This paper describes an automatic system for the analysis and classification of leech behavior. Three colored beads were attached to the dorsal side of a free moving or pinned leech, and color CCD camera images were taken of the animal. The leech was restrained to moving in a small tank or petri dish, where the water level can be varied. An automatic system based on color processing tracked the...

purpose : to report a case of adult ocular leech infestation case report : a 67-year-old male presented to the emergency department of farabi eye hospital with the complaint of bloody tear. slitlamp biomicroscopy of left eye revealed bloody lashes, bloody tear and a large black green foreign body attached to the inferotemporal bulbar conjunctiva. one cc of lidocaine 2% was injected directly to ...

helminthes such as bloodsucker that have been important treatment in the past few centuries has reduced the use of them today. but sheila danton says they are used in the development of plastic surgery recently. leech therapy? i had heard that they were using in the past. is this true? if your perception is that it is time to think again about this. many old outdated treatments (the use of leec...

T hrough evolution, several animal species have been endowed with salivary anticoagulants, presumably to secure their nutritional requirements for fluid blood from their prey. It has been known for centuries that the bites of leeches, certain snakes, insects, and vampire bats can result in local and systemic bleeding. The use of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, for therapeutic bloodlett...

BACKGROUND Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic mycotic infection, most common in the tropics and subtropics, following traumatic fungal implantation. CASE PRESENTATION A 72 year-old farmer was admitted to Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital, northern Laos, with a growth on the left lower leg which began 1 week after a forefoot leech bite 10 years previously. He presented with a cauliflower-like mas...

Leech infestation could be associated with wide range of complications including epistaxis, stridor, hemoptysis, globus sensation, hematemesis, and vaginal bleeding. In the present case report. , we introduce a case of leech infestation in a 41-year-old female presenting with chronic globus sensation, stridor, vomiting and dysphagia later diagnosed with leech infestation. Therefore, leech bites...

A 65–yrs-old man referred for an ocular discomfort and red eye. The clinical diagnosis was leech in the left eye and its species confirmed as being Limnatis nilotica. Ocular leech infestation should be considered in patients with a history of swimming or washing their face in streams and lakes. Attention should also be given to ocular leech infestation in the differential diagnosis of ocular tr...

UNLABELLED Sensory coding has long been discussed in terms of a dichotomy between spike timing and rate coding. However, recent studies found that in primate mechanoperception and other sensory systems, spike rates and timing of cell populations complement each other. They simultaneously carry information about different stimulus properties in a multiplexed way. Here, we present evidence for mu...

Dear Editors, An 84-year-old man presented for non-healing lower extremity wounds, which were present for 3months, at the diabetic foot team of our hospital. He had diabetes (10 years), chronic renal failure (3 years) and coronary arterial disease. He had an ulcer on the second toe of his right foot (Figure 1) and a dry necrotic wound on the heel of the same foot. His pedal pulses were non-palp...