That’s when leeches would be applied straight to the wound site. When they bite, their saliva transfers anticoagulants into the patient’s bloodstream, which helps increase blood flow.

Playtime in the floodwaters had disastrous consequences for one toddler in Malaysia after a leech found its way into her ...

That's when leeches would be applied straight to the wound site. When they bite, their saliva transfers anticoagulants into the patient's bloodstream, which helps increase blood flow. The comeback ...

Hold the Asian buffalo leech with a pair of pliers if required so it won’t latch on to your hand. When the Asian buffalo ...

The morbidity associated with a leech bite is mainly due to 2 factors -- mechanical obstruction of a vital organ and/or severe bleeding, as in our cases. Vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite is rare.

A project to revive the diminishing number of medicinal leeches was launched by the London Zoo and it has been successful.

A disturbing case involving a leech found inside a toddler’s bladder has gone viral on TikTok, sparking health concerns about ...

A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada. Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's ...