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APPLICATION OF HIRUDOTHERAPY IN MEDICINE
, 2022 This scientific work presents the results of a study conducted in patients with headaches. The results of the use of hirudotherapy in different age groups, several sessions. Conclusions about the effectiveness of hirudotherapy treatment are given.
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Chinese Medicinal Leech: Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Activities
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 Hirudo (Shuizhi in Chinese) is an important Chinese medicine, which possesses many therapeutic properties for the treatment of the cerebral hemorrhage and other thrombosis‐related diseases. The phytochemical investigation gave more than 51 compounds including pteridines, phosphatidylcholines, glycosphingolipids, and sterols, as well as some bioactive ...
Han Dong +7 more
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Recommendations for the Use of Leeches in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 A written informed consent should be obtained from the patient before hirudotherapy is initiated. The patients should be treated each day of leech therapy with anti‐Aeromonas antibiotics. Leeches should be applied on the darker spots of the reattached body parts or flaps.
Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, Ronald Sherman
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Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2019 A case of pregravid preparation is described for an in vitro fertilization (IVF) attempt in a woman after four previous IVF failures. Considering her personal and family aggravated medical history, including the family anamnesis, the patient underwent a ...
V. I. Linnikov
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Psychovegetative Changes and Posture Disorders in Tension Headaches [PDF]
, 2023 During the year, 50% of adult Europeans suffering from acholia, as well as at least 90%, complain of headaches once in a lifetime without treatment. This disease has been identified by WHO as one of the 10 diseases leading to disability.
Hatamov Bekzodjon Farkhodovich +1 more
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Ichthyotherapy as Alternative Treatment for Patients with Psoriasis: A Pilot Study
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 483-488, 2006., 2006 Ichthyotherapy (therapy with the so‐called ‘Doctorfish of Kangal’, Garra rufa) has been shown to be effective in patients with psoriasis in the Kangal hot springs in Turkey. This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of ichthyotherapy in combination with short‐term ultraviolet A sunbed radiation in the treatment of psoriasis under controlled ...
Martin Grassberger, W. Hoch
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Leech as a lifeboat: Reminiscent role in plastic and reconstructive surgery!
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2019 Leeching was a popular therapeutic practice since ancient times for various diseases. Previously, it was used as an unscientific home remedy by traditional therapists.
Rohan Dilip Newadkar +1 more
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Relevance of leech therapy in contemporary medicine: A mini-review [PDF]
, 2019 Medicinal leech therapy has been used for centuries. Its popularity reached its peak in the early part of the 19th century and then plummeted for about a century only to resurge after the mid-20th century. Leeches feed on blood by anchoring themselves on
Ghosh, Sumitabha
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Thirtieth Annual Congress on Veterinary Acupuncture: IVAS Report
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2, Issue 2, Page 239-242, 2005., 2005 More than 155 participants from 25 countries attended the 30th Annual IVAS Congress, September 8–11, 2004 in Oostende, Belgium. The focus was on veterinary acupuncture (AP) and immunology, and the event was sponsored by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS).
Krishna Kaphle +2 more
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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 +4 more
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