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leech therapy

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leech therapy,
a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as application of medicinal leeches to help drain replanted or transplanted tissue engorged with venous blood. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.


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Vibrio fluvialis wound infection associated with medicinal leech therapy.
Cholera-like presentation in Vibrio fluvialis enteritis by Gros, Sheila P. / Southern Medical Journal
doctors say further study is needed before they'd advocate leech therapy for arthritis.
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It appeared to be concentrated in her upper shoulder and back area, so other herbal mendicants were consulted whose specialty was leech therapy.
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