43 year old Sophia Loots, the foster mother of two, lives in the small mission village of Friemersheim near Great Brak River. She was daignosed with Lymphedema after being stung by a mosquito carrying the filarial larvae in 2006. When the larvae from a mosquito bite enters the lymphatic system, they mature into adult worms in the lymphatic channels, causing severe lymphedema in the arms, legs and genitalia - also known as Lymphostatic Elephantiasis. Too embarrassed to go to hospital she started

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Size: 3648px × 5208px 30.9cm × 44.1cm - 300dpi
Location: Overberg, South Africa
Photo credit: © Obie Oberholzer / AfriPics
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Keywords: elephantiasis, filarial larvae, friemersheim, garden route, lymphedema, lymphostatic elephantiasis, mosquito, sophia loots, south africa, western cape, africa