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A Rare and Unusual Cause of Recurrent Hemoptysis: Alive Intratracheal Leech Infestation
Acta Medica Iranica, 2021 Hemoptysis is defined as blood expectoration from below the vocal cords. Foreign bodies inhaled or consumed can be the causes of hemoptysis. Among alive foreign objects, leech infestation, happens via drinking infested bodies of water. Leech infestation
Ebrahim Nadi, Marzieh Naderishahab
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Taxonomy, 2022 The genus Placobdella (Glossiphoniidae) has a centre of species concentration in North America. The type species P. costata is the only representative in the Palaearctic region.
Roy T. Sawyer
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A case of living leech in nasal cavity
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2021 This paper presents a case of a patient with a 3-month history of recurrent right-sided epistaxis with heavy bleeding for 4-days. Leech infestation in the nasal cavity was found to be the main cause of the epistaxis via endoscopic examination.
Nan Hou +5 more
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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020 Background: Nitrate-rich food can increase NO production and may induce positive effects on brain function. This study examined the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) testing the effects of prolonged consumption of incremental doses of ...
Abrar M. Babateen +10 more
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The Healing of Wounds Infected with Staphylococcus aureus is Accelerated by Leech Saliva Ointment [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary SurgeryThis study aimed to explore the impact of pure leech saliva and its combination with Eucerin on wounds infected with Staphylococcus aureus. The experimentation involved inducing wounds on the dorsal area of the animals’ chest.
Bagher Nikrou +3 more
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May salivary gland secretory proteins from hematophagous leeches (Hirudo verbana) reach pharmacologically relevant concentrations in the vertebrate host? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Saliva of hematophagous leeches (Hirudo sp.) contains bioactive proteins which allow the leech proper feeding and storage of ingested blood, but may also exert effects in the host.
Sarah Lemke +4 more
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Indian Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine KLEU, 2021 Background: Leech therapy is a point of attraction in the medical as well as in the scientific world due to its various outstanding properties, while studying the Ayurveda and scientific literature one can find difference, i.e., discarding after single ...
Vijaykumar S Mane +4 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2018 Background Leech therapy in plastic/reconstructive microsurgery significantly improves a successful outcome of flap salvage but the drawback is a risk of severe infection that results in a drop of the salvage rates from 70-80% to below 30%. We report the
Delphine Grau +4 more
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Pruritis and palpable purpura from leeches in the Australian Rainforest
IDCases, 2014 Leeches are prevalent in the Australian Rainforest. We report two cases of leech bites resulting in pruritis and palpable purpura. The dermatologic sequelae of leech bites, differential diagnosis of pruritic palpable purpura, leech bite treatment ...
Elizabeth V. Seiverling +2 more
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A Rare Cause of Epistaxis: Nasopharyngeal Leech Infestation
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2023 Leeches are rare cause of foreign body in airways. A 23-year-old male, experiencing epistaxis and difficulty in swallowing is presented. During nasopharyngoscopy, a moving leech was observed on the nasopharynx posterior wall in midline location, and ...
Meltem Bektas +4 more
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