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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