Patients suffering from bed sores and infected wounds have another treatment option, maggot therapy. Because maggots consume only dead tissue, they make ideal wound cleaners. These sites explore how some doctors are using maggots and what patients feel.

Learn more about Maggot therapy at these sites.

http://news.sciencemag.org/2012/12/how-maggots-heal-wounds

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=news-science-shows-how-maggots-heal-wounds

1) What is Maggot Therapy and why is it useful?

2) Would you allow yourself or a family member to use this type of therapy?