TROUBLES TROPHIQUES DES MEMBRES INFÉRIEURS CHEZ LES PATIENTS DE RACE NOIRE

Abstract

In tropical pathology, the lower limbs of black subjects are subject to trophic disorders
various.
First of all, there are many scars from childhood microtrauma.
Then rarer, but more serious attacks are caused by mycetomas with destruction of tissues
soft and bones, requiring at most amputation.
In addition, filariasis, frequent in tropical areas, sometimes causes serious disorders. The wired
of Medina (Dracunculus medinensis) is manifested by a spontaneous onset blister followed by release
of a cord reminiscent of spaghetti, the processing of which remains the "indigenous method", that is to say the gentle extraction
by winding on a stick. Filaria Loa loa, in Central Africa, causes itching and fleeting edema
and migratory, on the face and upper limbs but quite rarely on the lower limbs but
however possible in the event of a cardiac complication.