Chapter 516: Just pledge allegiance, first nerve repair
"Sir, your daughter suffers from neuromyelitis optica. The cost of treating this disease is not too high, about three to five thousand. However, this disease is prone to recurrence, so you must pay special attention to it after it is cured."
Li Quan comforted the patient's family in a gentle voice.
He has always been serious because this disease is prone to relapse after being cured.
Moreover, this disease can easily lead to disability.
The child is so young. If he really becomes disabled, his life will be ruined.
To put it more seriously, it can attract the attention of family members.
"It only costs a few thousand dollars to cure it, which is not expensive. How can we prevent a recurrence?" The man was obviously relieved.
For the vast majority of ordinary families, what weighs them down is the huge medical expenses for treating serious illnesses.
"What should you pay attention to? Our medical staff will tell you in detail. In addition, neuromyelitis optica is actually a disease of immune deficiency. I can prescribe a Chinese medicine prescription for the child to enhance her immunity.
Then, after she recovers, you can encourage her to run for more than half an hour every morning.
Using exercise to improve immunity is more effective than any medicine.”
Li Quan gave his own medical advice.
The patient's family accepted it humbly.
After discussing with Dr. Xin Le, Li Quan decided to treat the little girl's neuromyelitis with intravenous drip of glucocorticoids.
If the effect is not good, try other medicines.
Generally speaking, it is not difficult to treat this disease.
The follow-up treatment can be left to Dr. Xin Le.
…
Li Quan saw that all the patients in the ophthalmology and optic neurology clinic had been treated, and he felt that it was time to treat Deputy Director Yang's daughter.
For ALS patients, the earlier the treatment is, the better the effect.
Yang Caixuan has taken a large amount of Western medicine in the past two months, and it is estimated that the dosage of hormones is very large.
This ultimately accelerated the progression of her disease.
Every day of delay would cause her physical harm.
Without further ado, Li Quan's meridian skills have now reached the level of minor success.
He prepared to treat Yang Caixuan immediately.
There is just one thing that is a bit troublesome.
Li Quan was ready to give all the credit to Doctor Wen, but no matter how perfect the arrangements were, it was possible that Deputy Director Yang would eventually guess it.
Because after Yang Caixuan was cured, there will definitely be a second and a third ALS patient coming to Huier Hospital for treatment.
At that time, Li Quan will definitely have to treat the patient personally.
With Deputy Director Yang's intelligence, he would immediately realize that Li Quan deliberately gave the credit to Doctor Wen.
How can this matter be handled perfectly?
Li Quan frowned and thought hard about what to do.
After much thought, I really can't come up with a good answer.
The best way is to let Doctor Wen treat him together and then give her some of the credit.
After careful consideration, Li Quan called Dr. Wen on the spot.
"Director Wen, it's me!"
"Please wait a moment."
Doctor Wen's low voice came from the other end of the phone.
Then, there was the sound of a woman walking in high heels.
It is estimated that she is in an environment with outsiders and it is inconvenient to talk. She needs to change to an environment that is convenient for talking with Li Quan.
"Okay, there's no one around. If you have any instructions, just tell me."
Doctor Wen said softly.
"It's like an underground organization. People who don't know the truth would think that I am secretly developing you as my mistress." Li Quan couldn't help but joked with a smile.
"I would like to be your mistress, but I'm afraid you don't want to." Doctor Wen is a woman who dares to say anything.
"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business. I have found a treatment plan for Deputy Director Yang's daughter's ALS. I was going to give you all the credit, but after careful consideration, I think it won't work. It will be easy to be exposed later."
So you can only get part of the credit.
But I guess it's enough.
Listen, I will call several doctors for a joint consultation. They will definitely not be able to come up with a good treatment plan. You can say this when the time comes..."
Li Quan taught her once.
I believe that with her intelligence, she will be able to do well.
"I see . How do you want me to repay you after this is done?"
Doctor Wen continued to behave improperly in front of Li Quan.
"Be loyal in the future." Li Quan only said four words.
After he finished speaking, he felt that the word "later" could easily cause misunderstanding, so he quickly changed it to "later".
…
In a small conference room in the surgical building, Li Quan gathered together several doctors of neurology and neurosurgery.
Professor Tang, a veteran in internal medicine, was also invited.
Although Li Quan can cure Yang Caixuan by himself, he still has to do some superficial work.
Every move here will definitely reach the ears of Deputy Director Yang.
At that time, Deputy Director Yang would think that Director Li Quan was taking my daughter's matter to heart. He called together the best doctors in the field of internal medicine, surgery and neurology at Huier Hospital for a joint consultation.
Regardless of whether Yang Caixuan can be cured or not, at least Deputy Director Yang will think that Li Quan has tried his best.
"I'm asking you to take time out of your busy schedule to attend this consultation because this patient is suffering from ALS, a world problem in the medical field. The patient is still very young, and it's a pity that he has this disease.
I have called you all together because I want to pool our wisdom and try every possible means to cure this patient.
If this is successful, Huier Hospital will have once again solved a difficult medical problem.”
So far, Li Quan has solved several difficult medical problems.
For example, brainstem hemorrhage, hemophilia, leukemia, etc.
"This is the patient's condition and related test results. Everyone is welcome to speak up." Li Quan's eyes swept across the audience.
After everyone looked at the patient's condition and test results, no one spoke.
"Director, please forgive me for being blunt. Although Ms. Yang is still in the early stages of the disease, she has already used a variety of the most advanced medications but to no avail. We actually don't have a better solution."
Professor Tang is a veteran. Others dare not speak, but he does.
"It's difficult to treat, so we called everyone together to discuss it! It's okay, everyone here can speak freely."
Li Quan encouraged everyone.
Although this time a number of neurological doctors from internal medicine and surgery were convened for consultation, it was more of a show and a formality.
But Li Quan still hopes to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.
He believed that all the doctors present knew the identity of this patient.
Of course, the patient's identity must not be made public, otherwise it would trigger public opinion.
Many people will criticize Huier Hospital for giving special treatment to officials' families.
Many things can only be understood but not expressed in words.
"Ms. Yang has tried Rilutai but it didn't work. She has even tried a combination of neurotrophic factors, antioxidant vitamin E, vitamin C, and creatine. Dean, our hospital's treatment methods and drugs are not as advanced as theirs. I think all we can do is treat the symptoms, protect the patient, and prevent accidents."
The neurosurgeon put it more directly.
To put it bluntly, it is to prevent patients from choking to death while eating.
When ALS patients develop to a certain extent, they will completely lose the ability to swallow and can even choke to death on their saliva.
Caring for patients with advanced ALS requires extreme care.
They drool a lot every day. They can only eat a little bit of liquid food, and even need a stomach basket. They can't take care of themselves in any way, and their muscles are severely atrophied.
"Ahem...Any better suggestions?"
Li Quan's eyes swept across the audience again.
The suggestions made by these doctors were more negative than each other.
They are all meaningless words.
"I, I have an immature medical suggestion." Doctor Wen raised his hand timidly and stood up.
Among the many doctors in the conference room, her status was very low.
Not to mention qualifications.
Because she is still at the resident level.
If she wasn't the director of the functional neurosurgery department, she wouldn't be qualified to participate in this consultation.
The doctors present were at least attending physicians.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the face and body of this beautiful doctor who was so beautiful that she was a disaster to the country and the people.
She was so beautiful that even an elderly person like Professor Tang couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.
Of course, some people couldn't help but show contempt after they found out that it was she who proposed that there was a way to treat ALS.
Many people even suspected that Dr. Wen had an affair with Li Quan.
However, no one would dare to discuss such matters now.
"Director Wen, please speak!"
Li Quan's gaze also fell on Dr. Wen's pretty face, a perfect combination of purity and beauty.
This woman really has a lot of capital.
I don't know why she has a pure and sweet appearance. Based on Li Quan's understanding of her, it is hard to associate her with the word pure.
"President, all the directors present, I have been researching the treatment of motor function neurological disorders recently. From the examination results of Ms. Yang, the nerves that are currently problematic are mainly the upper motor nerves.
It can be seen that the patient's tendon hyperreflexia and muscle spasm tests have both shown serious problems.
I think the treatment method can be a combination of Western medicine, electrotherapy, Chinese medicine acupuncture and massage, using multiple Chinese and Western medicine methods simultaneously.
It may not work, but it's at least worth a try.
Fortunately, our hospital has a master of traditional Chinese medicine, so we don’t need to ask doctors from other hospitals for help.”
After Doctor Wen finished speaking, he glanced at Li Quan with a playful smile.
"Well, although no one has tried the combination of Chinese and Western medicine to treat ALS, we can give it a try. The patient's condition is progressing rapidly. If the plan proposed by Director Wen is feasible, I will communicate with the patient and his family and seek their opinions."
Li Quan's majestic gaze swept over everyone in the conference room one by one.
"Does anyone have any better suggestions than Director Wen?"
Everyone shook their heads.
It is certainly important to flatter Deputy Director Yang, but I have never heard of anyone curing ALS.
If you flatter someone, you might accidentally hit the horse's legs.
By then, the loss will outweigh the gain.
"Since no one has any better ideas, let's disperse."
Li Quan started calling Deputy Director Yang.
"Director Yang, I just convened all the doctors in the field of internal medicine, surgery and neurology at Huier Hospital for a consultation. Director Wen of the Functional Neurosurgery Department proposed a bold treatment plan that no hospital has tried before. Now I'm here to seek your opinion..."
Li Quan told the story again.
"Well... you've worked hard. Is the combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment proposed by Director Wen risky? If it could lead to my daughter's death, I would rather support her for the rest of her life."
Deputy Director Yang's love for his daughter was reflected to the extreme at this moment.
Taking care of an ALS patient for a lifetime is not an easy task.
A person like Deputy Director Yang must have made a decision after careful consideration.
"The chance of life-threatening is not zero, but at least less than 99.9%. Director Yang, you decide whether to try it or not. However, your daughter's condition is progressing very quickly. Every minute of delay will increase the damage to her body."
Li Quan used traditional Chinese medicine to treat Yang Caixuan's ALS, which actually did not pose any danger to her life.
But no one dared to say too much.
"Okay, Dean Li, please take the trouble to bring someone to treat my daughter! When can it start?" Deputy Director Yang is also a decisive person.
Hearing that the danger was not very high, he agreed on the spot.
"Since you agree, I am going to immediately organize the best medical team to treat your daughter." Li Quan has always been decisive in his actions.
"Okay! Thank you! I will come over later. I will call my wife first to communicate. Goodbye." Deputy Director Yang was preparing to personally do ideological work on his wife.
That's fine.
This saves Li Quan from having to go through any more trouble.
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In the operating room, Li Quan, Dr. Wen, and two nurses treated Yang Caixuan together.
In fact, except Li Quan, everyone else is just there to make up the numbers.
In order to treat Yang Caixuan's illness, Li Quan used all traditional Chinese medicine methods.
However, in order to help Doctor Wen gain credit, Doctor Wen had the opportunity to assist in the treatment.
The entire treatment process lasts three and a half hours.
Since it was my first time treating ALS, it was more difficult than I had imagined.
Li Quan even felt that his master's acupuncture skills were not enough.
Li Quan finds it easy to treat hemophilia and optic nerve disorders with acupuncture.
But he felt particularly exhausted when helping Yang Caixuan repair her damaged motor nerves just now.
There is a big difference between unblocking nerves and repairing nerves.
The two are not at the same level of difficulty at all.
The entire repair process went smoothly.
There are mainly three methods: acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine and massage.
If the nerve damage is more serious, surgery will definitely be needed to repair it.
That will be more difficult.
Li Quan might have to find a way to improve his surgical skills.
"Director Wen, this time we worked together to treat the patient using a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, and it was very successful." Li Quan's back was already soaked with sweat.
Acupuncture and massage are both strenuous work.
"Thank you for your affirmation, Dean. As long as I can cure the patient, I think all attempts are worthwhile." Doctor Wen carefully helped Yang Caixuan put on her clothes. "Ms. Yang, do you feel better?"
She asked with concern.
