To date, parasitic leech species have not been intensively studied in Turkey, and studies on the leeches of Turkey have concentrated primarily on lakes. According to literature data, a total of 13 parasitic leech species (3 species from marine fi sh, 8 species from freshwater fi sh, 1 species from brackish water fi sh, and 1 species from aquarium fi sh) have been recorded in diff erent parts of...

UNLABELLED In this case report, we present a 70 year old female patient who had recieved Leech therapy (hirudotherapy) on her leg without informing referring physician. In dynamic bone scintigraphy there was increased perfusion and hyperemia in her left ankle and leg, also in late static images moderate increased uptake was seen in soft tissue region and at the fracture site of ankle. We learne...

Stimuli in the environment, as well as internal states, influence behavioral choice. Of course, animals are often exposed to multiple external and internal factors simultaneously, which makes the ultimate determinants of behavior quite complex. We observed the behavioral responses of European leeches, Hirudo verbana, as we varied one external factor (surrounding water depth) with either another...

The medicinal leech (genus Hirudo) is a classic model animal in systems neuroscience. The leech has been central to many integrative studies that establish how properties of neurons and their interconnections give rise to the functioning of the animal at the behavioral level. Leeches exhibit several discrete behaviors (such as crawling, swimming and feeding) that are each relatively simple. Imp...

This is a case report about a rare oropharyngeal foreign body causing oropharyngeal symptoms such as sore throat, dysphagia and hemoptysis. We reported a 7 year-old boy who had ingested a leech from a bottle which had been filled with water and it had attached to the palate within 4 days. The leech was identified as approximately 3 cm in length. Leech was removed under premedication by using mo...

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a note entitled 'A Leech in the Nasal Cavity and Its Removalwhich prompts me to draw attention to ? method of dealing with the situation which may not be generally known, but upon which I stumbled by accident in Bakloh some years ago. An Officer of the local regiment brought to me his spaniel which had been afflicted for some days with a leech in the nose. "e tried the water treatment, but the ...

Objective: The principle of the use of leeches is associated with traditional medicine of many countries and its application has different philosophies for use in different areas of the body. Leeches, with all the benefits, can have dangers. Materials and Methods: A review of complications of leech therapy was done based on English articles indexed in the...