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Dr 4Chan's Medical Advice (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by FireTower to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

what the fuck? why do they use that?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They're really good at eating dead rotting flesh?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

like dead body's?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nope:

Maggot therapy involves the use of maggots of the green-bottle fly, which are introduced into a wound to remove necrotic, sloughy and/or infected tissue. Maggots can also be used to maintain a clean wound after debridement if a particular wound is considered prone to re-sloughing.

Doctors and tissue viability specialists who have found that maggots are able to cleanse wounds much more rapidly than conventional dressings have reintroduced the technique into modern medicine.

They physically feed on dead tissue and release special chemicals into the wound that break down dead tissue into a liquid form that the maggot can easily remove and digest. The feeding maggot also takes up bacteria, during this process, which are then destroyed within their gut. It is an effective process that the larvae can often clean a wound within a few days.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

does it tickle when they eat you

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As per above source:

Most people are unaware of the maggots presence, although a small number of patients claim that they can feel the maggots moving but only describe this as a tickling sensation

Some other good FAQs:

Will Maggots bury into healthy tissue?
The maggots used in wound management will not attack or bury into healthy tissue, they only remove dead tissue.

Will the maggots multiply in my wound?
Only adult flies can lay eggs, so the maggots cannot reproduce or multiply within the wound.

Where do the maggots come from? Maggots are produced in a special unit by highly trained staff at Biomonde, a company with many years of experience in wound management.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

heartwarming

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Definitely woundworming and not heartworming

[–] alekwithak 4 points 8 months ago

Burn victims