Abdominal Elephantiasis: An Obstructive Disease Due to Extreme Obesity

Devajit Mohajan and Haradhan Mohajan
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Dr Haradhan Kumar Mohajan ()

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Abstract: This study deals with abdominal elephantiasis disease due to extensive lymph node destruction by erysipelas. The disease is rare, and only seen in developed countries among unfortunate morbid obese (e.g., BMI is in the range 60 to 80 or above) individuals. Abdominal elephantiasis is viewed as by chronic inflammation and obstruction of the lymphatic channels, and by hypertrophy of the skin and subcutaneous tissues. This mini review tries to make conscious about the negative effects of extreme obesity.

Keywords: Abdominal elephantiasis; lymphedema; lymph fluid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 I1 I12 I15 I3 I31 P2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-05-03, Revised 2023-05-04
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Published in Journal of Innovations in Medical Research 7.2(2023): pp. 13-15

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