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The Importance of Maggots in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds

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Maggots are used to treat chronic wounds. They excrete these enzymes that break down dead tissue. And then they hoove it up to eat. A maggot essentially secretes these enzymes onto a wound and then sucks up the decomposed tissue. Many patients find this so revolting that biamont has found alternative ways to give people these maggots, for instance, putting them in a bag. Even during the First World War, they saved thousands of toes and fingers of soldiers.

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