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Q&A How do you stop blood-flow from a leech bite?

Although leeches are relatively harmless, and you are not likely to bleed out from a bite, the blood stain on your clothes can be off-putting to your hiking buddies. Is there any effective way to ...

8 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Lost‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Question first-aid leeches
#2: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2020-04-17T23:20:14Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/217
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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Lost‭ · 2020-04-17T23:20:13Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>Although leeches are relatively harmless, and you are not likely to bleed out from a bite, the blood stain on your clothes can be off-putting to your hiking buddies.</p>

<p>Is there any effective way to counteract the anti-coagulant leeches inject into the bite, and thus stop the blood-flow in a timely manner?</p>