An upcoming surgery in Taiwan may end the suffering of a young Chinese woman who has been unable to leave her house for nearly 20 years because of a rare condition known as elephantiasis.Wang Cheng, 24, who lives in the eastern Chinese province of Zhiangsu, has not left her house or worn pants since she was 6 years old because the condition has caused her legs to deform and triple in size.
Her legs have swelled to 110 pounds, but the free surgery planned for Monday may alleviate the swelling by cutting away lymphatic tissue.
Experts are unsure what caused the elephantiasis, but Wang said the condition has consumed her life.
"First it was my left leg, and then my right leg also got the same problem two years later," she said. "Time and again I have been suffering fevers and muscular pains."
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