The wound at this time needs no special attention unless you notice signs of infection. Any of these symptoms would require a physician's care. Keep the site clean and dry. Actually, leeches are beneficial to medicine. Sometimes a wound needs to be cleaned of old tissue so new tissue can develop.
Leeches clean away the dead or infected tissue.
It can occur all over the body or be limited to the palms, feet, axillas or groin. The skin color is often pink or bluish white. Occasionally an endocrine disorder, such as hyperthyroidism, low blood sugar or an abnormality of the nervous system can be the cause. However, in most cases of localized sweating the cause is unknown. For sweating on the palms, Merck Manual recommends aluminum chloride as a 20 percent solution of aluminum chloride hexahydrate in absolute ethyl alcohol applied at night and covered with a thin polyethylene film.