maggot pouch

kronas · 22-02-2004, 08:49

hospitals providing patients using maggots for healing wounds can now recieve them on prescrption, the suggestion is that maggots are infact a valuable tool to treat infection.

source: thisislondon

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/lon...source=Evening

22-02-2004, 10:03

I think they got the idea from watching Gladiator

seriously, a friends father was treated with maggots, at our local hospital, for a leg ulcer that wouldn't heal - it does work

paulyoung666 · 22-02-2004, 10:13

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Originally Posted by homealone

I think they got the idea from watching Gladiator

seriously, a friends father was treated with maggots, at our local hospital, for a leg ulcer that wouldn't heal - it does work

very effective treatment , bit gruesome though when you think about it

22-02-2004, 10:19

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

very effective treatment , bit gruesome though when you think about it

I remember seeing someone describe having the treatment on a documentary, apparently you don't feel them wriggling about?

I would definitely consider it - especially for an MRSA infection, where the alternative might be amputation,

paulyoung666 · 22-02-2004, 10:45

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Originally Posted by homealone

I remember seeing someone describe having the treatment on a documentary, apparently you don't feel them wriggling about?

I would definitely consider it - especially for an MRSA infection, where the alternative might be amputation,

funny how we seem to be going back to old treatments such as this and leeches and honey dressings

Ramrod · 22-02-2004, 10:50

Yes, I was going to mention honey dressings as well

22-02-2004, 11:00

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

funny how we seem to be going back to old treatments such as this and leeches and honey dressings

I think it's an indication that a lot of bugs are now resistant to 'standard' antibiotics, when they were first used they seemed to be such a 'miracle' cure, that the traditional methods were sidelined. Now the traditional methods are having to be re-introduced.

Another aspect of traditional medicine is the knowledge of herbal medicine passed down by 'primitive' people indiginous to rain forests, etc - I saw an article the other day that discussed how some of the big pharmaceutical companies are starting to muscle in on it as a potential source of new treatments, without crediting properly those who are passing on their ancestral heitage.

<edit> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3496629.stm

paulyoung666 · 22-02-2004, 11:04

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Originally Posted by homealone

I think it's an indication that a lot of bugs are now resistant to 'standard' antibiotics, when they were first used they seemed to be such a 'miracle' cure, that the traditional methods were sidelined. Now the traditional methods are having to be re-introduced.

Another aspect of traditional medicine is the knowledge of herbal medicine passed down by 'primitive' people indiginous to rain forests, etc - I saw an article the other day that discussed how some of the big pharmaceutical companies are starting to muscle in on it as a potential source of new treatments, without crediting properly those who are passing on their ancestral heitage.

yes i have seen summat similar , it is a shame it happens , the way it is going antibiotics will be more or less useless soon i reckon , scary prospect

22-02-2004, 11:19

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

yes i have seen summat similar , it is a shame it happens , the way it is going antibiotics will be more or less useless soon i reckon , scary prospect

true - did you see any of those programs about parasites? I was really interested by the theory that our immune systems seem to work better if we have gut worms, for example? There was even one guy who deliberately infected himself with Ascaris worms - now that was scary

paulyoung666 · 22-02-2004, 12:37

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Originally Posted by homealone

true - did you see any of those programs about parasites? I was really interested by the theory that our immune systems seem to work better if we have gut worms, for example? There was even one guy who deliberately infected himself with Ascaris worms - now that was scary

no i didnt see it , mind you i am not sure i would have wanted to

22-02-2004, 13:03

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

no i didnt see it , mind you i am not sure i would have wanted to

the scene where he 'passed' them into a colander needed a strong stomach

**Maggy** · 22-02-2004, 13:14

I'm not taking the maggot treatment if it's ever offered to me.I'll be up the end of the road before the doctor has finished speaking.

paulyoung666 · 22-02-2004, 13:45

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

I'm not taking the maggot treatment if it's ever offered to me.I'll be up the end of the road before the doctor has finished speaking.

even if it meant losing your leg

kronas · 22-02-2004, 13:46

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

even if it meant losing your leg

atleast you couldnt get one of your legs up on the handsome doctor, if that happened.........

paulyoung666 · 22-02-2004, 13:50

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Originally Posted by kronas

atleast you couldnt get one of your legs up on the handsome doctor, if that happen.........

gutter award time