aimeeandbeatles
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Today in school I was looking at the biology textbook during break. (I don't socialize like normal people)
And it said that sometimes when reattaching body parts that were ripped off, blood can pool up and slow down the healing. And that some doctors were now using leeches to help with that. Also, I think if they get a skin graft, to speed up the circulation thingy. I can't explain it too well. But it's painless.
It also said some doctors also use maggots to clean up gangrene, as maggots only eat dead cells.
I assume the leeches and maggots are sterilized first, although I'm not sure how they'd do that.
What are your thoughts on this? Would you do it?
I think it'd be kind of creepy, but I'd do it if I had to. I could just close my eyes
And it said that sometimes when reattaching body parts that were ripped off, blood can pool up and slow down the healing. And that some doctors were now using leeches to help with that. Also, I think if they get a skin graft, to speed up the circulation thingy. I can't explain it too well. But it's painless.
It also said some doctors also use maggots to clean up gangrene, as maggots only eat dead cells.
I assume the leeches and maggots are sterilized first, although I'm not sure how they'd do that.
What are your thoughts on this? Would you do it?
I think it'd be kind of creepy, but I'd do it if I had to. I could just close my eyes