Objective: This study aimed to examine the knowledge and attitudes of nursing senior students regarding traditional complementary medicine. 
 Material Method: descriptive was conducted with 224 attending a faculty. Data were collected Student Identification Form Holistic Complementary Alternative Medicine Questionnaire (HCAMQ).
 Results: The most well-known methods among music therapy...

Hyaluronidases (HAases), particularly leech HAases, have attracted intense attention due to their broad applications in medical treatments and great potential for the enzymatic production of hyaluronan oligosaccharides. However, little is known about this third interesting family of HAases. Here, we applied the random amplification of cDNA ends polymerase chain reaction (RACE-PCR) approach to i...

In the present chapter, we will emphasize the immune response in two compartments (Central nervous system and peripheral system) in two blood sucking leeches i.e., the medicinal leech and the bird leech Theromyzon tessulatum. In the medicinal leech, the neuroimmune response has been described in the context of septic trauma at the cellular and humoral levels through microglia, Toll-like, cannab...

Replantation of zone I finger injuries remains a challenge, particularly if the fingertip was previously scarred or atrophied, which makes it difficult to secure a suitable vein at the amputation site. In cases of artery-only anastomosis, we propose using a mechanical leech technique to maintain sufficient venous outflow until the internal circulation regenerates. We applied this procedure to e...

Treatment of penile haematomas includes conventional therapy and/or surgical intervention which may not always result in the recovery all functions. For valuable breeding stallions, a safe and effective treatment is necessary medical leech meets these criteria. Additionally, proven efficiency safety use leeches resolution makes this method applicable to other fields veterinary medicine. A 14-ye...

Leeches within the Piscicolidae are of great numerical and taxonomic importance, yet little is known about bacteria that associate with this diverse group of blood-feeding marine parasites of fish and elasmobranchs. We focused primarily on the bacteria from a deep-sea leech species of unknown identity, collected at ∼ 600 m depth in Monterey Canyon, CA, along with two shallow-living leech genera...

Unlike mammals, the CNS of the medicinal leech can regenerate damaged neurites, thus restoring neural functions. Our group recently demonstrated that the injured leech nerve cord is able to mount an immune response, which promotes the regenerative processes. This defense mechanism is microorganism-specific, suggesting that the leech CNS is able to discriminate among microbial components. We rep...