ABSTRACT

The use of maggots in wound healing is among the best studied direct medical applications of invertebrates [1, 2] for hundreds of years, leeches, maggots, and various invertebrate based medicinal products and treatments are employed in traditional medical practices worldwide. The increasing prevalence of chronic medical conditions and non healing wounds is one in all the consequences of the flexibility of recent medical advances to prolong life [4]. Diseases that were once fatal have evolved into chronic ailments that result in cardiovascular risk factors related to the emergence of non healing wounds. Maggots are applied on to an ulcer, burn injuries and diabetic wounds with a dressing to hide them and prevent them from escaping. The dressing must allow air flow and moisture to succeed in the maggots. Keywords: Maggot, ulcer, burn injuries, diabetic wounds, Chronic wounds
Publication date: 01/05/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.5.7160