Comments on: Larval (Maggot) Wound Therapy http://blog.legendarylife.com/larval-maggot-wound-therapy A life of distinction is worth recording! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:58:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Pam http://blog.legendarylife.com/larval-maggot-wound-therapy/comment-page-1#comment-91 Pam Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:11:47 +0000 http://blog.legendarylife.com/larval-maggot-wound-therapy/#comment-91 I liked most of what you had to say about maggot therapy but have to disagree with this statement...... "Although maggots are only interested in dead flesh, they sometimes get under the skin of animals and even humans, changing from a beneficial insect to one that is parasitic. These type of infestations, known as myiasis, are usually caused by direct interactions with maggot infestations, such as putting your hand in rotting garbage. Flies don't normally deposit eggs on living things unless they have an open sore or wound." The maggots that can and actually do damage are a different species. They actually eat healthy tissue along with the bad. The green bottle blow fly maggot is the kind used for medicinal purposes and they will not eat any good tissue. As far as "under the skin" some ulcers are under the skin and way down to bone. ------ I was talking about "maggots" in general but your point is well taken, thanks for sharing it Pam! I hope that this therapy along with using other organisms such as leeches to improve blood circulation on re-attached limbs, makes people realize that nature has many solutions yet to be discovered that are mutually beneficial. I like your site (BTERFoundation.org) by the way... lots of great info! What I find most interesting (though a bit off topic) is that it was discovered that bees have a sense of "smell" that is exponentially better then any dog out there and they are being used on a limited basis to help find narcotics for Customs! I liked most of what you had to say about maggot therapy but have to disagree with this statement……
“Although maggots are only interested in dead flesh, they sometimes get under the skin of animals and even humans, changing from a beneficial insect to one that is parasitic. These type of infestations, known as myiasis, are usually caused by direct interactions with maggot infestations, such as putting your hand in rotting garbage. Flies don’t normally deposit eggs on living things unless they have an open sore or wound.” The maggots that can and actually do damage are a different species. They actually eat healthy tissue along with the bad. The green bottle blow fly maggot is the kind used for medicinal purposes and they will not eat any good tissue. As far as “under the skin” some ulcers are under the skin and way down to bone.

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I was talking about “maggots” in general but your point is well taken, thanks for sharing it Pam! I hope that this therapy along with using other organisms such as leeches to improve blood circulation on re-attached limbs, makes people realize that nature has many solutions yet to be discovered that are mutually beneficial. I like your site (BTERFoundation.org) by the way… lots of great info! What I find most interesting (though a bit off topic) is that it was discovered that bees have a sense of “smell” that is exponentially better then any dog out there and they are being used on a limited basis to help find narcotics for Customs!

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