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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  In humans that have infected/dying tissue around open sores or wounds, maggots are usually credited with keeping the infection and toxins released by the dying tissue under control, and actually in some really horrific cases, they are what keeps the poor patient alive. I have even actually had a couple of patients that had been horribly abused and neglected by family members, and they had bedsores that were all over their bodies where they had been in contact with the floor or mattress for months without being repositioned....and the maggots that were all over the bedsores were what had kept those poor old people alive! The maggots were credited with keeping all the sores clean and the tissue beefy red so we could take over and get the sores healed. Between using maggots to keep ulcerated infected sores clean, and leeches placed on grafted areas to increase blood cirrulation, I almost didnt make it through the shifts! |
While it is true they can be beneficial; the presence of them can often be a poor prognostic indicator. There was a concern about internal injuries, but thankfully, they think not now.
