using good hygiene to clean the affected areas
elevating the affected areas
caring for wounds in the affected areas
exerc...more
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Irregular periods are actually a way of your body telling you something is not right and probably your hormones (especially estrogen and progesterone) are imbalanced.
Some common reasons for irregular periods:
STRESS: Stress is the most common cause of irregular periods. Cortisol, the stress hormone, has a direct impact on how much estrogen and progesterone, two sex hormones, gets produced by the body.
POOR DIET: Unhealthy eating and being overweight or underweight can cause irregula...more
Some common reasons for irregular periods:
STRESS: Stress is the most common cause of irregular periods. Cortisol, the stress hormone, has a direct impact on how much estrogen and progesterone, two sex hormones, gets produced by the body.
POOR DIET: Unhealthy eating and being overweight or underweight can cause irregula...more
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There is no fixed time in which one bleeds after taking emergency contraceptive pill. Sometimes unexpected bleeding occurs more over it is not necessary. Next menstrual cycle can be early or delayed as side effects of the pill. If taken within 24 hrs it is 95% effective. For more details you can consult me.
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