A Welsh firm breeding maggots to heal wounds
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A Welsh firm breeding maggots to heal wounds
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#2Only tangentially related but Leeches are also still used in modern medicine very effectively
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#3I am encouraged by the interest in proven methods that had been set aside for the ease of antibiotics. I watch the renewed interest in phages hopefully too.
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#4Only tangentially related but Leeches are also still used in modern medicine very effectively
Yes, and i found out that honey is still used effectively for burn victims.
Re: A Welsh firm breeding maggots to heal wounds
#5Only tangentially related but Leeches are also still used in modern medicine very effectively
Wow I had no idea. Apparently they're the best anticoagulant:
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#6I wonder if this would have any effect on saving/healing the skin of burn victims
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#7Rose George's book "Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood" has a chapter on medical leeches if anyone is interested - still used today!
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#8Omgosh. This is indeed the article title ("People are shocked") but the full quote from inside.
> "People are shocked at how effective it is,"
Im not sure if I have the stomach to handle 4 days of maggot-patch, but it has very much occured to me that we are really really bad at woundcare, that there is very little to deal well with dead skin (debridement). And that that is a huge limitation of healing.
I have high respect for the old ways here. Trying to figure it out again, make use of this technique, sounds like it could be a major win... just... sedate me heavily please.
Re: A Welsh firm breeding maggots to heal wounds
#9Rose George's book "Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood" has a chapter on medical leeches if anyone is interested - still used today!
I personally found about it in the the book "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War" (chapter "maggot paradox")
Re: A Welsh firm breeding maggots to heal wounds
#10Omgosh. This is indeed the article title ("People are shocked") but the full quote from inside. > "People are shocked at how effective it is," Im not sure if I have the stomach to handle 4 days of maggot-patch, but it has very much occured to me that we are really really bad at woundcare, that there is very little to deal well with dead skin (debridement). And that that is a huge limitation of healing. I have high re…
It says they're put in a pouch so they won't be directly on your skin. Not sure how much crawling you'll feel though (and hopefully we're never put in a place to find out).