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Vol. 145. Issue 10.
Pages 446-451 (November 2015)
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Vol. 145. Issue 10.
Pages 446-451 (November 2015)
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Podoconiosis, a society and medical community neglected disease
Podoconiosis: enfermedad olvidada por la sociedad y la comunidad médica
Laura Prieto-Péreza,
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lprietope@fjd.es

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, Juan José Soriano Ceab, Miguel Górgolas Hernández-Moraa
a División de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
b Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Madrid, Spain
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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.

Keywords:
Elephantiasis
Lymphedema
Neglected
Volcanic soil
Preventable
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La podoconiosis, o «elefantiasis endémica no filariásica», es una enfermedad geoquímica que produce un tipo de linfedema de los miembros inferiores relacionado directamente con caminar descalzo por terrenos de origen volcánico en áreas con un alto índice pluviométrico anual. Posee una distribución geográfica concreta, afecta aproximadamente a un 5% de la población de las áreas endémicas, es debilitadora y desfigurante y con frecuencia lleva a la marginación social de los que la sufren. Es una enfermedad prevenible y, una vez establecida, puede mejorar con medidas terapéuticas sencillas.

Palabras clave:
Elefantiasis
Linfedema
Olvidada
Suelo volcánico
Prevenible

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