Sixty Feet Of Old Men Can'T Wear Shoes For More Than Thirty Years.

A sixty year old man was attacked by parasitic filariasis in his body. When he was 13 years old, he had "elephantiasis" on his calf, which was as thick as an elephant's leg.

But two years after the operation, the right foot of the old man continued to swollen until he developed into a "big elephant" foot. He could not wear shoes for more than 30 years.

Yesterday, experts in plastic surgery of Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University successfully reduced weight for the old man's "elephant foot".

The old man came from rural North Jiangsu and came to the Zhongda Hospital for orthopaedic surgery a week ago.

The old man hobbled, and a giant cloth shoe was pushed on his right foot. When he put his foot out of his special shoes, the expert was surprised.

The size of his right foot is huge, such as the big toe of an elephant, the big toe is as thick as a carrot, the surface of the skin is dark red, and its feet are covered with tumor like masses. There are cracks between the various lumps due to extrusion, some of which have fester and emit a foul smell.

The first thing the old man said to the experts was "I want to wear shoes".

It turned out that when the 61 year old old man was more than 10 years old, his right leg was thicker than his left leg. When he was 13 years old, he found the skin of his right leg was edema, and his hand pressed down was a pit.

Because the family was poor at that time, there was no money to see the doctor, so it was a drag.

But the swelling on the legs is becoming more and more obvious. At the age of 27, due to the accumulation of tumor like tumor in the leg, it had to be operated on in the local hospital.

Two years after the operation, the right foot recurred to the process of the pathological changes of the right leg. The edema, hardening and thickening of the skin appeared.

When the reporter saw the old man in the hospital ward, he was soaking his right leg in a medicine bucket.

The son who accompanied the old man came to see his doctor. He told him that he had never put his shoes in from his memory. He had made a giant cloth shoe for him, but he could still wear it at the beginning, but the longer his right foot was, the later he would drag his foot in.

Sometimes they simply save their shoes and walk on bare feet.

As the mass is squeezing higher and higher, the masses are squeezed each other, causing wrinkles between the skin. Especially in summer, the skin often fester, and even flow pus. It is very painful.

Dr. Yu Meng, deputy chief physician of the plastic surgery department of Zhongda Hospital, introduced the "elephant" foot of the old man, which was induced by the filariasis which was lodge in the body and blocked the lymphatic vessels. It is a "elephantiasis" caused by filariasis.

Filaria is a parasite that propagate in blood. It is pmitted by mosquitoes more than 20 years ago.

Experts estimate that the normal filariasis will survive in the body for a period of time. Due to the longer time, there is no filariasis in the old man's body. The "elephant" foot is only a sequela of filariasis.

If not treated, the "elephant" foot will also increase, or even cause systemic infection due to ulceration of the skin.

After careful discussion, the hospital plastic surgery expert group worked out a detailed surgical plan. First, remove the tumor on the back of the foot, so that the old man can put on his shoes.

The two phase of surgery will reduce the toe of the toe according to the stage of operation and improve the appearance of the foot.

At 9 a.m. yesterday, the old man was pushed into the operation room. The excision of the excess mass on his feet weighed more than 1 kilograms and lasted over 4 hours.

Xiong Meng introduced that once the skin is alive, the patient can walk normally in a month.