Di ba gigamit man ning alimatok pagtambal sa kabahong, Ms. States?
Gigamit ni sa uban as medical therapy, see below;
<img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/leech1a.jpg"> <img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/Thumb2a.jpg">
The leech is visibly curled on the nail bed. The leech is curling around the back of the thumb but remains attached.
<img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/thumb3a.jpg"> <img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/thumb4a.jpg">
The leech is extending but thoroughly attached. The leech is starting to swell with blood.
<img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/Thumb6a.jpg"> <img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/Thumb5a.jpg">
The leech is getting fatter. The leech curls around the end of the thumb.
<img src="
http://rnceus.com/mag/images/thumb8a.jpg">
The leech just before detaching.
“I was very fascinated by the leech therapy,†said Jeff Shinkle, a firefighter in Torrance, California,
describing the treatment that saved his reattached thumb.
December 2000, Jeff was putting an addition on his house and was cutting a 2 X 4 the long way,
when the saw kicked back and completely severed the left thumb above the knuckle, removing about the top inch of the thumb.
The surgeon had no difficulty reattaching the arteries, but the nerves and veins were more problematic.
The surgeon was unable to anastomose the veins; so leech therapy was started immediately after surgery.
Without venous outlet, the thumb would become engorged with arterial blood and circulation would stop.
Leeches provide an outlet for blood collecting in the replanted thumb.
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