3 ms·

Blood letting is still the treatment for iron overload.

• meheleventyone 6y ago
  Right but only because we know the mechanism of action and it's efficacy. It's also performed in a different manner to blood letting as a historical treatment.
• jankotek 6y ago
  Leaches produce enzyme that prevents blood cloth from forming. It also improves oxygenation. For some wounds, leaches would protect leg or arm from amputation.
  • fennecfoxen 6y ago
    * leeches Leaching is a process in which you percolate a liquid (like water) through something, and it picks up chemicals and carries them out. Brewing coffee, for instance.
• buck4roo 6y ago
  "Rationally designed" drugs do this now. An example: Exjade ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferasirox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferasirox