Vaginal bleeding as the result of a leech bite is very rare. There are only 3 case reports available in the Medline-indexed literature. [1,2,3] Vaginal bleeding in young girls as the result of a ...
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.