Treatment with leeches

I read your articles about how to apply leeches and for what diseases. Everything is fine, everything is working out. Only the bites are very itchy afterwards. How to get rid of this itch?

I read your articles about how to apply leeches and for what diseases. Everything is fine, everything is working out. Only the bites are very itchy afterwards. How to get rid of this itch? Tamara Konstantinovna, Kirov region.

– Dear Tamara Konstantinovna, after the leeches are removed from the patient’s skin, it is necessary to apply a bandage. Post-leech itching after bleeding has stopped can be easily relieved with “Rescuer”, “Ambulance” balms and even, as many patients advise, with ordinary laundry soap. If the prefix reaction manifests itself in the form of purple spots in the bite area, this is a signal about the presence of pathology in the underlying organs.

It is important to remember that after the leech has completed its mission, it will detach its jaws from the human skin. She takes care of us, so she does it very carefully, waddling from side to side. You cannot tear a leech that has just attached itself from the skin - we can damage its teeth and harm our skin.

The little “doctor” reacts sharply to odors: just apply a cotton swab with alcohol or cologne to the front sucker, and the leech will immediately come off.