I saw this once on TV (and yes, it was real, trust me; video footage from a medical center, on a documentary show).
Apparently, in some instances, maggots are the choice of treatment doctors use
Let me explain. You see, maggots ONLY eat dead animal products (as opposed to a parasite which preys on living organisms, or other types of worms).
So, in some instances, like where people have developed Gan Grene (like if someone has applied a tourniquet to a limb to prevent someone from bleeding to death, if the blood is cut off for too long, the tissue past the choke point begins to die because it is not receiving blood) - they actually place maggots on the wound and let them feed, because they will only eat dead tissue. This is how they clean out the crap and prevent it from spreading.
The only reason this came into my memory, is because some maggots were trying to get at some really old stake placed in a trash can outside of our house.
Scary eh? I don't know if I'd allow the doctors to do that. You may go throw up now
Apparently, in some instances, maggots are the choice of treatment doctors use
Let me explain. You see, maggots ONLY eat dead animal products (as opposed to a parasite which preys on living organisms, or other types of worms).
So, in some instances, like where people have developed Gan Grene (like if someone has applied a tourniquet to a limb to prevent someone from bleeding to death, if the blood is cut off for too long, the tissue past the choke point begins to die because it is not receiving blood) - they actually place maggots on the wound and let them feed, because they will only eat dead tissue. This is how they clean out the crap and prevent it from spreading.
The only reason this came into my memory, is because some maggots were trying to get at some really old stake placed in a trash can outside of our house.
Scary eh? I don't know if I'd allow the doctors to do that. You may go throw up now