Maggots theraphy. Sounds interesting.

Men in the past, our forefathers were really ingenious to come up wit these wound treatment. Sadly, along the years, eversince the modern techniques of intervention were introduced, the maggots theraphy had a great downfall in its popularity. However, currently, its popularity arises back.

Research has actually shown tht it is a very successful method to treat wounds. The wounds which surgeons are likely will have difficulties when handling them. Well, that is because the human eye is simply not very sharp in identifying healthy tissues from necrotic tissues(tissues affected by necrosis -the localized death of living cells) Furthermore, surgeons only have a very limited time to operate while their patient is under anesthesia. Thus, to prevent a worsen condition on the patient's wound, maggots theraphy is revived back again.

If you were to ask what's so beneficial about this treatment, well, do you know that it actually reduces the cost from using the surgery method; US$3600 to US$600, using this particular treatment. In addition, it only takes 2 days to heal the wound compared to 89 days under surgical procedure.

However, like any other matter, there are still some limitations utilizing this maggots theraphy.

Not all wound-types are suitable. Wounds which are dry, or open wounds of body cavities do not provide a good environment for maggots to feed. Thus, for that kind of wound, surgical procedure is still the best. Not only that, a special dressings must be designed to prevent any maggots from escaping, while allowing air to get to the maggots and also to minimize the uncomfortable tickling sensation that the maggots often cause. Wait! These maggots, can also distaste patients and doctors.

At a whole, maggots debride wounds by dissolving only necrotic, infected tissue. Then it disinfect the wound by killing bacteria. And after which, it stimulates wound healing. That explains why it only requires 2 days to cure.

Therefore, there ARE unusual techniques used in medicine, and they can also be a little gruesome. The thought of maggots crawling around on your skin is pretty unpleasant, but it does apparently have some therapeutic basis... (: