Articles About Leeches

Medicinal Leeches - “Worms that Suck Blood”

Sometimes called the “worms that suck blood, medicinal leeches are performing valuable services. They produce anticoagulants in their saliva that reduce or eliminate the dangers of clots in some individuals.

Leeches - Medical Friend or Deadly Predator?

What do you know about leeches? Once valued, then reviled, the leech has never been completely understood. To some, it is a lifesaving tool of medicine; to others, leeches are deadly predators. Who’s right?


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