The "vampire" leeches in the animal world are simply a nightmare for many people when they were young. It can not only absorb blood on animals, but also absorb blood on humans. And once it is adsorbed on the human body, it is difficult to get it off. It will not fall automatically until it sucks blood. The place where the leech is sucked will bleeding continuously. It is scary to think about it!
If it is just adsorbed on the surface of the skin, you can also use some methods to get it off. If it accidentally eats it into a person's stomach through other objects, will it cause life danger to people?
"Vampire"
"Leeds" is a common name among the people. Most people only know its name. In fact, the real Chinese name is Leech . It mainly lives in freshwater waters and lives by sucking animals or human blood. It was often seen in paddy fields in rural areas. Leech consists of five rings and is a cold-blooded anneal. It mainly drills into the skin through peristalsis and the jaws in the body. The jaws have a strong adsorption effect. , which is why we can't pull it off when we see lees sucking blood on the skin.
Leeds are mainly most likely to appear in humid and watery environments. They have their shadows in ordinary paddy fields, rivers and lakes. They are most active every year when the weather is warm, and they will lie dormant in winter to rest and rest. , and this kind of anneal has a big feature, which is that it has a particularly strong regeneration ability. Even if it is cut into several pieces, the remaining parts can be regenerated.
This is also the horror of leeches. Once attached by it, it is difficult to get it off without some special methods. In addition, leeches are divided into many different varieties. What we often make a living by sucking blood, and there is also a carnivorous one. In some cases, it will even penetrate into the human body through certain objects. If is accidentally eaten into the stomach, it will cause great harm to the human body.
The life-threatening leech
It is impossible for leech to accidentally eat it into the stomach, but it cannot be ruled out that it is attached to the water we drink or some food that has not been completely processed. Moreover, once the leeches enter the human body, they can indeed survive.
Some people say that if leeches enter the stomach, will not be decomposed by gastric acid? How can you survive? In fact, if leeches enter the mouth through food, they are likely to not enter the stomach directly, but instead attach to an organ or intestine, and survive by sucking blood.
Because leeches also require a certain amount of oxygen , but in the human body, there are many organs with oxygen. Even in places where the oxygen is very thin, leeches can survive. For example, respiratory organs such as nasal cavity, mouth, ear, etc. and places with open mouths are the most suitable storage places for leeches.
In our lives, there have been many such cases.
A boy felt uncomfortable after going home after taking an outdoor swimming in the river, and even had hematuria . After checking in the hospital, I found that a leech was stored in the boy's genitals, which caused him to have these discomfort symptoms.
In addition, there is an adult man in Guangdong who always inexplicably bleeds in after drinking the river water in the wild. At first, he thought it was caused by anger, but after a while, the nose bleeding continued to flow. It was not until he went to the hospital for examination that he found a leech attached to his nasal cavity.
These are real events. If is processed in time, it will not cause life danger, but if it is not discovered for a long time, it will easily cause life danger to the human body.
In fact, the reason why leeches can enter the human body without realizing it is because it is just a tiny bug that is easily overlooked when it is not sucking blood, and it becomes very large after sucking blood. In life, it is very likely that if we are not careful, we will take advantage of loopholes by leeches. How should we prevent it?
How to prevent leeches from entering the human body in life
Try not to drink raw water, and boil the water you drink.
The easiest way for leeches to enter the human body is to drink it directly into the stomach through drinking water. , especially in the wild, some river water or mountains may look very clean when you see the naked eye, but in fact it contains a lot of microorganisms. Therefore, following the principle that everything can be boiled, water boiled at high temperature can kill most microorganisms and bacteria.
Avoid swimming in rivers or ponds with unclean water quality
Swimming may be a sport that many people like, especially in summer, and they wish they could soak in water all day. And some water quality is not guaranteed, leeches are the most likely to take advantage of loopholes. If soaked in water for a long time, leeches are likely to be boarded in the human body through reproductive organs, ear, nose, mouth, etc.
Cooked river or seafood before you can eat
Foodies who love to eat river and seafood should pay attention. Crayfish, snails, Candle clams are all very prone to parasites and lees. You must cook them when eating them.
0,000 yuan. Unfortunately, I encountered a leech. What should I do?
0. If you are unfortunately crawled onto your body by a leech, don’t try to pull it off with your hands . Because when you pull it directly, the suction cup on the leech will become tighter and tighter. Even if it is pulled off with force, a small part may still remain in the body, making the remaining part more difficult to remove, and may even cause infection. The correct way to is to slap the bite with your hands and use the vibration of the skin to make it fall off.
- pour salt water on the leech, or pour it on the leech with very acidic and alkaline liquids such as soapy water and vinegar.
- leeches are a creature with very tenacious vitality and are generally difficult to kill. If you want to completely remove them, you can only burn them with , or put them in the sun and dry them thoroughly. Otherwise, even if the leech that looks very shriveled can be resurrected immediately after encountering water.
- If you are unfortunately bitten by a leech, first take first aid measures to disinfect with iodine or alcohol at the wound to avoid wound infection and seek medical treatment in time.
Although leech is hated by most people, it is not undesirable in addition to sucking blood. The leech itself has high nutritional value and has certain medical uses. In medicine, lees will be dried. As a drug, it has the effect of to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis and , and is used to treat patients with cerebral thrombosis. Similarly, there are people who use leeches to treat a certain disease. However, this method has not been confirmed by medically whether it is completely feasible. It is best to take corresponding measures after consulting a doctor!
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