None of which should detract from the Voyager programme's momentous achievements. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, dispatched 15 days earlier but now trailing because of its excursion to Uranus and Neptune, have offered glimpses of the four gas giants and a slew of strange astronomical phenomena.
Elephantiasis is a symptom of a variety of diseases, where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions. Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, particularly Wuchereria bancrofti.
In most cases, the severe lymphedema that causes elephantiasis is the result of filarial worms blocking fluid draining passages within your lymphatic system. Thus, fluid builds up in your tissue and the outcome is enormous swelling. In the legs it bears a resemblance to those of an elephant.