The emergency management of a medicinal leech bite.

Abstract:

:Leeches have been used as a medicinal remedy for years untold. Recently, there appears to have been a resurgence in the use of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Presented is the case of a patient who called the emergency department for advice concerning the management of a bleeding leech bite. We discuss briefly the pharmacologically active salivary contents of the leech and an approach to the emergency therapy of a medicinal leech bite.

journal_name

Ann Emerg Med

authors

Adams SL

doi

10.1016/s0196-0644(89)80422-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-03-01 00:00:00

pages

316-9

issue

3

eissn

0196-0644

issn

1097-6760

pii

S0196-0644(89)80422-6

journal_volume

18

pub_type

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