Pathogen/transmission

• Non-filarial elephantiasis

• Disease of lymphatic vessels of the lower extremities caused by chronic exposure to irritant soils

• Second most common cause of tropical lymphoedema after lymphatic filariasis

Treatment

• daily foot hygiene, compression bandaging, and when warranted, surgery of overlying nodules

Prevention

• wearing shoes and using floor coverings

Historical aspects

• Discovered by Ernest W Price, a British surgeon living in Ethiopia

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podoconiosis