Take blow fly maggots as an example, doctors have put their taste for dead tissue to good use by using them to munch on dead - necrotic - tissue around wounds. According to Erica, these days, instead ...

Maggot therapy is not a new medical phenomenon. Aboriginal Australians, for example, have been using maggots to clean wounds for thousands of years. There are also accounts of people using maggots ...

These wounds and sores can increase your risk of STIs and affect your overall health. Without medical intervention, maggots may also keep growing in your body. Insider's takeaway Myiasis in humans ...

"He also had a large number of live maggots crawling through open wounds, as well as in his nasal and oral cavities. "The vet concluded the dog would have suffered as a result of the presence of ...