Qi Yue always felt that she had overlooked something, she just couldn't think of it. At this moment, when she saw the old man approaching, her mind lit up with a bang.
The man who was lying on the door panel with a large area of necrosis on his skin and was brought to the hospital and died shortly after being taken out!!
The man she discovered was toxemic!
What can cause toxemia! What can cause acute abdomen! What can cause death so quickly! What can make penicillin effective!
"Yes...yes...I thought of it..." she said, pointing at the old man's neck. Three or four steps away, she could clearly see the large transparent swelling in the neck, "It's anthrax! It's anthrax!"
Anthrax!”
Anthrax?
Chang Yuncheng and the old man couldn't understand it, but they knew it was serious from the look on Qi Yue's face.
"Old man, just stand there and don't move." Qi Yue quickly calmed down and stretched out her hand.
Chang Yuncheng immediately handed over the medicine box he was carrying.
Qi Yue put on the mask, gloves and gown, and then handed them to Chang Yuncheng, who put them on neatly.
"Little lady, what are you doing?" The old man looked curiously at the two people who changed their costumes instantly, looking shocked in broad daylight.
"Old man, your illness is very serious. If you don't get treatment immediately, you won't be able to get up tomorrow, and you may die the day after tomorrow." Qi Yue said.
The old man was startled.
"Isn't it a rash?" he asked, glaring.
"This is not a rash, this is an infectious disease." Qi Yue said. She had already walked to the old man, asked him to sit down and began to check, while asking him where he had been recently, what he had eaten and what he had been exposed to.
"..Do you raise any big animals at home?" Qi Yue asked.
The old man chuckled.
"We poor people can't even feed themselves, how can we raise livestock..." He shook his head and said, "I just herd pigs for others..."
After hearing the first sentence, Qi Yue had already decided to conduct a strict investigation on the village, especially every livestock. When he heard his last sentence, he was stunned for a moment.
"Pig?" she asked.
The old man nodded and pointed eastward.
"There are a lot of pigs raised in Shihezi Village. Many people in our village look after pigs for others, take care of three meals, and get five cents a month. But recently, a lot of pigs have died, so there is no need for so many people. At my age
Being driven back... eating is still a problem..." he said naggingly.
Qi Yue followed the direction he pointed and was stunned for a moment, only one word was repeated in her mind.
pig….
So familiar, as if it was very early on...
pig…
The scene in front of her changed. She seemed to be standing outside Qianjin Hall, watching a funeral procession pass by on the street.
"..It's Huazui Po, the pork seller..."
"...Why did he die suddenly? Isn't it a good thing?"
It turns out... it turns out that it had already started at that time!
So, the thing that causes diarrhea in Qingfenglou food must be pork! So those are not acute diarrhea at all, but intestinal anthrax!
Because the probability of anthrax being transmitted from person to person is low, it seems that the infection is only caused by eating in random groups of people, so she can't find the connection!
"Uncle, I am a doctor, a doctor from Qian Jin Tang." She turned to the old man and said.
The old man nodded.
"There is a disease now, just like yours. It is very dangerous and contagious, which means that if you are sick, it will be transmitted to people who are close to you." Qi Yue continued.
The old man's eyes widened with a look of horror on his face, and he backed away suddenly.
"Then, little lady, please stay away from me..." he said loudly.
Qi Yue was stunned for a moment. Ever since she suspected that it was an infectious disease, she had encountered various reactions, some questioning, some horrified, some angry, but this was the first time this old man had acted like this.
He lets himself get out of the way…
"Uncle, I am a doctor, I can cure you." Her eyes felt a little sore for some reason. Faced with so many doubts and the humiliation of being driven out of the city, she did not feel sad at all, but had high morale, but
Facing this old man who just said two or three sentences, she felt so uncomfortable.
Chang Yuncheng naturally saw Qi Yue's expression. He didn't understand it at first, but when he saw the old man saw Qi Yue approaching and took two steps back, he suddenly understood.
This woman will never admit defeat even if she resists. If you step on her, she will stand upright and fight with you even if you die. But if you show her a little kindness, she will immediately become soft and can stretch her entire belly.
Let me turn it over for you...
So, in fact, who doesn’t want to enjoy the care of others...
But if there is no love, you can still live well.
He raised his feet and approached the old man, reaching out to help him.
"Don't move." Qi Yue stopped him and took a few steps over to support the old man. "You have been injured recently, so don't touch him."
Chang Yuncheng nodded and stood a few steps away obediently.
Qi Yue finally persuaded the old man to go to the isolation hospital with him.
"How good is this? I've been walking around the village these days. People look at me pitifully and give me food to eat. I don't want to hurt them..." The old man felt uneasy.
"After I place you in the hospital, I will immediately bring you here for comprehensive epidemic prevention. Don't worry, skin anthrax is relatively good. As long as you are treated in time, your life will not be in danger." Qi Yue comforted you.
The old man's legs were slow, so the three of them walked around for a while before returning to the isolation hospital. They were startled before they even got close.
I saw that the crowd outside the isolation hospital was full of people.
"What's going on?" Qi Yue asked in shock.
Could it be that even if they move here, they have to drive themselves further away?
Let me see who of you dares!
Qi Yue raised her feet and was about to run over, but Chang Yuncheng had already left in advance.
"Let's go in.."
"Help..."
"...Ms. Qi is a god, please have mercy..."
Chang Yuncheng was stunned for a moment when he heard these messy words.
"What's going on?" he asked.
The guards left by Dingxi Hou were guarding the door, and there was a crowd in between. They could not hear his words, but the crowd behind them heard him.
"We want quarantine!" they shouted.
They turned their heads and saw Chang Yuncheng, and then Qi Yue behind them.
"Ms. Qi!"
The crowd came rushing over.
Chang Yuncheng immediately retreated and protected Qi Yue behind him.
"What are you going to do?" Qi Yue asked.
"We want to quarantine," they shouted.
What? Quarantine?
Qi Yue was confused by what he said. Looking at these people, most of them came from poor families, and they all brought their families with them. They didn't look like they were here to cause trouble, but like they were fleeing...
Something happened in the city!
The atmosphere in the courtyard was obviously tense.
"..No fewer than six people have died since yesterday, and more people are dying one after another.."
"...This time it's not just diarrhea..."
Liu Pucheng, Doctor Zhu and others told Qi Yue what they had learned.
Qi Yue nodded.
"I know that whether it's large necrosis of the skin or acute abdomen, death is caused by septicemia, circulatory system failure, and perhaps meningitis..." she said.
Liu Pucheng and Doctor Zhu looked at each other.
Although I can't quite understand the words she used, I can get a rough idea from the meaning of the words.
"That's right, Mrs. Qi, have you seen it?" Dr. Zhu asked in surprise.
Qi Yue sighed.
"I didn't see it, but I guessed what the illness was," she said.
"What disease?" everyone asked happily.
"Anthrax," she said.
Anthrax?
Everyone was confused.
"It is an acute infectious disease transmitted from domestic animals to humans," she said. "The common symptom is ulcers on the skin... Come with me, I brought back a patient."
The old man has been placed in the ward. He has taken a bath and changed into a hospital gown, and is eating the food sent by his disciples.
Seeing Qi Yue and others coming in, he stood up in fear.
"Oh, oh, oh, this is really... taking care of food, bathing and clothes, it's like celebrating the New Year..." he said excitedly, while looking at these strangely dressed people, "No, I won't hurt you, I will."
As you get older, you can just die in a place where no one is around. Look at how young you all are..."
"Old man, it's okay, sit down quickly." Qi Yue said, reaching out to ask Liu Pucheng's people to check.
Liu Pucheng and Doctor Zhu stepped forward to check.
"It's a plague!" they said in unison.
This was the first time they saw the disease in its initial state, and they finally recognized what it was.
Epidemic boil? Is that what Chinese medicine calls it? Qi Yue is very happy that they know about this disease, which means they have experience.
"I followed my master in the north and saw it. People from Dongnu reported that it was a disease contracted from cattle, horses and sheep!" Liu Pucheng said with a bit of excitement.
"People with boils may be infected with the poison of cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep." Dr. Zhu also said, "I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see..."
His expression was actually filled with excitement.
Maybe this is the contradiction between doctors. They want people to be free from disease and disaster, but they always want to see more diseases.
"But this is not very serious." Liu Pucheng raised his head and asked, "Basically it can be cured, it just leaves scars."
"Some cases can be serious, mainly because the treatment is not timely, causing septicemia and toxemia, which can lead to death within two days," Qi Yue said.
"So, those diarrhea?" Dr. Zhu asked again, "Is it related to this?"
"It has something to do with it. It is also a type of anthrax. Diarrhea is caused by eating diseased meat, which causes intestinal anthrax. It is much more dangerous than cutaneous anthrax because it is difficult to determine... so those with acute abdomen never thought of coming here...
." Qi Yue said, especially in ancient times when there were no blood tests.
"Inject him with penicillin and he will be fine in a day or two." She said, "The most important thing now is to find the source of infection and cut it off completely. Otherwise, we will not be able to control this disease..."
"What is the source of infection?" everyone asked in unison.
"I guess it might be a pig." Qi Yue said.
pig?
"So I want to go to the place where the pigs are raised to see for myself." she said.
"That's too dangerous." Dr. Zhu was the first to object.
"In this case, you stay here. After all, you are familiar with this disease, and I will go see you." Liu Pucheng said.
Qi Yue shook his head.
"There is no need to worry about medicine for this disease. It is just penicillin. Compared with medicine, it is more important to cut off the source of infection. I still have to do this. And to confirm whether it is really a pig, I need to do a precipitation experiment." She
said.
Everyone looked at her, worried and helpless.
"Okay, go ahead and leave this to me," Liu Pucheng said.
Qi Yue nodded.
"Everyone prepare disinfection supplies and wear enough masks and gloves. Some of them will go to this old man's village to promote disinfection and check suspected cases. The other part will follow me and go to the pig farm this old man mentioned..." She didn't waste any more time and turned to her disciples.
said.
The disciples responded in unison.
"Master, what should we do with these people outside the door?" Hu San shouted, "They are about to rush in." *** (To be continued)