Logically speaking, as long as proper treatment is provided after drowning, there will be no various symptoms. However, looking at Patient No. 1, the sequelae are really too many.
Ye Qiu felt very strange in his heart and continued to read.
"On November 29, Patient No. 1 came to see me again. His condition became more serious. The skin on his body lost elasticity, the muscles became abnormally soft, the joints were easily twisted, and the facial muscles could no longer be controlled.
Especially on his arm, after pressing with fingers, a dent will be left, which cannot be repaired by himself. I can't find the reason, so I have to let him stay here for observation."
“On November 30, Patient No. 1’s family was unwilling to take care of him, so I had to find two older grandmothers to take care of him. However, Patient No. 1’s condition worsened again, his limbs were weak, and he could only lie on the hospital bed and be cared for by other people.
I still couldn’t find the reason, but there was no way to delay it. I guessed that the reason might be a lack of protein, so I had to treat him with collagen injections in the hope that he could recover."
"On December 1, Patient No. 1 did not recover."
"On the 12th and 2nd, Patient No. 1 was able to open his mouth, which shows that my treatment was effective. I will continue to supplement collagen for him."
"On December 3, Patient No. 1 was able to get out of bed and move around."
"On December 4, after protein supplementation, enrichment of his diet, and supplementation in all aspects, Patient No. 1 finally recovered. He was very grateful to me."
"On December 5, Patient No. 1 had recovered. I urged his family to come and take him home, but they did not come."
"On December 6, patient No. 1's family still didn't come."
"On December 7, after my repeated requests, Patient No. 1's family finally took him home. This is great. I can throw away those unpleasant-smelling mugwort."
Ye Qiu frowned.
Based on these contents, it is easy to deduce that Patient No. 1 should be lacking protein, which is actually malnutrition, which causes the skin to lose elasticity.
But after drowning, will there be such sequelae?
But the strangest thing is the family members of patient No. 1.
This is not an infectious disease, so why are they unwilling to take care of Patient No. 1?
After he recovered, it took several days of urging before the other party came to pick him up.
But this point can be explained by saying that the family members of Patient No. 1 are relatively ignorant.
Just one final point, throw away the mugwort?
Why did the other party throw away the mugwort? What did he use it for before?
Ye Qiu knows that mugwort, a plant with a strong aroma, can be used as medicine to relieve coughs, stop bleeding, reduce inflammation, etc. It is usually used to make lucky bags and has the effect of warding off evil spirits.
So this "Brother Xu" is just for the use of mugwort, and it can't be just three things.
1. Used to cover up some unpleasant gases.
Second, it is used for treatment.
Third, it is used to ward off evil spirits.
But the second point can be eliminated now. If the other party is using it for treatment, then there is no need to throw away the mugwort. It can be stored for the next patient.
Then you can guess from points one and three.
It is used to cover up certain unpleasant gases. So what kind of unpleasant gas is it? Is it the pungent smell of the medicine during treatment?
But a doctor should be used to these smells and does not need to cover up the smell.
So it's used to ward off evil spirits?
This makes it even more difficult to say, what evil spirits need to be warded off to treat patients?
Ye Qiu was puzzled.
Read on.
"December 8th, nothing happened."
"December 9th, nothing happened."
"On December 10, Patient No. 2 came to me. She said that she couldn't see clearly these days. I was surprised. After examination, I found that she actually had cataracts like Patient No. 1.
But this may be a coincidence. After all, Patient No. 2 is over fifty. Middle-aged and elderly people of this age have a high chance of getting cataracts. Therefore, I still adopted the method of treating Patient No. 1 before and treated Patient No. 2.
Treatment was given.”
"On December 11, patient No. 2's condition improved."
"On December 12, Patient No. 2's eyes were fine."
Ye Qiu frowned.
It is true that middle-aged and elderly people have a higher chance of developing cataracts, but this is the case for both Patient No. 1 and Patient No. 2. Is it too much of a coincidence?
However, Ye Qiu didn't think about it carefully. Maybe it was a coincidence, so he continued reading. Then Patient No. 1 appeared again.
"On December 15th, there were no patients for several days. I was just thinking about relaxing, but Patient No. 1 found me again. He had a new condition. According to my inquiry, he had many symptoms.
Dizziness, dark eyes, limp limbs, cold sweats, palpitations and oliguria all appeared on his body.
I had a guess in my mind. Due to the limitations of the instrument, I measured his blood pressure in the supine and standing positions, as well as comparative measurements of the blood pressure in both upper limbs and between the upper and lower limbs. This ruled out arterial stenosis caused by Takayasu arteritis.
, blood sugar and urine sugar were measured to rule out symptoms of diabetes.
After finally ruling out other diseases, my guess was confirmed. Patient No. 1 should have hypotension.
This conclusion made me relieved, because this symptom is easy to solve, and only need to use Shenmai Injection to increase his blood pressure.
Sure enough, after the injection, Patient No. 1's blood pressure increased by 10mmHg, the hypotension was relieved, and the previous symptoms disappeared."
Ye Qiu saw the other party's inspection process and nodded secretly.
Being able to think of these methods to verify his conjecture under such simple conditions, this person's medical skills are already very good, and he can at least be admitted to a tertiary-level hospital as a chief physician.
But is the physical condition of Patient No. 1 so bad?
Various symptoms appeared for three days and two.
This made Ye Qiu feel a little weird. Logically speaking, there would be no sequelae after drowning. At most, the eyes would be bloodshot and the person would be drowsy for a period of time.
With doubts in his heart, Ye Qiu saw that there was a lot of content at the back of the notebook, so he continued reading out of curiosity.
"On December 20, patient No. 1 may have had bad luck. He developed a new condition. He could no longer speak and could only make intermittent howling sounds.
I checked his vocal cords and found that they had permanently deteriorated. I don’t know what the cause is and I’m at my wits’ end.”
"On December 25, after being unable to speak, Patient No. 1 developed new symptoms. His body began to swell, and the smell emanating from his body could no longer be concealed. His family was very dissatisfied and put Patient No. 1 in the hospital.
He went to my clinic and never came again."
"On December 30, I had a very bad premonition because Patient No. 2's skin also lost its elasticity, and her condition began to be the same as that of Patient No. 1."