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.
Non-filarial elephantiasis is non-parasitic and is caused by the exposure to intense form of volcanic ashes. People who walk barefoot on the soil may receive the poisonous chemicals present in the soil which would eventually affect the lymphatic system and cause swelling.