Chapter 619: The Killing Tree, Choice
Judging from the age of these three people, they are relatively young. The woman is no more than 28 or 29 years old, and the two male patients should not be over 40 years old.
Judging from their sturdy physiques, these three people should all like sports and have no excess fat such as beer bellies or pot belly.
Director Zhang had been waiting for Li Quan to come and deal with the matter.
In the middle of the night, the three patients kept making terrifying screams, which had a bad impact.
"Director, it is said that these three patients accidentally entered a cemetery while on a picnic in the wild. At that time, the female patient was in a hurry, so she found a hidden place to urinate. Then she screamed soon, and the two male patients rushed to rescue her.
The people were rescued, but all three of them felt inexplicable pain.
All three said they had not accidentally eaten any wild fruits, so the possibility of food poisoning could be ruled out.
Director Zhang told Li Quan what he had learned.
"Who are the patient's family members?" Li Quan nodded after listening. He decided to find the family members to find out more about the situation.
From the painful and distorted faces of the three patients, it can be seen that they are suffering from unbearable pain. However, after Li Quan observed the three people with the technique of visual diagnosis, he found that they had no obvious symptoms.
This is really strange.
Logically speaking, if a person is in so much pain, his internal organs or nerves will definitely show obvious symptoms, which will then be reflected in the complexion of his face.
For example, the face is pale and bloodless, or the face is like gold paper, the eyes are red, etc.
However, apart from the three patients' screams, which became louder and louder, the complexions on their faces were no different from those of normal people.
"I am, I am!"
“We are all family members of the patients.”
Several anxious family members immediately gathered around.
They were a little surprised to see that the director was very young, but for them, as long as Huier Hospital agreed to admit their relatives, it would be enough.
Director Zhang from the emergency department couldn't make the decision just now and said he had to consult the hospital leaders.
The young dean who came now must be someone who can take charge.
"Your accent doesn't sound like that of a local!" Li Quan has lived in Shanghai for several years and is very familiar with the local accent.
These family members spoke with a strong rhyming accent, a bit like people from the southwest region.
"Mr. Dean, we are from Yun Province. We heard that Huier Hospital has superb medical skills and is the best in the country, so we brought our relatives who are suffering from strange diseases here for treatment. To be honest, we have been to several hospitals, but we still can't find out what the disease is ."
This elderly family member with gray hair and reading glasses was quite frank.
Tell Li Quan directly that they have been to many hospitals for treatment.
"Have you done any blood tests?"
Li Quan asked.
"How could it not be done? I have done blood routine, MRI, endoscopy, and full body examinations several times. Even with the use of many advanced medical instruments, the cause of the disease could not be found.
As parents, we are anxious when we see our children in so much pain but cannot find the cause of the disease!"
As the old man spoke, he beat his heart.
"Old man, please don't get anxious. If you get sick because of anxiety, who will save your children? Since they are in Huier Hospital, I can't say that we can definitely cure them, but at least our hospital will do its best. Once I understand the cause of the disease, I will organize a consultation with the hospital's specialists."
Li Quan quickly grabbed the old man.
After working as a doctor for a long time, Li Quan has seen family members lose control of their emotions, cry bitterly, and even roll on the ground.
Many people say that after being a doctor for a long time, one's heart will become as hard as stone and cold-blooded.
Actually, this is not the case.
I just get used to it after seeing it so many times.
"Mr. Dean, do you think my daughter was possessed by an evil spirit? There were eight of them on the outing, and the other five were fine. My daughter was the only one who had to urinate in a secluded place, but she accidentally entered a cemetery on a deserted mountain. So many hospitals couldn't find the cause of her illness, and they were in so much pain, the only thing I can think of is that she was possessed by an evil spirit."
The female family member, who was about fifty years old, expressed her thoughts mysteriously.
She suspected her daughter and the other two men were possessed by evil spirits rather than being sick.
"Auntie, I dare not say that there are no ghosts in this world, but I am sure that the three of them are definitely not possessed by evil spirits. It's just that the cause of the disease is relatively secret, so those hospitals were unable to find it out.
How long have they been ill?"
After hearing the female family member's speculation, Li Quan felt a little amused.
In the countryside, you often encounter some peasant women with low education. When they are sick and the medicine doesn’t work, they will start to be suspicious, thinking that they must be possessed by evil spirits or have offended some gods.
These people have extremely strong feudal and superstitious ideas.
They do not trust the medical skills of the hospital, but are willing to believe in the talismans and water they get from the temple.
The result is predictable. After drinking the magic water, there is still no effect, and the condition will eventually worsen and it is easy to die.
"They went on an outing as a group last Wednesday, and it has been six days since then," replied the old man with glasses.
"Has it always been this painful?" Li Quan asked again.
"Yes, it hurts all the time. Sometimes I finally fall asleep, but suddenly I wake up in pain. But their pain seems to come in waves. Sometimes, as long as they lie still, it won't hurt so much."
The old man told Li Quan everything he had observed.
Doctors like this kind of family members the most.
Unlike some family members, who are very cautious and treat doctors like thieves.
Some family members will even be clever and deliberately make up lies to deceive doctors.
What they do actually does not cause any harm to the doctors, but only delays the best treatment period for the patients.
The pain lasted for six whole days, and it was labor pains.
Li Quan's eyes lit up slightly.
He seemed to have found a clue from the old man's words.
"Is the location of their pain fixed?" Li Quan asked again.
"It seems so! But the pain in the three people is not in the same place. The worst one is my son. He keeps complaining about a sore throat. It hurts whenever he breathes. He also cries out in pain when he eats, even porridge."
The old man pointed at his son.
Every time the middle-aged man took a breath, his body couldn't help but tremble twice.
Is this the real version? Is it painful to even breathe?
"What about him? Which parts of the body hurt?" Li Quan asked another thin male patient.
"Our son seems to be in pain all over his body," the family member replied.
"Where does she feel pain?" Li Quan asked the last female patient.
"My girl...her bottom hurts!"
The female patient's mother answered somewhat embarrassedly.
Li Quan's face twitched twice and he suppressed his smile.
"Okay, I have understood the basic situation. Now I will examine the three patients." Li Quan asked someone to bring a pair of very thin plastic gloves, the kind commonly used for eating crayfish and spicy food.
After putting it on, he began to take the patient's pulse.
Having learned the lesson of being infected in Beijing No. 1 Hospital, he now wears gloves whenever he diagnoses patients with strange illnesses, just in case.
After taking the pulse of three patients in turn, he was surprised to find that their pulses were basically normal.
The internal organs are intact, the Qi and blood flow smoothly, and the balance of yin and yang in the body is normal.
But it was not without gain.
The male patient who even had pain when breathing had obvious problems with his throat and nasal cavity. There was an increase in mucus, inflammation of the nasal mucosa, and slight redness and swelling in the throat.
The patient with the mildest condition was the female one.
Almost no illness.
Li Quan also examined the male patient who was in pain all over his body. He found that he had mild dermatitis on his hands, neck and other parts of his body.
That's all.
"Take this female patient to the inside clinic and check her buttocks." Li Quan said to the nurse next to him. "Remember to wear gloves and take precautions when checking."
Li Quan cares about every employee in the hospital.
"Okay, thank you for the reminder, Dean." The female nurse was very sensible and nodded to Li Quan gratefully.
Soon, the nurse finished examining the female patient inside.
"Director, the patient's buttocks skin is slightly red and swollen."
Two out of the three patients had slight redness and swelling on the skin surface. Could it be that this disease is on the skin again?
The little boy whom Li Quan had just treated not long ago had skin problems that caused mental illness.
With this idea in mind, Li Quan decided to take a sample and observe it under a microscope.
If it is a bacterial infection, you can find it by observing it under a microscope.
If you want to take a small piece of skin tissue from the patient, you must obtain the consent of the patient's family.
After Li Quan communicated with the family, the family members were extremely cooperative and agreed to take a small piece of epidermal tissue for pathological examination.
In order to ensure the validity of the examination specimens taken from the patients, Li Quan personally used a scalpel to remove the skin.
The dermis and muscle tissue are also removed.
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In the laboratory, the skin specimens observed under a microscope made Li Quan, Director Zhang and others' hair stand on end.
All I saw was a bunch of sharp thorns covered with barbs inside the skin specimen.
These spikes are firmly embedded in the skin and even the muscles. They must be toxic to a certain extent because it can be clearly seen that the tissues around the spikes are corroded by the venom.
If it were just a sharp thorn piercing the skin or even the muscle, it would not cause unbearable pain.
But the fact that these little thorns are poisonous is another matter.
"These thorns must be from some kind of plant." Li Quan was knowledgeable and a tree that frightened many foreigners immediately came to his mind.
It's called the golden bark tree.
This is a plant that will cause "painful" sensations if you touch its leaves or even observe it closely. It is known as the most painful tree in the world and the suicide tree.
It is said that once when American soldiers invaded a country, one soldier picked two huge heart-shaped leaves and opened his butt after defecating in the wild.
Then he was in so much pain that he finally shot himself.
This shows how terrifying this tree is.
Whether it is the leaves, branches, or fruits of the golden bark tree, they are all covered with tiny thorns. These thorns are the reason why people call it the most painful tree in the world.
For example, when some thorny trees of the Urticaceae family prick people, people generally feel like being stung by dozens of wasps at the same time. However, the pain caused by the golden bark tree is definitely on a new level, just like having their skin immersed in strong acid and sitting on a high-current electric chair at the same time. Moreover, after being pricked by the thorns of the golden bark tree, not only will there be obvious allergic reactions in the pricked area, but it will also affect other areas, such as the lymphatic system. Within a few days of being pricked, the lymph nodes in the thighs, armpits and other parts of the body will become swollen.
Li Quan was almost certain that these three patients had accidentally touched the golden-peeled tree, which caused them to suffer from severe pain.
It's definitely not some evil spirit that has befallen me in the cemetery.
This kind of tree is generally only found abroad, but the environment in Yunnan Province is special, and there is an environmental space for the golden-skinned tree to survive.
After finding out the cause of the disease, Li Quan decided to have a good talk with the family.
In the outpatient room of the emergency department, the families of the three patients were still anxiously waiting for the test results.
They were very afraid that Huier Hospital would be like other hospitals, where after checking many items, no disease could be found in the end.
"Mr. Dean, what did you find out during the examination?"
When the family members saw Li Quan walking in with a serious face, they immediately stood up, surrounded Li Quan and asked about the examination results.
"The results are out and the cause of the disease has been found, but you have to be mentally prepared." Li Quan's tone was a little low.
The hearts of several family members sank suddenly.
They are afraid of losing their loved ones.
No one wants to see their loved ones die before them.
"Mr. Dean, I can hold on. Please continue." The old man pushed his glasses and said that he could hold on, but his hands were shaking violently.
"It is very likely that the three of them accidentally touched a plant called the Golden Bark Tree and were stung by its poisonous thorns. Currently, there is no specific medicine for this kind of thorns, and there is no way to remove it."
Li Quan said to the family members.
"It's just a stinger, isn't it? The doctors in your hospital should spend more time to help remove it. It doesn't matter how much it costs. I will raise the medical expenses even if I have to sell everything I have, even my house."
The old man stated without hesitation that he must give his son treatment.
Seeing this scene, Li Quan was deeply moved.
In the hospital, he saw many elderly people who were sick and hospitalized, and their children, not wanting to bear the huge medical expenses, took the initiative to sign a document asking the doctors to give up treatment.
But when young people or children are sick, sometimes even if the doctor advises the family to give up, the child’s parents are still unwilling to give up.
I sold my house and borrowed money from everywhere to pay for my child's medical treatment .
Just to fight for a one in ten, or even one in a hundred chance of survival, to keep the child alive.
In the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Li Quan encountered something extremely disheartening.
At that time, there was an old man who was finally saved after the medical staff's rescue, but he needed to stay in the intensive care unit, with a ventilator and vital monitoring at all times.
Then after treating her for a while, the old man's son warned the doctors in the intensive care unit with a dark face that if his mother had any problems again, they should not continue to rescue her.
It means letting the old lady die.
Not long after, the old lady suddenly choked on phlegm. Based on the principle of saving lives and healing the wounded, the medical staff once again tried their best to rescue her and brought the old lady back to life.
The next day, the old lady's son broke into the hospital office in a rage and threw a tantrum.
He angrily asked the doctor why he wanted to try to save his mother again.
At that time, Li Quan really wished that God would send down a thunderbolt to strike this unfilial son to death.
