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2021-06-02 13:55:27
Should a person without elephant leg have to take diethycarbamazine (DEC) every year? Are there any natural remedies without medicine?
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Depends on the endemicity of filariasis in your area. There is no natural remedies. You can prevent by controlling mosquitoes .

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taking diethylcarbamazine (DEC), albendazole, and ivermectin as a preventive treatment before traveling to areas prone to infection Natural remedies under research is Scarlet Leadwort and ajwaine

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