OMG that poor kid! I wonder if he's going to suffer any longterm affects from this?
_{I can't stop watching it.. It's so disturbing.}

Thats real bad, thats really infected, but I wonder how damaging the maggots would be? The infected pimple certainly will cause problems.

Hope the poor kids gets better

I think the medical staff are using the maggots to clean out an existing wound. Lovely little biomachines; they only eat the dead tissue!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy

erp!...

Wow! thanks for the explanation, chilaxe.

The article you cite mentions recent use of "maggot therapy" in the US. Considering the newer strains of super-resistant bacterium and even the "flesh eating" varieties, this would seem to be the best and safest course of treatment...though the thought makes my skin crawl.

I looked it up and from what it looks like, they're either not using maggot therapy or they're doing it to the extreme. To me the infection looks like it's an accident because of all the blood that's there, it looks pretty crusty and dry and the amount of maggots seems a bit big.. I watched a video of a guy getting treatment. It didn't look like this at all, it was only a select few maggots. Might be because of the location, or the severity of the wound- could be a big emergency on a low budget? I dunno. Just looks a bit extreme to be on purpose for me. Hopefully it is treatment though.. It's so disgusting to think of those hatching.. *flaps arms all girly like*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9NICCEv_s

>> ^chilaxe:
I think the medical staff are using the maggots to clean out an existing wound. Lovely little biomachines; they only eat the dead tissue!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy

tee hee it tickles!

I found something kinda related, thought I'd post it here;
http://www.videosift.com/video/Maggot-in-head

He's absolutely right, maggots are used to clear dead flesh so that the surrounding healthy tissue has a chance of surviving.

>> ^chilaxe:
I think the medical staff are using the maggots to clean out an existing wound. Lovely little biomachines; they only eat the dead tissue!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy

I've seen maggot therapy... and that does not look anything like it. That looks like a horrible infection. Maggot therapy is awesome though.

Don't forget leeches too.

I think I dated the side of that kids head once.

*dead maggots

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by jonny.