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A question about filariasis?

A person suspected of having filariasis has been living around the house for 2 months. So is it possible for us to slow down?

Male | 24 years old

1 Answer

Dear Sir,

Your question is basically nonsensical. What you mean by suspected of having filariasis? The diagnosis is straightforward. What is not suspected of having filariasis, one either as it or one does not. What do you mean by living around the house? If you are worried of being infected by that person, then the year fears to rest, unless you are in a mosquito infested area, in which case one mosquito that bites the person that is infected can then transmit the disease to another person. The disease does not spread from person-to-person. What do you mean by slowing down? Relative to what?

Yours truly,

Dr. Richard Evan (Rick) Steele