Chapter 557: A Village with a High Rate of Cancer, Dioxin
After seeing Mrs. Yang off, Li Quan received another call from Director Zhang of the emergency department.
"Director, our emergency department has just received two patients, and both were diagnosed with cancer." Director Zhang reported to Li Quan.
"Well, just transfer them to the oncology department for treatment!"
Li Quan felt very sympathetic towards the two patients, but after being a doctor for a long time and seeing so many things, he gradually got used to it.
We see some terminally ill patients every day.
For example, people who smoke frequently are more likely to get lung cancer, and people who drink alcohol are more likely to get liver cancer, and so on.
Some people even have bleeding gums or problems with their wisdom teeth, which hurt their mouths and caused repeated infections. The patients themselves did not pay attention to it and did not receive timely treatment, which eventually led to cancer.
"The two cancer patients I just saw had similar symptoms to the one I saw last week, and I found out that they both live in Daluo Bay, a suburb of Shanghai. I suspect that there is something wrong with their living environment, or that they ate bad food, which led to cancer."
Director Zhang told Li Quan the reason for the report.
"Are these three cancer patients from the same family?" Li Quan asked.
"no!"
"And their ages?"
"The youngest is only 27 years old, and the oldest is 76 years old. There are both men and women."
“Is it the same type of cancer?”
"Two with throat cancer and one with lung cancer."
"Good! You did a great job, I'll come over and take a look!"
Li Quan also realized that this matter was not simple. He wanted to investigate it carefully.
We quickly arrived at the emergency department, where two family members of the patients were crying loudly.
There were two patients lying on the temporary beds in the emergency room.
One was a young guy in his twenties, the older one was in his fifties.
Li Quan could tell at a glance that the expressions of these two people were abnormal.
After reaching the master level in the art of diagnosis by observation, his ability of diagnosis by observation has become extremely powerful.
He can basically tell whether a person is healthy or not just by taking a look at him.
For example, Mrs. Yang’s left eye was blind, and no one else noticed it, but he saw it at a glance.
This is the power of Chinese medicine's visual diagnosis technique.
Other doctors, if they have rich experience in diagnosis and treatment, can also tell the patient's physical condition at a glance.
However, most of them can only diagnose diseases in a certain specialty.
For example, obstetrics and gynecology, gastroenterology, hepatology, etc.
But Li Quan's visual diagnosis skills are very good, and he can diagnose almost all diseases. He is a general practitioner.
"Director, these are the two patients. They were both diagnosed with cancer and are from the same village. They both had sore throats and had cold-like symptoms for more than a month.
After receiving intravenous drip at a small clinic, the disease recurred, so today they came to our hospital for treatment.
After examination, the preliminary diagnosis came out: throat cancer.
But if you want to confirm the diagnosis authoritatively, you must do a biopsy to know. "
Director Zhang introduced the conditions of the two patients to Li Quan.
"Doctor, please save my dad! He has worked hard for most of his life. Just when the family's financial situation was getting better, he could start to enjoy his life. Who would have thought that he would suddenly get such a terrible disease!"
The family members cried bitterly.
Anyone who hears that someone has cancer will feel like the sky is falling.
"Please don't worry. The final diagnosis has not yet come out. It is just a preliminary diagnosis. Even if it is throat cancer, it is not necessarily a terminal illness. If it is in the early stage, there are still many treatments. Even if it develops to the middle stage, there is still hope for treatment."
Li Quan comforted the patient's family.
"Thank you, thank you!"
The patient's family nodded repeatedly and the crying stopped temporarily.
Li Quan looked at the female family member whose eyes were red and swollen from crying. She looked to be in her twenties, and judging from her eyebrows and body shape, she should be a married woman.
Women who have given birth will experience significant changes in their body shape.
Professional doctors can usually tell.
Li Quan, an expert in obstetrics and gynecology, could easily tell whether a woman had given birth to a child.
He could even tell whether a woman was still a virgin.
Originally, he was just casually glancing at the female family member.
But when he saw this, Li Quan's expression changed.
“No way!”
He rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked at the female family member carefully.
The female family member was stared at by the young male doctor, and she felt a little unhappy. It was somewhat rude for a male doctor to stare at a woman like this.
And it also seems that he has ill intentions.
She turned away with a cold face.
"You dishonest doctor, why are you always staring at my wife?" The man next to him noticed that Li Quan was still staring at his wife, and he immediately became angry.
Li Quan looked up at the man, then stared at him and began to measure him.
Such an action was immediately interpreted by the other party as a provocation.
"You, do you want to fight or something?" The man was less than 30 years old. He rolled up his sleeves and was ready to defend his dignity as a man.
"Why are you fighting? When I looked at you, I found that you are also sick, and so is your wife." Li Quan was just busy diagnosing the patient and didn't think much about it.
Only now do I realize that my behavior has caused misunderstanding among the patient's family.
He hurried to explain.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" the man became even angrier.
"I can't talk nonsense about such things. There may be something wrong with your health. I suggest you get a full physical examination immediately." Li Quan's expression was serious and his tone was solemn.
"Go to hell, are you trying to cheat us out of our medical examination fees or what? I just had a complete physical examination last year and I'm in good health." The man cursed Li Quan.
Patients often don't understand the doctor's good intentions.
It's not uncommon for dogs to bite Lu Dongbin.
"Sir, if you don't want to have a full body checkup, I suggest you get a liver checkup right away. Your wife should get a bowel checkup. Of course, if you think I'm trying to cheat you out of the checkup fees, you can go to another big hospital. But don't delay. I guess your child is still very young, right? He definitely needs his parents to take care of him."
Li Quan didn't say everything.
Otherwise, you'll get beaten easily.
He couldn't possibly say, "Get a quick checkup and get treatment. Otherwise, you probably won't live long."
I guarantee that after hearing this, the patient will be so angry that he will fight with him on the spot.
"Husband, why don't we listen to the doctor. I have been having diarrhea recently, and sometimes there is blood." The female family member actually spoke for Li Quan at this time.
This is because Li Quan just said the right part of her body that was sick.
When a person's body becomes diseased, some symptoms will appear.
It's just easy to overlook it sometimes.
"Amy, why didn't you say so earlier?"
When the man heard his wife was bleeding, he became anxious.
"I, I'm embarrassed to say it. I was thinking that if the symptoms didn't get any worse after a while, I would go to the hospital. This doctor saw at a glance that there was something wrong with my intestines, which means he wasn't talking nonsense."
The woman lowered her head .
"Doctor, I'm sorry. I was too impulsive just now. My father-in-law suddenly got cancer, so I was in a bad mood. Please forgive me." The man also realized his mistake and apologized to Li Quan on the spot.
"I understand. Now you and your wife should go for a check-up." Li Quan would not argue with the patient's family.
If a doctor is not broad-minded, he will quarrel with patients or their families every day.
Sometimes, patients and their families are very unreasonable.
They don't know anything about medicine, but they think they know a lot. They always like to question doctors' diagnosis and treatment, thinking that doctors are deliberately cheating people out of money.
Then all kinds of verbal abuse and pushing became commonplace.
"Okay, we'll listen to you."
The man's attitude towards Li Quan is much better now.
He even began to actively cooperate with Li Quan's diagnosis and treatment.
After Li Quan registered the two people, he opened an examination application and asked them to go for the examination as soon as possible.
"Sir, let me feel your pulse and check whether your condition is serious." Li Quan first examined the middle-aged man in his fifties.
"good……"
The man even had difficulty speaking, his voice was hoarse.
This indicates that the throat lesions are already very serious.
Anyone who has had a severe cold knows that if you keep coughing, your throat will not only hurt, but also become hoarse, or even temporarily lose your voice.
In fact, once the condition develops to the point of hoarseness, it is already very serious.
Li Quan took the patient's pulse carefully.
There was no expression on his face, but he was already sighing in his heart.
This patient's pulse has no gastric nerve root and its rhythm is disordered.
No stomach, no spirit, no root means no stomach, no spirit, no root.
Doctors who have studied Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis know that once a patient has this kind of pulse, it is very troublesome. This kind of pulse is generally called a failed pulse.
Because the patient is already seriously ill and his vital energy is exhausted.
The body decays and death soon follows.
Doctors are generally very careful when treating such patients.
It's easy to die on your hands.
In addition to a weak pulse, Li Quan also found signs of poisoning in this middle-aged man who was over 50 years old.
In fact, the absence of stomach nerve root is also a common pulse manifestation in those who are poisoned.
"You take a rest first, I'll take a look at the patient." Li Quan walked towards the young man.
The patient was only in his twenties and he got cancer at such a young age. It is really a pity.
"Sir, I'm Li Quan, the director of Huier Hospital. Let me take your pulse now to check how serious your condition is." Li Quan said to the young male patient.
"Thank you for your help!"
The young male patient spoke quite politely.
Like the fifty-year-old male patient, he also had a hoarse voice.
Li Quan immediately took the pulse of the young male patient.
After a moment, Li Quan's face had turned very ugly, his face was as gloomy as water, and his brows were furrowed.
"Director Zhang, where is the cancer patient we saw a week ago?" Li Quan turned to ask Director Zhang.
He has not yet disclosed the conditions of these two patients.
"The patient has been transferred to the oncology department's inpatient ward. He is currently receiving hospital treatment." Director Zhang didn't know what Li Quan wanted to do?
But he knew that Li Quan's medical skills were very advanced.
Especially his diagnostic ability is outstanding.
After examining the two patients just now, Li Quan did not speak. Judging from the heavy expression on his face, the condition of these two patients might not be good.
"Doctor, is my condition serious?"
After all, the young male patient was not as calm as the male patient in his fifties.
He couldn't help but ask Li Quan about his situation.
"Your condition is quite serious. I found through checking your pulse that both of you have signs of poisoning. I suspect your illness is related to poisoning."
Li Quan stated his diagnosis.
"What?"
The two patients and their accompanying family members were all horrified.
"The young couple I just asked to be examined also showed signs of poisoning. Your living environment or the food you eat may have been contaminated by some poison."
Li Quan added.
As soon as these words were spoken, the middle-aged man lying on the temporary emergency bed became very anxious.
Struggling to sit up.
"Sir, don't worry. Now that you are in our hospital, I will help you find out the cause of the poisoning as soon as possible, and then find a way to treat you."
Li Quan quickly supported the struggling male patient.
This middle-aged man was over 50 years old, and it was fine if he had cancer himself, but now he learned that his son and daughter-in-law were also sick, and both were related to poisoning.
How could he not be excited?
He was afraid that his son and daughter-in-law would also get cancer.
"I'll go see another cancer patient who is also from your village." After Li Quan finished speaking, he took Director Zhang to the inpatient ward to check on the cancer patient's condition.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it, but you’ll be shocked when you do.
This patient with lung cancer also showed signs of physical poisoning.
Logically speaking, this cancer patient has been in the hospital for a week, and the living environment in the hospital must be non-toxic.
There shouldn't be any problem with the food you eat.
The food in the hospital has been strictly controlled and inspected. What if it is poisonous?
All signs indicate that the patient was poisoned by a chronic poison. In addition, the symptoms of poisoning were not obvious.
At least the patient himself can't feel it.
In other words, the patient felt physical discomfort, but the symptoms were mild and he did not take it seriously.
It is a chronic poison, and it remains in the human body for a long time and cannot be metabolized. What kind of poison is it?
Was these people's cancer caused by poisoning?
"Director Zhang, has this patient had a routine blood test?" Li Quan asked.
"I had a routine blood test on the day I was admitted to the hospital. There was something unusual in the blood."
Director Zhang's answer was concise and clear.
"Did you find any poisoning?"
"No!"
A routine blood test can detect many parameters, but it may not necessarily detect poisoning.
Because some toxins are very hidden.
"Immediately collect blood samples from these patients to check if they have been poisoned by dioxins. If not, check for other non-lethal but carcinogenic chronic toxins. Remember, they cause cancer in different parts of the body."
Li Quan believes that with these conditions, laboratory tests should be able to quickly find out what kind of poison the person has been poisoned with.
Dioxin is a very scary toxin, and its carcinogenicity rate makes everyone shudder.
Moreover, it is colorless and odorless, making it difficult for people to detect its presence.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a terrifying invisible killer.
"I'll arrange it right away."
Director Zhang also attaches great importance to this matter.
If the case is not investigated, more people in Dayuan Village will probably suffer.
Li Quan waited patiently for the laboratory test results.
