If onchocerciasis affects you, it may cause various types of skin changes which are known by various names: Calabar swellings refer to localized swelling of parts of the body like the legs, while leopard skin refers to the spotted depigmentation of the skin, and elephant skin describes the thickening of you skin. In addition, lizard skin describes thickened and wrinkled skin changes that may result with onchocerciasis.
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