Leeches Review: Biology, Ecology and Medical Important Faleh Nebrass1, Hassan Zaid Naji1,*, Shafeeq Maan Abdul Azeez1 1Department of Biology, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Zaid Naji Hassan, Department of Biology, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq, Email: gmoon4444@uomustansiriyah.edu.iq
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Hirudotherapy (HT) is the submission of healing leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) for beneficial use. It is one of the firstborn medications, being active by several healing experts. HT contains the accessory of cultivated leeches against the pretentious zones. Leech treatment includes an original chew, which is frequently an easy mouthful, trailed by the slurping of 5 and 15 ml of blood. Its main healing assistances are not only owing to blood drunk during the piercing, but also from the many bioactive matters, such as Hirudin, Calin, Hyaluronidase, and Histamine-like ingredients, to name a scarce. HT has been active in numerous illness circumstances and clinical difficulties. It has been effectively used in soft and reconstructive operations, cardiovascular difficulties, varicose veins, hemorrhoids and various joint ailments. Nowadays, it is also being utilized in intestinal complaints, dermatology and antenatal irregularities. More newly, HT has created new claims in tumor healing, sensitivity situations, like asthma, male/female sterility and diabetes. Attractive into deliberation all the truths, HT labors should be made in improving the achievement of remedial leech therapy in scientific and isolated practice. Top Keywords Hirudotherapy, leech, annelid, saliva, bioactive, reconstructive surgery. Top |