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.

The Loose Women star, who was dubbed the mum of the jungle during her short stint, showed her daughters the extent of a leech bite in camp. While she had told campmates about the incident at the ...

Fans of the show were also horrified by the aftermath of the leech attack. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, one said: "Things I didn’t need to see: the inside of Jane’s bra!" Another added ...

A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada. Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's ...