Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3798060 | Medicina Clínica | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Laura Prieto-Pérez, Juan José Soriano Cea, Miguel Górgolas Hernández-Mora,