An Unusual Cause of Bleeding on the Floor of Mouth: Leech Infestation

Kantekin, Yunus; Sarı, Kamran; Özkırış, Mahmut; Gencer, Zeliha Kapusuz

doi:10.5152/tpd.2015.4254

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“…A rare adverse effect caused by artificial infestation with about 14 leeches on both legs was diagnosed in a 42-year-old woman patient who was referred to the emergency service with painful and itchy lesions on her feet and legs in the Adiyaman province in southeastern Turkey (384). In another case of leech infestation, a leech with dark-brown color was removed by surgery from the floor of the mouth of a 10-year-old child, who was referred to the emergency service of the city hospital in Yozgat in Central Anatolia (385).…”

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Overview of Zoonotic Diseases in Turkey: The One Health Concept and Future Threats

İncı¹,

Doğanay²,

Özdarendeli³

et al. 2018

TurkiyeParazitolDerg

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Zoonotic infections are globally important diseases and lead to huge economic losses in both low-and middle-income and high-income countries. Global warming, environmental and ecological changes, illegal movement of animals and humans, regional civil wars, and poverty are predisposing factors for the emergence of zoonotic infections and their distribution worldwide; they are also a big threat for the future. In addition, environmental pollution and antimicrobial resistance are immense serious threats and dangers to prevent and control zoonotic infections. The natural location of Turkey allows many emerged or re-emerged infections with zoonotic characteristics by animal movements, such as bird immigrations, and by human movements due to civil wars as seen with regional refugees. Numerous zoonotic diseases, including 37 bacterial, 13 fungal, 29 viral, 28 parasitic (3 trematodes, 7 cestodes, 10 nematodes, and 8 protozoan), and totally 107 infections, have been reported from Turkey to date. Additionally, many ectoparasitic zoonoses within 15 different arthropod groups and one leech infestation have been reported from Turkey to date. The "One Health" initiative is particularly relevant for developing strategies to combat zoonotic diseases. In this article, we review the occurrence of zoonotic diseases in man and animals in Turkey in the light of the "One Health" perspective.

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Section: Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Overview of Zoonotic Diseases in Turkey: The One Health Concept and Future Threats

İncı¹,

Doğanay²,

Özdarendeli³

et al. 2018

TurkiyeParazitolDerg

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A Rare Cause of Hemoptysis: Hypopharyngeal Leech

Aslan¹

2020

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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A 58-year-old male patient was admitted to the Otorhinolaryngology department with acute hemoptysis. In his history, it was understood that he drank natural water 2 days ago. The patient had hemoptysis, which occurred with spitting. The patient had difficulty swallowing and discomfort when swallowing. Endoscopic examination revealed a blackish live foreign object in the hypopharynx with right local posterior hypopharyngeal oozing. Hypopharyngeal leech was suspected and removed immediately using forceps. After the leech was removed, the bleeding stopped immediately and the patient started swallowing and breathing comfortably. Pharyngeal leeches should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with hemoptysis, especially in patients with a history of drinking unfiltered water from sources where aquatic leeches are commonly found.

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A Case Report on Leech Infestation as a Cause of Severe Anemia in a 10-Month-Old Infant in Ethiopia

Getahun¹,

Endayehu²,

Berhanu³

2021

IMCRJ

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Background Leeches are blood sucking hermaphroditic parasites belonged to the phylum Annelida of the class Hirudinea. Based on the location of leech infestation, the patient may present with anemia and respiratory symptoms. Even though Leech infestation is mentioned as common problem in African countries and the common cause of anemia, especially in children but it is not mentioned as a cause of severe anemia in an infant. Case Presentation In this paper, we are reporting a 10 months old baby presented to Debre Tabor General Hospital with nasal bleeding and blood tingled vomiting of four days duration. With the diagnosis of severe anemia secondary to leech infestation, she was transfused with 360 mL of whole blood and the leech was removed from the oropharynx with McGill forceps. She was followed for 48 hours. There was no ongoing bleeding; the vital signs became stable, and then patient’s parents were advised to boil drinking water before use. Finally, the infant discharged with improvement. Conclusion and Recommendation We concluded that leech infestation should be included as the differential diagnosis of an infant presented with nasal bleeding and blood tingled vomiting who came from rural areas.

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An Unusual Cause of Bleeding on the Floor of Mouth: Leech Infestation

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Overview of Zoonotic Diseases in Turkey: The One Health Concept and Future Threats

Overview of Zoonotic Diseases in Turkey: The One Health Concept and Future Threats

A Rare Cause of Hemoptysis: Hypopharyngeal Leech

A Case Report on Leech Infestation as a Cause of Severe Anemia in a 10-Month-Old Infant in Ethiopia

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