Lucilia sericata.
Larval therapy has proved successful in highly complex wounds.
Larvae are produced from bird and livestock droppings.
Bogotá D.C., ene. 30 de 2012 - Agencia de Noticias UN– Recent research indicates that the larval stage of the Lucilia sericata fly counteracts the causes of medical amputations, thereby reducing the amount of them, as it feeds on the dead tissue of highly complex wounds.
That’s what Hilderman Pedraza Vargas, a physician and Master of Alternative Medicine candidate from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, told the Agencia de Noticias UN as he explained the remarkable capabilities of this maggot.
Dr. Pedraza claims this method can be used on humans, and in fact has already been used to treat patients with complex wounds at Kennedy Hospital, with promising results.
Likewise, it can also be used to treat diabetic feet, vascular ulcers, pressure ulcers, burns and post-surgical wounds, amongst other ailments.
He also stated that larval therapy has been used in the Orient for hundreds of years. A prime example being the use of leeches, which continues to be resisted in the West, in general, but which is slowly taking hold in Colombia.
“Something that greatly impacted me as a physician were amputations; therefore I began my research with the guidance of scholars like Dr. Gloria Patricia Arango and Dr. Rodrigo Vergara. These two doctors are pioneers in Colombia on the matter and together have written a thesis on the use of larvae in this field as well as the production of food supplements for animals”, he added.
Pedraza was a guest of, and is affiliated with, the Centro Agropecuario Marengo of the UN for fly larvae production utilizing chicken and livestock droppings. It’s use as an animal food supplement has proven to be highly effective, as well as economical.
“You don’t have to invent anything in this case. Nature has already performed the task thousands of years ago. You just have to go back to basics, and make the best of what is given to us on a daily basis”, he concludes.
(Por: Fin/CFAC/camp/vbr)
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