I do know they are used quite frequently in cases where limbs or fingers have been separated in injuries and then surgically re-attached. They are placed onto the finger tips of the re-attached finger and continually bring new blood to the finger-tips. The new fresh blood quite often is not there right away otherwise due to the trauma of the injury and the surgical proceedure itself sometimes.
.02 cents worth of off topic bandwidth. -----Original Message----- From: Ode Coyote [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Leeches can be beneficial for some people ## Leeches are now being used to relieve pressure from internal bleeding of wounds where circulation is a problem. I think they also release an anti clotting agent as well which may prevent clots from internal wounds from blocking blood supply to the heart and brain. Ken -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
