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LEECH THERAPY

  Early Egyptian, used leeches to treat the nervous system, abnormalities, dental problems, skin disease and infections. Nowadays mostly used in plastic surgery and microsurgery. The saliva of leech secretes peptides and proteins which prevent blood clot.

    These secretions also called anticoagulant to keep blood flowing will help to heal the wounds. This therapy is seeing a revival or renewal due to its simple and inexpensive means of preventing complications. 

   These medicinal leeches most often come from Hungary or Sweden. Leech has 3jaws in them two tiny rows of teeth. They make a hole in a person skin and insert the anticoagulant through their saliva. Each leech allows extracting (up to 15ml of blood) for 30 to 45 minutes. 

  Chemical derive from the saliva of leech made into pharmaceutical drugs that can treat hypertension, haemorrhoids, skin problems, arthritic appreciate treatment for common joint disease osteoarthritis, circulatory disorder and cardiovascular diseases. Presences of anti-inflammatory and anaesthetic will reduce the pain and tenderness at the site of affected joints. Platelet inhibitor and some special enzymes secreted by leech use to treat cancer patients. But people with blood cancer not advised to have leech therapy.  

   Diabetes causes numerous problem leads to vessel diabetes prevent the flow of blood to the toes , foot, fingers and hand . Hirudin increase circulation to affect tissues without risk of a blood clot as this thin the blood and prevent clotting .Since diabetes tends to have thicker blood.
   Leech therapy should be avoided for people with anaemia, blood clotting conditions and for children under 18 and pregnant women. People who are immunocompromised by autoimmune disease and environmental factor are not a good candidate for this therapy. The site of leech cannot be closed. The side effect of this therapy are allergic to leech saliva, be careful and notice the movement of leech it may move to other parts of the body.

Credits: Hemarajee

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