Anyone mildly interested in this info will be delighted with the wiki entry for Maggot Therapy. Lots of good links, too. Look it up.
Maggot therapy has even successfully cured serious infections from antibiotic resistant bugs like S. aurea, so dreaded now.
The irony is that battlefield wounds used to be treated, often unsuccessfully, with ghastly chemicals that killed the naturally available maggots! William S Baer is the hero here.
Steve you have been through a living hell, so glad that things are finally working out for you, I am now in a similar situation with my right foot which has been damaged by diabetes, will be having this therapy very soon, God bless you
I hate maggots, they gross me out.. but I am so glad they are beneficial to humans. I love maggots for this! Medical maggots are lovely because they eat dead tissue.
It's the screwworms that eat living tissue though that are the stuff of horror movies lol. DX Blegh.
About 4 years ago I saw a film on maggot therapy in the UK. It sounded fabulous. One man had a wound on his foot so foul, he needed two rounds of maggots. The first group became too mature so they were changed out with new young ones. His foot was absolutely saved and became whole again.
The maggots only like dead meat. Live flesh isn't for them.
@cloudberry121 Hey what are mature maggots? Do you mean that they are adults? Too mature? What would happen if you leave the mature maggots on the wound?
@Furykhan When maggots successfully get big, they pupate, disappearing into a brown shell sort of thing, inside which they develop legs and wings etc., and when the conditions are right, they emerge as adult flies and buzz about looking for dead stuff and wounds they can lay eggs in.
And so on.
I once talked to an old doctor in Louisiana who said he put the eggs in a fresh wound, where the blood would otherwise have drowned the maggots. Eggs hatched when it was just right. Long ago.
Oh! I know the show he's talking about on the Discovery Channel. I saw that show too and I remember how impressed I was with the little maggots. The leeches were used to stimulate the development of new blood supply to skin grafts to help them "take" better. I forgot what they used the bees for.
of course, and suffering children is perhaps the best possible way of doing that. it makes us come together to cry and it also gives the sickest of sick fucks something to laugh at
@thisblackgirl it's funny how the bible does not talk about using maggots as necrotic treatments...if you want to thank someone thank science and the person that first observed how maggots eat only deat tissue ;)
Excellent work. I'm just browsing around looking for videos about this. To tell you the truth, i am very impressed with this man's story. I'm glad everything turned out great for you and i hope it turns out the same way for all others who need it. Good job.
Thanks Steve and to the BTER Foundation. My 13 year old daughter won 1st place in the science fair contest by doing her project on MDT. The judges were bit repulsed yet mesmerized at the same time. She was able to teach them a thing or 2.
Amazing! Good for you!
Kimmirisk 9 months ago
Thank you so much for doing this.
Anyone mildly interested in this info will be delighted with the wiki entry for Maggot Therapy. Lots of good links, too. Look it up.
Maggot therapy has even successfully cured serious infections from antibiotic resistant bugs like S. aurea, so dreaded now.
The irony is that battlefield wounds used to be treated, often unsuccessfully, with ghastly chemicals that killed the naturally available maggots! William S Baer is the hero here.
margot980 1 year ago
i love mother nature :)
Killergrayback 1 year ago
Steve you have been through a living hell, so glad that things are finally working out for you, I am now in a similar situation with my right foot which has been damaged by diabetes, will be having this therapy very soon, God bless you
tonyfoth 1 year ago
This guy sounds like Howard Stern if you just listen to him.
ziggyproductions05 1 year ago
I hate maggots, they gross me out.. but I am so glad they are beneficial to humans. I love maggots for this! Medical maggots are lovely because they eat dead tissue.
It's the screwworms that eat living tissue though that are the stuff of horror movies lol. DX Blegh.
BlacklitFloater 2 years ago
About 4 years ago I saw a film on maggot therapy in the UK. It sounded fabulous. One man had a wound on his foot so foul, he needed two rounds of maggots. The first group became too mature so they were changed out with new young ones. His foot was absolutely saved and became whole again.
The maggots only like dead meat. Live flesh isn't for them.
cloudberry121 2 years ago 6
@cloudberry121 Hey what are mature maggots? Do you mean that they are adults? Too mature? What would happen if you leave the mature maggots on the wound?
Furykhan 1 year ago
@Furykhan When maggots successfully get big, they pupate, disappearing into a brown shell sort of thing, inside which they develop legs and wings etc., and when the conditions are right, they emerge as adult flies and buzz about looking for dead stuff and wounds they can lay eggs in.
And so on.
I once talked to an old doctor in Louisiana who said he put the eggs in a fresh wound, where the blood would otherwise have drowned the maggots. Eggs hatched when it was just right. Long ago.
margot980 1 year ago
I don't think Maggots are nasty, they help humans and animals get cured
KJT922010T 3 years ago 2
Oh! I know the show he's talking about on the Discovery Channel. I saw that show too and I remember how impressed I was with the little maggots. The leeches were used to stimulate the development of new blood supply to skin grafts to help them "take" better. I forgot what they used the bees for.
fresh420 3 years ago
thank you GOD for your wonderful and very helpful creation of maggots.
Steve.. thank you for sharing.. you really really help others. Now if I ever need this (hopefully I wont EVER) but I will remember you for sure.
God bless Always,
Dee
thisblackgirl 3 years ago 8
And thanks for cancer, also?
janeyanna 3 years ago
Hey, something's gotta keep the human population in check now that survival to the fittest doesn't apply to us.
darkwizet 3 years ago
of course, and suffering children is perhaps the best possible way of doing that. it makes us come together to cry and it also gives the sickest of sick fucks something to laugh at
our god is so loving
Mesquissto 2 years ago 2
@thisblackgirl
I'm guessing what they meant by mature is they were getting too big and advanced in age where they could turn into flies.
It was amazing to see because it saves that man's foot. This is great for diabetics.
cloudberry121 1 year ago
@thisblackgirl it's funny how the bible does not talk about using maggots as necrotic treatments...if you want to thank someone thank science and the person that first observed how maggots eat only deat tissue ;)
ILmoriz33 3 days ago
Excellent work. I'm just browsing around looking for videos about this. To tell you the truth, i am very impressed with this man's story. I'm glad everything turned out great for you and i hope it turns out the same way for all others who need it. Good job.
Cloudstrife1188 3 years ago 2
My daughter would love it if I had maggots in my leg. I am glad people are trying these natural therapies, and they are working!
clashtheclown 3 years ago
why don't you get a rabid dog to chew on your leg
DLFerrariFan 3 years ago
THank you for taking your time out to share your story with others who are suffering.
jcarp9999 4 years ago
very brave to go through such a novel yet horrific procedure. its nice to hear about it from a patient's point of view!
johnnymarlboro 4 years ago
thanks for sharing this experience , that knowledge is so little widespread that when you need it rare people know what to do. That makes
your video a valuable contribution to people health
csordie2000 4 years ago
Thanks Steve and to the BTER Foundation. My 13 year old daughter won 1st place in the science fair contest by doing her project on MDT. The judges were bit repulsed yet mesmerized at the same time. She was able to teach them a thing or 2.
tonya211 4 years ago
Thank you for your story, very helpful.
wwwdavidweisdotcom 4 years ago
thank you for this excellent video Steve.
basicinstinct911 4 years ago