A maggot is the soft-bodied, worm-like larva of a fly that lays its eggs in living or decaying tissues, like this deceased crocodile, for instance.
You may not think of maggots as being especially, well, friendly. You’ve probably never heard of anyone having a, a pet maggot, for instance. That’s because maggots are just a transitional life stage for flies. They were eggs, now they’re maggots, soon they’ll be in the pupa stage and then adult flies.
So why would the word 'friendly' even be used in a story about maggots? Maggot medicine!
Western hospitals like this one in Wichita, Kansas, are turning back to a wound-cleaning remedy that’s as old as the Civil War.
If there’s a wound that won’t heal, sterilised, starving maggots are placed inside it to eat the infected tissue. That’s the beauty of using maggots: they only eat the rotting tissue. They leave behind everything healthy that surrounds it.
After two days, the maggots are removed. Their work is more clean and complete than a surgeon with a scalpel.
Maggots: some people see them as slimy, disgusting, repellent. And some day they just might save your life.
© National Geographic
Comments
It's icky but if they can be useful it's great but I wouldn't want to be the person who is heal with this ! Feel this tiny maggots in my body beurk !
Totally agree with you, Matthew83!!!
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I have never heard that maggots are used as the remedy somewhere. It sounds quite disgusting for me. =)The only things that spring to my mind when I hear about worms, maggots are dead plants or body.
On the other hand , using maggots is more safely then undergo operation that could be very dangerous.
Anyway, if my life is up to maggots I will agree to use it.
Wow.,. Yuck!
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that was disgusting, but the video is interesting.
ohhh i dont like it
Such an interesting fact! Thank you for letting me know that maggot is useful although they seem terrible :))
İ dont like to try maggot medicine.
Well, i think that it may be efficient some time but after two days three or four of the maggots may enter in your body so they can grow up and have children in your body! Yuck!
No i never will try that is so disgusting
I tried to watch this vedio,but it was too disgusting to watch....
Never thought a baby fly could be used for medication!!!!
OMG i dont like this its terrible
If you have a problem that only maggots can heal you have to use it even if they look disgusting...
i don't like this kind of video
wow
It is very disgusting and nasty!!! I try maggot medicine never!... But may be this medicine is very efficient sometimes.
It is real disgusting! When I watched this video, I had goosebumps on my body(( I do not like to watch such videos... but this video was very interesting and useful for me)
It is real disgusting!! When I looked this video, I had goosebumps on my body)) I don't like to watch such video... But this video was very interesting and useful for me)
Oh my god!!!
When I watched my eyes was closed!
it is really terrible! But apparently it is seriously help us in critical situations!
looks disgusting but maybe effective
omg!!!!!!!
I would never belive this if I didn't watch this video.....
I think I wouldn't be brave enough to try this kind of medicine..
because I am really scared of insects... :/
Disgusting... But Interesting (:
This is a great idea, but it's necessary to put there sterilised maggots)))
So scared to image that maggot are eating my cell ... but I think it's a good medicine.
I'm scared
it is disgusting for some people..but i do like this kind of videos for some reason(s)...