摘要:慢性丝虫病尤其是丝虫性乳糜尿、乳糜血尿、淋巴水肿(象皮肿)等慢性疾病，迄今仍是临床上的几大难题，以往，国内外学者虽对上述疾病进行多方面治疗研究，但仍无理想的治疗方法。近年对上述疾病的治疗研究有了新的进展。本文选择性的阐述了对慢性丝虫病物理、中西药、外科手术和基因治疗等研究进展情况。分析比较了各种疗法的治疗效果。

    关键词:慢性丝虫病;乳糜尿;淋巴水肿(象皮肿);淋巴管(结)炎;鞘膜积液

    Research in the treatment of chronic filariasis.

    L Gui-yue，WANG Pei-yi.

    (Shandong Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases，Jining272033，Shandong，P.R.China)

    Abstract:Chronic filariasis，especially filarial chyluria，hemotochyluria，lymphedema(elephantiasis)is still the serious clinical problems.Efforts have been made in treatment of the filariasis by researchers at home and abroad but no ideal method is available.New advance in therapeutic research has been made in recent years.In this article the advance in treatment of filariasis with physical，traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine，surgery and gene therapy were discussed and the results were compared as well.

    Key words:Chronic filariasis;Chyluria;Lymphedema;Lymphangitis;Lymphadenitis;hydrocele

    淋巴丝虫病是严重危害人民健康的常见病、多发病，全球有80多个国家和地区的1.2亿人感染淋巴丝虫病，受该病威胁的人口已超过11亿人，约占世界总人口的20% [1] 。其反复发作的急、慢性淋巴管(结)炎、各种类型的淋巴水肿、象皮肿、乳糜尿、乳糜血尿、鞘膜积液和生殖器官畸形等是该病的主要临床表现 ......