Maggot Therapy: Effective Alternative To Diabetic Amputation — Sounds Gross But Works When Nothing Else Does

Would anyone actually voluntarily put flesh-eating maggots on themselves – on open wounds that need healing, no less? You’d be surprised what people will do to avoid losing a foot or a leg to gangrene resulting from loss of circulation caused by diabetes. When movie writers want to make a character spout a hilariously evil-minded curse, they sometimes think of something that involves being eaten alive by crawling maggots. Horror movies like The Ring often feature images of wriggling maggots to creep out their audiences. These little baby fly larvae that look like worms are among the most disgusting creatures that most people can think of. However, in spite of the connotations used in Hollywood, maggot therapy or maggot debridement therapy (MDT), is being revived as an effective alternative to amputation to debride, or remove necrotic (dead) tissue from festering ulcers and wounds in diabetic patients... MORE: http://www.jbbardot.com/maggot-therapy-an-effective-alternative-to-diabetic-amputation/