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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by RocketBurrito, Mar 13, 2003.

  1. RocketBurrito

    RocketBurrito Member

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    VERY Graphic medical nastiness, could this be true?

    Read the story behind it but seriously, it is very nasty. If you can't handle medical/surgical stuff don't click.

    Uggghh. I almost hurled when i saw this but I keep getting drawn back...

    Snopes is investigating.

    http://www.snopes.com/photos/maggots.asp
     
    #1 RocketBurrito, Mar 13, 2003
  2. Cohen

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    Don't know, but a tooth infection can kill you.
     
    #2 Cohen, Mar 13, 2003
  3. RunninRaven

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    Oh god that is so gross. How can anyone let a problem get that bad? It must be wrong...the guy must have been dead and the maggots were just eating the dead brain.
     
    #3 RunninRaven, Mar 13, 2003
  4. RocketBurrito

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    Why do they have a respirator on him then?

    BTW, maggots eat only dead/rotten flesh. Supoosedly, in the field, if you get a gangrenous nasty wound, one of the best treatments is to allow flies to land on the wound & let the ensuing maggots eat the rotten flesh - cleansing the wound!
     
    #4 RocketBurrito, Mar 13, 2003
  5. rockHEAD

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    go snopes go...

    Status: Investigation pending.


    maggots: "more brains!"

    i'm gonna vote... hoax....
    should've been a poll thread.

    :D
     
    #5 rockHEAD, Mar 13, 2003
  6. robbie380

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    yeah i remember watching ripley's believe it or not or some show like that and they had a story about how maggots are used to help heal infections like that. they put maggots in the wound and wrap it in a bandage and check up on it every few days or so to clean the wound and whatnot. seems gross, but it saves lives.
     
    #6 robbie380, Mar 14, 2003
  7. Mulder

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    Key to this is that maggots only eat dead flesh. The flesh had to already be dead for the flies to take root. There have been several BBC programs on this topic. one in which a man who had a foot injury that would not heal was treated by allowing maggots to feed on th edecaying flesh FOR A WEEK. He then went bakc to the docotr and they simply scooped out the maggots and the foot healed the rest of the way on it's own.
     
    #7 Mulder, Mar 14, 2003
  8. A-Train

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    gotta call BS on that one...
     
    #8 A-Train, Mar 14, 2003
  9. MoBalls

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    He ought to be on the show Fear Factor...contestants can reach into his head and find a flag
     
    #9 MoBalls, Mar 14, 2003
  10. Sonny

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    I'm hungry for some cream of wheat now. :D

    BS!
     
    #10 Sonny, Mar 14, 2003
  11. MadMax

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    i'd like to go on record saying that I don't want maggots feeding on my brain. thank you.
     
    #11 MadMax, Mar 14, 2003
  12. The Real Shady

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    mmmmmmmm......brains.

    I'm going to go throw up now.
     
    #12 The Real Shady, Mar 14, 2003
  13. robbie380

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    Ah yes....now I remember where I saw that. BBC when I was in Scotland over the summer. The memories of maggots come back to me now.
     
    #13 robbie380, Mar 14, 2003
  14. JuanValdez

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    Why should I believe those are maggots in the photo? Could it not be some important element of the brain that the uninitiated (into the art of brain surgery, that is) are not familiar with?
     
    #14 JuanValdez, Mar 14, 2003
  15. RocketBurrito

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    Dude, I don't think that hundreds of white, squiggly little worm-like creatures are some "important element of the brain."
     
    #15 RocketBurrito, Mar 14, 2003
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