Although some types of blood sucking leeches, not all species can bite, 90% of them only eat from decaying body and open wounds amphibians, reptiles, waterfowl, fish, and mammals (including, but not limited to, humans). A leech attaches when biting, and will remain attached to owning the content of the blood. Because anticoagulants (hirudin) which issued a leech bite wound may bleed more than normal after leech removed .. The effect of anticoagulants will disappear a few hours to clean the wound.Leeches usually carry parasites in their digestive tract that can not survive in humans and does not pose a threat. However, bacteria, viruses, and parasites from the blood source earlier in the leech can survive for months, and may be retransmitted to humans. therefore ethics Hirudotherapy or leech therapy is always using leeches who never used !!!
So it can be concluded the effect of leech bites on humans is
1. Pain is like an ant bite2. Injuries bite berberntuk triangle emblem that resembles a mercedes benz3. Effect of local bleeding that lasts up to 1 × 24 hours or even more depending on how many leeches enzymes that enter the body4. Itching when the bite wound will dry out (can be applied ointment relieving itching)5. There hypotension or decrease in blood pressure (which is why a good leech therapy is used in patients with hypertension / high blood pressure)
