Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT)
February 15th, 2007
“In January 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began regulating medicinal maggots…”
“Medicinal maggots have three actions: 1) they debride (clean) wounds by dissolving the dead (necrotic), infected tissue; 2) they disinfect the wound, by killing bacteria; and 3) they stimulate wound healing.”
The link above contains a wealth of information, FAQ, and links to further resources, should you need them.
And you can get yerself some maggots here. I’m not sure how well they travel though.
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