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What is the relationship between a leech and a human?
Leeches are blood-feeding parasites that attach themselves to the skin of humans and other animals. They use their sharp jaws to bite into the skin and extract blood. While leeches can cause discomfort and minor bleeding, they are sometimes used in modern medicine for their anticoagulant properties and for promoting blood circulation in certain procedures, such as microsurgery and tissue grafting.
Why did people think the leeches would be helpful?
Leeches suck blood and it was believed that leeches would actually suck the bad blood\diseased blood out of your body. Today leeches are used after reattachment of body parts, particularly fingers and toes. The leeches relieve the congestion of blood in the affected parts. The leeches also put a chemical into the blood in the area of the attachment that prevents blood from clotting.
How do leeches acquire blood?
Leeches are born by getting detached from the bodies of the adult leeches. They are usually segmented. When one segment is detached the new leeches are born.
Do leeches make good pets?
No, leeches suck blood
How where leeches use in the middle ages for medical reasons?
Leeches were used as part of the bleeding process and to clean wounds. Modern medicine has found that the leech actually does secrete a chemical into a wound that helps it heal and some doctors have started to use leeches.
Are leeches endangered?
Most leeches are blood sucker hence bad but they are used in Alexandrian school of Medicine for treatment .
Leeches have a diet made up entirely of carrion true or false?
It is false that leeches have a diet made up entirely of carrion. Leeches attach to a host and suck there blood that is how they live.
Can leeches kill people?
It would be very unusual for leeches to kill people, however, they do suck blood, and a person can die from blood loss. In order to lose that much blood, a person would have to be unconscious will leeches are feasting at will.
What are maggots and leeches?
maggots are baby flies leeches live off blood from animals
What did the doctors use to bleed the patients from the fever?
Leeches were and, perhaps, are still used to remove infected blood.
What medicines did the Stuart period use?
leeches and cutting someones vain open n drainin blood
What is the symbiotic relationship between leeches and monkeys?
The leeches suck out the monkeys blood. Does anyone have a better answer?
