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by glfharris 1239 days ago
I've prescribed these for some patients. Always funny when they arrive in little sachets to the wards, and sometimes takes a little bit of explaining just what we're recommending!
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What's your profession? And where is such a treatment accepted?
Probably an MD. This is a mainstream treatment. My understanding is that it's used to deal with necrotic flesh caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (I could easily be wrong; I heard about this via my wife, who is a hospital chaplain.)
I'm a doctor in the UK. We used them for vascular patients with poor wound healing/ulcers.
Wow, I was totally unaware this method is used in developed western medicine.
It's also described in the US army field survival manual
Psychologist. Specializes in maggot phobia.

[edit: just kidding].

Exposure therapy?