Man Who Was Being Eaten By Maggots Dies

WNBC Television ^ | 7/28/2005 | Puppage

[Jaysun]

Sixty six is about the same age as a man I know who has Alzheimer's, he has reached the point of hardly knowing his own name.

I'll be damned. They're making some decent headway in study of Alzheimer's, made a profound discovery just recently. I give as much as I can to the cause. My Grandmother had it and I think it's as tragic a condition as exist.

[MHT]

That home's going to be a great "moving up" opportunity for the right buyer...and brush clearers...and cleaning crew...and painters.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

"had open wounds with maggots eating on the flesh"

I never knew Pelosi, Durbin and Clinton were cannibals.

Since when?

[rock58seg]

screwworms? Those things thrive on live flesh.

No! Screwworm maggots only eat dead flesh. It only looks as if they are eating live flesh, because they have cleaned away every bit of dead flesh. They prevent a scab from forming, and thereby negating the healing process. More flesh dies. then they eat.

Rock <--- Still in South Texas.

[texianyankee]

I think you're confusing maggots which feast upon dead flesh and the larvae from the screw worm fly which feasts upon live flesh.

Check the link below:

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/flies/screwworm/index.shtml

[BlueNgold]

I completely and totally misread the title to this article. I'll leave the details up to y'all. Whew. Had me worried.

[TXFireman]

Just damn...

[rock58seg]

Never found them anywhere but in a wound. Of course I may be wrong. They always seemed to follow the path of dieing flesh. Nose, eyes and naval.

Now that you made me thnk of it, (the naval was an obvious point of attack) the nose and eyes were simply moist, which was all that was required for the eggs to hatch. I had always assumed there was some kind of wound, which they attacked.

[azhenfud]

Here's how to deal with maggots.

"I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir!" Do you maggots understand that?"

[texianyankee]

SIR, YES SIR!

[texianyankee]

LMAO!

[AnAmericanMother]

Was the guy who lost his feet a diabetic?

Otherwise, I would think the pain would have driven him to seek help a whole lot sooner . . .

[from occupied ga]

No just a drunk and a druggie far as I know. And he didn't seek help - I think someone else found him and called it in - not sure about that part though.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Not quite so..

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/nov98/910901019.Me.r.html

[dhuffman@awod.com]

I'll see your 'madsci.org' and raise you a
http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/com/pathology/sherman/home_pg.htm

"Medicinal maggots have three actions: 1) they debride (clean) wounds by dissolving the dead (necrotic), infected tissue; 2) they disinfect the wound, by killing bacteria; and 3) they stimulate wound healing."

So the "MD" isn't medical doctor?

[Busywhiskers]

Sounds like Herod the Great.

[MD_Willington_1976]

never said it was..I was actually joking with the link, I watched a neat show on maggot therapy, that showed all 3 steps of the process...I kind of didn't make that clear in the post, sorry..

[Fred Hayek]

There are certain kinds of maggots that will not eat healthy tissue. There are other species however (either screwfly or blowfly) where the larvae eat healthy tissue as well. Usually cattle have a big problem with these.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

So the "not quite so." refers to ????

[Doomonyou]

Unnngh!!