Wouldn’t those little suckers itch like hell, and smell really bad when they get squished under the dressing?
>>Wouldn’t those little suckers itch like hell, and smell really bad when they get squished under the dressing?
Smell bad? Itchy? You mean compared to rotting, putrid, necrotic flesh? Don’t forget, this isn’t therapy for even little injury. It’s often an alternative to amputation. Itchy or gangrene would be a pretty easy choice. As to getting squished, I don’t know for sure, but would think those kinds of wounds would not be allowed (and would be too painful it happened) to have much pressure applied to them.
BTW, this seems to be gaining popularity treating infections inside horse’s hooves where removing infected, necrotic tissue must be extremely difficult.
The kind of wound this is used on, is when the flesh is already dead and dying. Dead flesh doesn’t have any nerve endings, so you wouldn’t feel anything while they are working on that. They prefer the dead and rotting flesh, so they eat that stuff first, and then when they start on the part you can feel, it’s time to get them out of there.