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With trivial steps, drag
Palestinian Bassam Abu Yusuf, feet, which weighs about 30 kg each
Earth, because of the "elephant disease" that he suffered.
It's hard for Abu Yusuf (50
A few meters in his house in the city of Abasan, east of the city
Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
More than three years ago
Month, suffers from almost complete cessation of movement, and over the man whose feet swell
The explosion, able to hang out because of the great pain, and fear of complications.
So his arm rests
In front of a big window of his living room, so that the observers abroad can succeed
But he does not leave the couch except for the absolute necessity, he says to Anadol.
These bulges, on
A limitation reported by doctors is the fluid retention in the feet, which was diagnosed
Later known as "Elephant's disease" scientifically called "filariasis"
Lymphatic system.
According to the Health Organization
The elephant occurs when elephants migrate to humans
The path of mosquitoes, infection usually acquired in childhood, while causing damage
Visible in the lymphatic system.
According to FAO,
Small Elephant Infections Transmit to Mosquitoes by Absorbing Blood When a Person Bites
Infected
Mature filari
Microorganisms are transformed into infectious larvae inside the mosquito, and when infected mosquitoes bite
In cases of human infection, larvae of adult parasites are deposited on the skin where they can be practiced
In the body.
Then the larvae move
In lymphocytes, where they become adult worms, thus continuing the cycle of transmission,
Cause (swelling of tissue) in general or elephantiasis (enlargement of the skin / tissue) in the limbs.
It is possible to conduct
The health complications that the patient suffers, according to the organization, permanently handicap foreigners
Psychological and social damages and financial losses resulting in their appearance in the clutches
Poverty.
The beginning of the disease
The injury began "Abu
Yusuf "in mid-2015, when a small tumefaction appeared in his right thigh soon
The volume increased, with the weight of the swollen mass, after 7 months of about 20 kg.
His visits were unsuccessful
Repeated to doctors to diagnose the disease or reduce its complications or even to prescribe medication
This limits its catastrophic effects, he said.
However, with the beginning of the year
2016, was able to reach a British medical delegation was visiting the Gaza Strip, which approved the process
To remove the swollen part of the thigh that weighed more than 20 kg, 12 kg
The liquid and the rest are dry and greasy blocks.
After 3 months of
Follow-up with the medical delegation, the disease was diagnosed as "elephant".
But the suffering of Abu Yusuf
Did not stop after the eradication of the swollen part, where new bulges appeared in different places
Foot after a short period of time.
The elephant infection has spread
At both feet where several swellings appeared at different places of the feet.
Within three months
Finally, the weight of the feet has increased by about 10 kilograms, at a rate of 3 kilos per month.
"Abu Yusuf" opens all the doors of the clinics
Private hospitals, but a doctor has failed to describe a cure that heals.
He continued:
"The last doctor told me to save you the cost of traveling and traveling between clinics
And in hospitals, your disease has no treatment in Gaza. "
Growing suffering
Abu Yusuf is missing
Now, after his fourth year of elephant sickness, he has had a lot of details
He considers it small or marginal in life and has not received it.
He says, "Today does not have
Prepared to be able to move, do not leave the house, no longer able to provide
Basic conditions ".
All circumstances have changed
Abu Yusif's life barely finds clothes at the size of his feet
Similar to the feet of the elephant, for its swelling and its accumulation of drooling.
Abu Yusuf complains of
Intense pain caused by the pressure exerted by the heavy weight of the feet on the joints and bones,
And the nerves in one foot.
In summer, it increases
The suffering of the Pentecostal man causes a high temperature, an inflammation of the regions
Swelling and exposure to body contact or external influences.
By increasing the blockade
The Israeli conflict has imposed on the Gaza Strip for the 12th consecutive year the suffering of Abu Yusuf.
The Gaza Strip is free to
Atomic radiation devices and medical devices capable of identifying healthy lymphatic vessels
Among the infected, according to Abu Yusuf, citing his doctors.
For treatment, needs
Abu Yousef for medical treatment in a hospital outside the Gaza Strip before causing his injury to
Unreasonable consequences.
But Abu Yusuf, who
He moved to the Gaza Strip in 2005, after his return. His wife and children in Saudi Arabia have no identity.
(Palestinian National Number), through which he can travel abroad.
Years
Upon his arrival in Gaza, Abu Yusuf still struggles in the corridors of government institutions to obtain
Identity.
Today threatens not to get it
This identity is completely his life, as it prevents him from traveling outside the area.
For the treatment.
He calls on Abu Yusuf
Government and medical agencies to help him get treatment before his condition
Health is deteriorating further.
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