During the therapy, live leeches will be attached to the targeted area so that the leech can suck blood. Leeches release proteins and peptides that help prevent blood clots, thereby improving circulation and preventing death in tissues. The leech will cause a bite scar that is shaped like a Y letter that will soon disappear without leaving a trace.
Since leeches are very effective for improving blood circulation and are able to break up blood clots, it should not doubt that leeches can be used to treat circulatory disorders and cardiovascular diseases.
Side Effects Of Leech Therapy?
Leech therapy is an alternative treatment that can be done easily so that it has a lower risk of side effects that can be from other therapies. Diabetes ulcers are one of the leading causes of death risk in diabetic patients. Very few traditional medicines and therapies have real benefits for these indications and some pharmacologic agents are in various clinical trials for the treatment of diabetic ulcers.
Alternative therapy with leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used since the 18th century. But in the 19th century leech therapy began to be forgotten because of the development of the medical world and medicine. This therapy has been reused in the early 1990s where in medical research, leech therapy proved that this therapy can cure tumor or cancer without chemotherapy and surgery.