Clean your ears!

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
They've been used in medicine because when you introduce them into an infected area, they eat the infected meat and allow the wound to be sterilized and heal properly.

Originally posted by Clovie
theoretically. but i wouldn't like this method of sterilizing.

It's not theory dear. It's true. But, I agree. I wouldn't like it much myself. But, if it prevented something wrose, then I'd just close my eyes.

closing eyes wouldn't help much, it takes some time.
and by theoretically i meant it is not neccesarily making the wund heal better..it is sometimes but it is not a rule.

Nature is too amazing.

The man was just strolling around getting snacked upon by minute creatures.

Anyone hear about the man who actually had maggots feasting on his brain? Dr went to examine him and realised he had a wafer thin layer of scalp. So he operated and when they were lobotomising him, they found thousands of maggots on his brain.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Nature is too amazing.

The man was just strolling around getting snacked upon by minute creatures.

Anyone hear about the man who actually had maggots feasting on his brain? Dr went to examine him and realised he had a wafer thin layer of scalp. So he operated and when they were lobotomising him, they found thousands of maggots on his brain.

-AC

That's disgusting. I don't understand the thin scalp/maggot/lobotomizing aspect though. Whats the relationship?

Basically, a fly laid an egg on his scalp. He began to itch and ignored it, then his hair started falling out. The Dr examined his scalp and said he needed a skin sample, so he tried to scrap some away and realised that he hardly had any skin there. So the operated to see what was going on and saw all maggots and shit in his brain.

-AC

Wow, thanks for that.

Now whenever my head itches I'm going to think theirs maggots in my brain.

Did they remove the maggots from the dudes brain, or what?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Basically, a fly laid an egg on his scalp. He began to itch and ignored it, then his hair started falling out. The Dr examined his scalp and said he needed a skin sample, so he tried to scrap some away and realised that he hardly had any skin there. So the operated to see what was going on and saw all maggots and shit in his brain.

-AC

Was he missing his skull cap? Had the maggots eaten through it?

I think they did get through it.

I thought the story was farfetched so I looked up the condition and it was genuine.

Obviously they removed them BF. Not exactly gonna say "Oooh well, take two and call me tomorrow.", "But I have maggots eating my brain...", "Trust me, will work."

-AC

I'm moving to Antarctica.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I think they did get through it.

I thought the story was farfetched so I looked up the condition and it was genuine.

Obviously they removed them BF. Not exactly gonna say "Oooh well, take two and call me tomorrow.", "But I have maggots eating my brain...", "Trust me, will work."

-AC

No, I know.

But I thought maybe they were so embedded in his brain that an operation wouldn't have been possible, or something. Since the brain's so fragile and all.

Oh, I have no clue.

Just saw it and thought "Wow. Multiple tiny worms managed to render an adult male of Earth's dominant species, incapacitated."

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Nature is too amazing.

The man was just strolling around getting snacked upon by minute creatures.

Anyone hear about the man who actually had maggots feasting on his brain? Dr went to examine him and realised he had a wafer thin layer of scalp. So he operated and when they were lobotomising him, they found thousands of maggots on his brain.

-AC

puke

Maggots are good on the outside skin because they'll eat away the dead and infected flesh and ignore the healthy living tissue.

Have you learned nothing from watching Gladiator? 😛

^ Wasn't there something on Discovery Health or Discovery Science about the cleansing effects of maggots?

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW this thread is disgusting..yet i still read it..lol 😛