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Improving Symptoms of Peripheral Artery Disease With Hirudotherapy. [PDF]

Cureus, 2021
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Critical limb ischemia is a complication of PAD that leads to severe pain at rest, numbness, and absent or diminished pulses in the legs or feet. Revascularization with surgery or endovascular intervention is required to re-establish blood flow to the ...
Afify O, Alkhouri S, Lauder N.
europepmc   +3 more sources

[Cutaneous pseudolymphoma after hirudotherapy : Case report and review]. [PDF]

Hautarzt, 2022
ZusammenfassungUnter dem Begriff Pseudolymphom (PSL) versteht man eine benigne, reaktive Lymphoproliferation der Haut, die klinisch und/oder histologisch ein malignes Lymphom simulieren kann. Die genaue Ätiopathogenese ist bis heute nicht gänzlich geklärt. Man unterscheidet die primären, idiopathischen PSL ohne erkennbare Ursache von den sekundären PSL
Hanner S, Stroh H, Enk A, Hoffmann J.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Hirudotherapy as an effective method for treatment of migraine - a disease of unknown etiology [PDF]

, 2021
This scientific work contains the results of a study conducted in patients with migraines, the effectiveness of hirudotherapy in people with headaches, in particular with migraines.
Normatova, Sh.A., Fattakhov, N.Kh., Madaminov, S.M., Tilyakhodzhaeva, G.B., Abdulkhakimov, A.R.   +4 more
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Case Reports and Experts Opinions about Current Use of Leech Therapy in Dermatology and Cosmetology

Cosmetics, 2022
This article aimed to determine the experts’ opinion on the use of hirudotherapy in cosmetology, to supplement knowledge, and to identify factors that, in the opinion of experts, affect the effectiveness and frequency of use of this method in eliminating
Ewelina Ząbkowska, Olga Czerwińska-Ledwig, Magdalena Bartnicka, Anna Piotrowska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

People need freshwater biodiversity

WIREs Water, Volume 10, Issue 3, May/June 2023., 2023
Freshwater biodiversity (i.e., plants, animals, fungi, microbes, and other living things) provides a suite of critical ecosystem services to people. Collapses in freshwater biodiversity impact people, across all regions of the globe, rural–urban gradients, and the full socioeconomic spectrum, but perhaps most particularly indigenous and marginalized ...
Abigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, Angela H. Arthington, Claudio Baigun, Lisa Bossenbroek, Chris Dickens, Ian Harrison, Ismael Kimirei, Simone D. Langhans, Karen J. Murchie, Julian D. Olden, Steve J. Ormerod, Margaret Owuor, Rajeev Raghavan, Michael J. Samways, Rafaela Schinegger, Subodh Sharma, Ram‐Devi Tachamo‐Shah, David Tickner, Denis Tweddle, Nathan Young, Sonja C. Jähnig   +21 more
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Comparison of Larval Therapy and Vacuum‐Assisted Closure Therapy after Revascularization in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Ischemic Wounds

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Objective. Even for very successful peripheral revascularization therapy, treatment is not complete until the ulcerative, gangrenous, and infected wound is closed. This study was performed and compared the outcomes of vacuum‐assisted closure (VAC) and maggot debridement therapy (MDT) following peripheral revascularization to accelerate the wound ...
Ugur Cangel, Serhat Sirekbasan, Erdal Polat, Ronald Sherman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel bone marrow‐sparing treatment for primary erythrocytosis in a cat: Onion powder

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 1977-1980, July/August 2021., 2021
Abstract Primary erythrocytosis (PE) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm in cats resulting in the overproduction of erythrocytes. Current treatment modalities include repeated phlebotomy and chemotherapeutic drugs. These treatments may not be well tolerated by the cat and can present safety and financial challenges to owners. Because of the rarity of
Demitria M. Vasilatis, Jennifer E. McGill, Chen Gilor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hirudotherapy in the Management of Post-Intubation Macroglossia [PDF]

TP59. TP059 ICU MANAGEMENT, MECHANICAL VENTILATION, AND CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE CASE REPORTS, 2021
The medicinal use of leeches (hirudotherapy) is intimately connected to the history and practice of medicine. Here we describe a novel case of hirudotherapy in an intubated patient with macroglossia related to oral trauma and venous congestion. The patient was a 23-year-old woman with a history of morbid obesity initially admitted to an outside ...
J. Wilkinson, C.E. Drolen, P.Y. Beah, I. Barjaktarevic, S.S. Oh   +4 more
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Outcome and treatments of dogs with aortic thrombosis: 100 cases (1997‐2014)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 1759-1767, September 2020., 2020
Abstract Background Aortic thrombosis (ATh) is an uncommon condition in dogs, with limited understanding of risks factors, outcomes, and treatments. Objectives/Hypothesis To describe potential risk factors, outcome, and treatments in dogs with ATh. Animals Client‐owned dogs with a diagnosis of ATh based on ultrasonographic or gross necropsy examination.
Mackenzie Ruehl, Alex M. Lynch, Therese E. O'Toole, Bari Morris, John Rush, C. Guillermo Couto, Samantha Hmelo, Stacey Sonnenshein, Amy Butler, Julien Guillaumin   +9 more
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Medicinal Leeches and Hirudotherapy

Turkish Journal of Parasitology, 2011
Leeches have been used in the treatment of certain diseases since ancient times. There are a few species of medicinal leeches. However, H. medicinalis and H. verbana are known in Turkey. Currently, Turkey is one of the world's most important leech-exporting countries.
Ahmet, Gödekmerdan, Suat, Arusan, Batu, Bayar, Naim, Sağlam   +3 more
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