Leeches can be used in many applications especially for medical and cosmetic purpose. Traditional use of leeches is by letting the leech to suck blood of the patient’s body to relief symptoms like headache and join pain. Leech oil is known to the local community for enhancing the sex capability of man. In India, it is used for preventing hair loss. Chinese medicine use leech as and ingredient for various treatments. Modern medicine uses the ingredient extracted from leech to cure blood related diseases.
Leeches have been used for medical purposes since over 2000 years ago. One example is using leeches to suck out the blood in the body to achieve the healing purpose. Today there is a real clinical application in this method; they are of great value to plastic surgeons when venous congestion of skin and muscle flaps is a problem. The leech can suck the blood at the joint where blood is clogged and make it flow again. Leeches today are used in plastic and reconstructive surgery worldwide. There is also successful ongoing research into relieving symptoms of osteoarthritis by using leech.
One bigger progress in using leeches in medical field is that they have been approved in America for use in therapy purposes. Live leech are being distributed to various location in the country and also worldwide for use. After sucking the blood, leeches are treated in the same way as other blood treatment procedure that they only can be used on the same patient. This is mainly to prevent the spreading of disease that carried by blood.
Other usage of leeches also includes treatment of black eyes. Hirudin, the anti-coagulant from leech can be used in the treatment of inflammation of the middle ear. It is also being developed for experimental use as a systemic anticoagulant, and may prove useful in invitro blood sampling. By extracting the anti-clotting serum from the leech researchers are isolating new pharmaceutical compounds for eventual treatment of heart diseases.
From the history, leech was indispensable in 19th Century medicine for bloodletting, a practice believed to be a cure for anything from headaches to gout. The medicinal leech is getting more popular in modern medicine thanks to the work of Dr. Roy Sawyer, an American scientist who established the world's first leech farm.
Thousands of patients owe the successful reattachment of body parts to technological advances in plastic and reconstructive surgery; at least some of these operations might have failed if leeches had not been reintroduced into the operating room. The key to success is from what contain in the leech bite, which punctures a wound that bleeds literally for hours. The leech's saliva contains substances that anaesthetize the wound area, dilate the blood vessels to increase blood flow, at the same time prevent the blood from clotting. Usually the surgeon can get blood to flow in the reattached arteries but not veins. With the venous circulation severely compromised, the blood going to the reattached finger becomes congested; the reattached portion turns blue and lifeless and is at serious risk of being lost. At this time leeches start to play their major role in letting go of the clotting blood.
Leech farming is an industry that is getting more popular as more leech usage has been established. One reason is also due to the number of leeches getting lesser in the wild, after the heavy usage of insecticide and pesticide. More researches are on going in discovering the uses of leech that can help us to cure the blood related problem such as heart diseases and also high cholesterol in our body. The role of leech will change from a blood sucking creature that is feared by many people to a great helper in our health.
Lipitorile au aplicabilitate in multe domenii, in special in domeniile medical si cosmetic. Folosinta initiala a lipitorilor era pentru a ameliora probleme de genul dureri de cap si dureri in legamente. Uleiul de lipitoare este stiut sa imbunatateasca prestatiile sexuale ale barbatilor. In India, tratamentul cu lipitori este folosit pentru stoparea caderii parului. In China, lipitorile sunt folosite in foarte multe tratamente ca metoda principala. In medicina moderna saliva lipitorilor este folosita pentru tratamentul diferitor boli cardiace.
Lipitorile au fost folosite in tratamente de mult de 2000 de ani. In antichitate lipitorile se aplicau pentru a suge sangele si pentru a atinge scopuri de cura. Astazi, hirudo terapia are un mare rol in medicina si in special in domeniul operatiilor plastice, cand apar probleme de inchegare a sangelui si refacerea tesuturilor.
Lipitoarea poate extrage sange din incheieturi, unde este blocat sangele si sa fluidizeze din nou circulatia. In toata lumea lipitorile sunt folosite in spitale si clinici de reconstructii plastice.
Un alt domeniu foarte interesant pentru aplicarea lipitorilor este tratarea simptomelor de osteoartrita. In Statele unite ale Americii si Rusia lipitoarea este aprobata drept medicament/seringa de unica folosinta.
Hirudina, solutia anticoagulanta gasita in saliva lipitorilor poate fi folosita in tratamentul inflamatiilor,
Hirudoterapia este din ce in ce mai cunoscuta ca metoda de tratament datorita lucrarilor Dr. Roy Sawyer, un on de stiinta american. Mii de pacienti au profitat de aceasta metoda si au avut parte de tratament si re-atasare de succes a partilor de copr pierdute.
In cazul unei circulatii venoase afecatate, sangele din degetul atasat devine congestionat; partea atasata devine albastra si fara viata si exista un risk foarte mare de pierdere a degetului. In acest caz lipitorile joaca un rol foarte important in dizolvarea acelor blocare de sange si fluidizarea sa.
Lipitorile au aplicabilitate in multe domenii, in special in domeniile medical si cosmetic. Folosinta initiala a lipitorilor era pentru a ameliora probleme de genul dureri de cap si dureri in legamente. Uleiul de lipitoare este stiut sa imbunatateasca prestatiile sexuale ale barbatilor. In India, tratamentul cu lipitori este folosit pentru stoparea caderii parului. In China, lipitorile sunt folosite in foarte multe tratamente ca metoda principala. In medicina moderna saliva lipitorilor este folosita pentru tratamentul diferitor boli cardiace.
