Can maggots settle in a person? Someone will respond to the question by wrinkling his nose and twitching his shoulder, while someone will say with humor: “And here is the solution of housing issues!” The reaction of some is quite understandable: after all, this is an unpleasant sight - maggots in a person (the photos in the article are even the most sparing), and the smile of others is explainable: these insects really move to organs (or tissues), then, alas, they cannot be cured.
Where do maggots come from?
Many of them know that these little worms are actually larvae of flies. The name is most likely associated with the rapid growth of parasites. The dough, placed in a warm place by the hostess, begins to bubble and grow rapidly. The larva also behaves in the same way. It grows more than 200 times in five days! The first delayed larva can be seen after a day.
Organic remains attract flies with incredible strength. Have you ever noticed how flies slowly begin to fly into the raw meat just laid on the table? Such a feeling develops that the buzzing buzzers smell for hundreds of meters. The find is first carefully examined (the fly spins for a long time on prey, looking for a nook or cranny), and only then lays eggs. And it can be different flies (not only green). It was noticed that the isolation of larvae begins to noticeably accelerate the process of decay.
Cadaveric fauna
Housing issues can spoil not only people, but also worms. As soon as a fresh tidy living space looms on the horizon, the parasites immediately populate square meters without demand, so that they do not stand idle. There is some truth in this joke, but it lies deeper.
The fact is that dead biological tissue attracts lower insects, which in this case play the role of orderlies. Where do maggots come from in a person? It must be said that such an unpleasant fate is inevitable for dead bodies, that is, people who have died. Here, in principle, everything is clear - this process is logical and requires no explanation.
But sometimes out of the ordinary things happen - maggots in a man ... alive! It turns out that such cases, although rare, but still have a place to be. Moreover, it is impossible to insure against them.
One of the reasons for the appearance of parasites can be a bleeding wound or neglected gangrene. Particularly dangerous, as you might guess, is the summer period, when there are especially many flies. It is enough to go to bed, leaving access to the wound, and by the evening of the next day, incomprehensible white dots may appear on the damaged bleeding spot ... Only careful processing, applying a bandage and bandaging can save.
Maggots in a person can settle and thanks to the products. It turns out that the peak of gray fly breeding activity falls either at the end of summer or at the beginning of autumn. At this time, the insect with special zeal lays its eggs on products. According to some entomologists, after a person eats an infected product, the larvae get inside and some of them survive.
Parasites continue their development already inside. They come out with feces, but during this time, in addition to unpleasant sensations, a person receives "as a gift" ascaris eggs, which are carried by flies on their legs. In order to convince you to thoroughly wash or heat-treat products, it’s enough, probably, to say that one such parasite reaches forty centimeters in length and lays up to two hundred eggs in one day only!
Say the word about white maggot ...
The picture, of course, is terrifying. But it turns out that maggots in a person can also serve for the good. Studies have proved: with proper use, these parasites can not only heal the wound surface, but also accelerate its healing ten times!
In fact, this is the latest treatment used in leading clinics in the UK and the USA, used even during the Second World War. However, the advent of antibiotics made me forget about such an effective method.
What is the point? Maggots do not touch healthy tissue and only patients (necrotic) eat it. In this case, the need to use antibiotics will disappear, and, accordingly, the problem of drug dependence (resistance) will be removed. True, we are talking about sterile worms that must be removed from the wound before their waste products are inside.