The morbidity associated with a leech bite is mainly due to 2 factors -- mechanical obstruction of a vital organ and/or severe bleeding, as in our cases. Vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite is rare.

Vaginal bleeding as the result of a leech bite is a rare occurrence. We report 2 cases of vaginal bleeding in young girls that resulted from a leech bite and required treatment. Clinical ...

Leech expert Roy Sawyer, who grew up in the swamps of South Carolina, wrote after coming here in 1975, "I had never experienced such intense attacks from mosquitoes and biting flies." Mark already ...