The leech therapy is back. These guys are really something else. They are used in reconstructive/plastic surgeries to stimulate blood flow (I think) and in the following study, they are used to combat arthritis pain.
Quote:Leeches are a pharmaceutical company, injecting hirudin, bdeellin, eglin, proteases and many other substances [more than 30 described so far into the soft tissue], Spahn says. These substances may have an anti-swelling, anti-inflammatory and analgetic [pain-killing] effect. Also, the sucking itself may have a contra-irritatory effect on knee pain.
Leeches
Maggots have been in use again as well as wound cleaning agents.
Quote:They are currently one of the most effective means of treating wounds that are infected by the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can cause life-threatening illness in hospital patients.
Maggots
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