INTRODUCTION The medical leech (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used throughout the centuries and continues to be used today, mainly in reconstructive surgery and microsurgery. Easy access to these animals may entail an improper use of this therapeutic method by patients as a form of self-treatment. CASE REPORT A man who presented with skin erythema and oedema due to the application of a medical...

This study reports a case of an 8-year-old boy who suffered from a dog bite injury to the nose. The amputated nasal tissue measured approximately 1.0 × 1.5 cm and included part of the tip, alar, and soft triangle subunits. Both ends of an artery of less than 0.5 mm were found, and replantation was performed. Chemical leeching was performed postoperatively. At 5-year follow-up, a good aesthetic ...

The use of medicinal leeches (Hiruda medicinalis) is becoming more common after plastic surgery to control venous congestion of skin grafts. We describe a patient with Aeromonas hydrophila infection whose graft was treated with medicinal leeches. The infection required systemic antibiotic therapy. A. hydrophila is the predominant bacterial flora in the gut of the leech, where it plays an essent...

Background: A Nail bed infection viz. also known as paronychia is very common condition found in people due to trauma, bacterial the nail. This can be treated with systemic Anti-inflammatory and anti-biotic Local anti-microbial ointment. In Ayurveda this explained Kunakha. use Leech therapy various internal medicine local application of drug formulations. Objective: a. To leech Infection b. app...

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the results of leech application treatment chronic pain patients. The patients were subjected therapy on day their visit most painful area. In study, observations both before and after therapy, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores recorded assess levels. VAS ranged from 0 10, with indicating no 10 representing highest level possible. Duration effect r...

Medicinal leeches have an important and expanding role in medicine, but infection can complicate their use. We describe a unique case of Aeromonas meningitis associated with the use of leech therapy to salvage a skin flap after central nervous system surgery.