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Selects: Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out

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Healing Wounds: The Power of Maggot Therapy

This chapter explores the unconventional yet effective maggot therapy for wound healing, emphasizing the importance of patient advocacy in medical treatment. It highlights the benefits of maggots in debridement, tissue regeneration, and their antimicrobial properties, validated by scientific studies. The discussion also underscores the challenges of chronic wounds and how maggot therapy, recognized by the FDA, offers a unique solution in modern medicine.

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