Imagine something that disgusts you and at the same time saves millions of lives.
Yes! you guessed it right! I am talking about the NATURE’S BLOODY SUCKERS.
Leeches present in front of us a huge spectrum of usage. It is mainly used to treat circulatory disorders. Like a landlords, it has occupied an influential place in the doctor’s medical kit.
When leech bites a victim, it’s saliva makes blood flow to increase and prevent clotting. This is because of the Platelet aggregators and coagulation inhibitors which are present in it’s saliva. So what happens when he bites? The oxygenated blood enters the wound area until veins re-grow and regains circulation.
While doing microsurgery, the doctors often come across situations where, they face the difficulties of reattaching minute veins.
Here is a real case:
Ears have such tiny veins that, in the past, no one was able to successfully reattach them. Then, in 1985, a Harvard physician was having great difficulty in reattaching the ear of a five-year-old child; the tiny veins kept clotting. He decided to use leeches and the ear was saved.
So people before turning your face away from leeches…Think about it!!
