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How does Lymphoedema cause ulcers?

scilearner
in Medical Science

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Hello everyone,

How does Lymphoedema cause ulcers? Example people with filiariasis having skin ulcers.

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  • 5 months later...

Cutaneous filariasis like loaiasis can give skin ulcers. They are caused by a different species of filaria to lymphatic filariasis, such as W. bancrofti.

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