What Is Elephantiasis?
3. How Is Elephantiasis Diagnosed?
Your doctor will examine you and ask about your medical history: Have you lived abroad in the past year? Have you traveled recently? If you have genital elephantiasis, your doctor will ask if your sexual partners have either traveled to high-risk places or have shown evidence of the disease themselves.
After examining you, your doctor will probably send you to the lab for blood work. If your elephantiasis is found to be caused by a parasite, you will be given medication to treat the condition right away.
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