Chapter 661: Collective efforts, pharmacology comes in handy
She is Li Quan's best student, and has received Li Quan's careful instruction. She follows the path of combining Chinese and Western medicine. She specializes in blood diseases and internal medicine, and her level of pathological analysis is even better than that of excellent attending doctors.
"In addition to attacking the human nervous system and destroying the human brain tissue, the zombie virus also causes serious damage to the human bones and joints. Through observation, I found that all the joints of the infected person will have serious lesions. This will cause the patient's body to be rickety and the limbs to be stiff. Please watch this video."
The person who answered the call was Tang Zhengyuan.
He is also Li Quan's disciple.
Ye Ru deliberately only said a part of it, leaving the rest for Tang Zhengyuan to speak.
Li Quan hates infighting among his own people the most. He does not object to normal competition, but unity and friendship must be maintained.
The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine is currently doing a good job in this regard .
Whether it's doctors or nurses, everyone can unite.
Whether treating patients or researching medical problems, there is never any intrigue or competition for fame and fortune.
Because Li Quan didn't allow it.
His principle of handling things is to give a warning the first time and to fire the person directly the second time.
Therefore, in the face of such high-pressure situation, no one dared to challenge Li Quan's bottom line.
In addition, Ye Ru, Luo Wenhao, Tang Zhengyuan, Hu Yueer and others who followed Li Quan the earliest were all comrades who had fought through hardships together and had a deep friendship with each other.
This also serves as a leading example for everyone in the TCM department.
Over time, a good atmosphere of unity and friendship has been developed in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Orthopedics is Tang Zhengyuan's area of expertise.
People infected with the zombie virus will experience stiff limbs after the onset of the disease. It is great that he can explain the principle of this disease.
This kind of summary speech in front of colleagues is not only a good training opportunity, but also can establish Tang Zhengyuan's medical status.
In the army, whoever has good marksmanship and strong fighting ability can become an idol of others.
In the medical team, whoever has the best medical skills will be respected by other doctors.
Tang Zhengyuan and Ye Ru are both very young and rising stars, and they need some opportunities to show themselves.
This also lays a foundation for them to take up higher positions in the hospital in the future.
The video shows a person infected with the zombie virus.
I saw that the man's skin was festering and pus was oozing out, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and he was walking forward aimlessly.
When he walked, his limbs were stiff, his legs could not bend or stretch, and his arms hung at his sides in an unnatural posture.
This scene should have been captured by a surveillance camera.
The environment is a closed and narrow corridor.
"You can clearly see that the infected person's knees cannot bend. The elbows and wrists of both arms cannot bend either. But his shoulder and hip joints can swing. I carefully studied the patient's bone and joint disease process through endoscopy and dissection. The zombie virus can cause reversible degenerative changes in bones and joints.
This is very interesting.
In the early stages of infection, the infected person will experience joint stiffness, but as time goes by, the zombie virus will repair the bones and joints, and slowly strengthen the patient's bones and joints, and even the entire skeleton.
Through autopsies, it was found that patients who had been infected with the zombie virus for ten months had bone density more than twice that of normal people. "
Tang Zhengyuan's medical discovery shocked everyone.
It is normal for the zombie virus to destroy the patient's bones and joints.
There may be probiotics among the bacteria, and many bacteria are beneficial to the human body.
But I have never heard of any virus being beneficial to the human body.
No wonder the abilities of those infected with the zombie virus evolve after a period of time.
Become powerful.
"Dr. Tang's discovery is very meaningful. The zombie virus can actually repair the patient's joints and bones, and even strengthen them. If we develop a drug that can eliminate the zombie virus, can we apply this virus to treat diseases such as arthritis and osteoporosis?"
Professor Tang has lived for a long time, but this is the first time he has heard that viruses can strengthen human joints and bones.
He and Tang Zhengyuan both have the surname Tang, and they always feel weird when they call each other by their given names.
Arthritis and osteoporosis are recognized as difficult to treat diseases.
At present, arthritis has been basically conquered by Li Quan using traditional Chinese medicine methods.
The cure rate is over 70%.
Some patients' arthritis is so severe that they have irreversible bone lesions, which cannot be cured even if Hua Tuo were reborn.
There is also osteoporosis, which is prone to the elderly, some malnourished young people, and even children.
Osteoporosis can make patients extremely susceptible to fractures.
What the elderly fear most is falling.
Once you fall, you will either break your arms, legs or ribs.
But for children and young people, even if they accidentally fall, they can just get up, pat their butts, and nothing will happen.
At present, osteoporosis can only be improved but not cured.
Especially for the elderly, no matter how many calcium tablets they take or how much fitness exercises they do, their skeleton cannot become as tight and strong as that of young men.
Because the metabolic capacity of the elderly is seriously reduced and blood circulation is poor.
No matter how good the nutrition is, it is considered good if you can absorb 20% to 30% out of 100.
What doctors can't do, the zombie virus can do.
It repairs joints and strengthens bones.
Professor Tang's proposal made everyone's heart beat fast.
Perhaps, using viruses to treat diseases, although a little crazy, is indeed a novel treatment direction.
"Professor Tang, I think your plan is difficult to implement. This is because the zombie virus's damage to the nervous system of the infected is irreversible. At least for now, there is no drug that can cure it."
The chief physician of the neurology department rejected the research plan.
"Didn't Doctor Tang just say that? After the zombie virus destroys the joints and bones, it will repair them. After it destroys the nervous system, who can be sure that it will not repair the nervous system?"
Wang Sungui defended his teacher.
There is a reason why the hospital's chief physicians and deputy chief physicians like to supervise interns no matter how busy they are.
In addition to adding a lot of free labor to the department, if the students are successful, they can also help the teachers in return.
Wang Sungui stood up to support Professor Tang, which is the best example.
Li Quan has also defended Professor Liu many times and even stood up for him.
It can be said that if Professor Liu did not have a good disciple like Li Quan, he would have ascended to heaven eight hundred years earlier.
How could they have the current glory and lofty status?
"Well... well, since the zombie virus outbreak has only been around for a short time, no one dares to draw a definitive conclusion. But from the current data, the damage that the zombie virus causes to nerves is completely different from the damage it causes to bones.
In addition, nerve cells themselves have the characteristic of not being renewed throughout their lives.
It is not like bone cells, which can be constantly renewed.
After the nerve cells are destroyed by the zombie virus, it is almost impossible to repair them from a medical point of view. "
The chief physician of the neurology department argued with a thick neck.
"I don't know whether the nervous system can be repaired. But the blood of those infected with the zombie virus definitely cannot be repaired. Whether they have been infected for one month or eleven months, their blood is like sewage. It will only get dirtier and dirtier. Without external help, there is almost no possibility of self-purification."
Director Qin from the Hematology Department chimed in.
Next, this group of elites from Huier Hospital made their own summaries.
Occasionally, heated debates would break out.
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After everyone finished speaking, Li Quan had an accurate and comprehensive understanding of the zombie virus.
In fact, he has been studying it these days.
"Let's talk about the idea of treating people infected with the zombie virus. Compared with the HIV and rabies viruses, which are recognized as the most difficult to deal with in the world, this virus is obviously at least one level stronger."
Li Quan thought that he had mastered quite a few medical skills.
However, there are some viruses that he is still helpless against with his current level of medical skills.
For example, for rabies, there is still no effective treatment in the world.
The only way is to get vaccinated.
However, vaccines are not 100% safe.
Using the same methods to treat cancer to treat the zombie virus will not work either.
Because these are two diseases of completely different nature.
Li Quan wants to pool everyone's wisdom and try to overcome this difficulty.
"Dean, I think we can try to research and see if there are any drugs other than ultraviolet rays that can kill the zombie virus. Or we can weaken it or even eliminate it by studying the structure and characteristics of the zombie virus."
Director Qin, the director of the major department of the Blood Disease Medical Center, is a real talent.
This suggestion is very good.
At least it is feasible to a certain extent.
It’s like dealing with a powerful family. If you can’t destroy it directly, you have to use the method of division.
You can attack its source of income or provoke family infighting.
This super family, which originally had a comprehensive strength of 200+, was split into four or five small families with a comprehensive strength of 50+.
In this way, it would be easy to defeat each of these disintegrated families and then swallow them up and destroy them.
The same idea can be used to deal with the zombie virus.
The zombie virus is so powerful that it has invincible defense, invincible attack power, and invincible reproduction ability.
It's impeccable in every aspect.
But you can find its weaknesses.
For example, weakening its lipid cell membrane or weakening its hemagglutinin can cause it to have flaws.
"Director Qin's idea is very good. Does anyone have better suggestions? Feel free to speak up. Don't worry."
Li Quan's eyes swept over the forty-odd people.
After several years of training and running-in, his current prestige is beyond doubt.
The whole hospital revolves around him.
It can be said that Li Quan is the soul of Huier Hospital.
"I wonder if we can strengthen the infected person's own immunity and let the body's immune system automatically eliminate the zombie virus?"
Wang Sungui is an internist, and the advice he gives is similar to the principles of Li Quan's treatment of cancer and leukemia.
"Maybe we can fight fire with fire."
Someone else made a good suggestion.
"Well, using poison to fight poison has been a common method used by doctors since ancient times. It works very well. I think this is a good suggestion."
Li Quan praised the suggestion.
Fighting poison with poison is nothing uncommon.
Doctors in ancient times often used this method to save lives.
The only difficulty is getting the dosage right.
If the dosage is too low, the therapeutic effect cannot be achieved. If the dosage is too high, it will cause secondary poisoning to the patient.
Next, everyone talked at once and made a lot of suggestions.
Dean Li Quan just wants to make some comments.
After everyone has finished speaking, he will set the tone.
"I just listened to many suggestions from everyone, all of which are very good. However, there are only a few suggestions that are feasible. I have summarized that our research direction for the next period of time will be as follows.
Find the weaknesses of the zombie virus, whether it is in terms of defense, its absorption of nutrients, reproduction, or even finding ways to shorten its life cycle.
Another method is to fight poison with poison. We all know that antibiotics invented by humans are highly lethal to viruses.
Most antibiotics are derived from bacteria and fungi.
Viruses themselves are also fragments of bacteria.
From this point of view, I think no matter how powerful a virus is, it cannot be more powerful than bacteria.
You can look for various bacteria and fungi to see if you can find bacteria and fungi that can restrain the zombie virus.
Of course, we can also conduct experiments on medicines to find drugs that can fight against the zombie virus."
Li Quan summarized all the suggestions.
Only the most useful and actionable suggestions are left.
Let’s pool our wisdom and work together.
"Dean, I am good at studying bacteria, fungi, and viruses. I can do this experiment and look for bacteria or fungi that can restrain the zombie virus."
A researcher who studies cancer drugs volunteered.
"Well, you and Xiaohuo will be responsible for this research. It doesn't have to be limited to fungi and bacteria, other viruses can also be used."
Li Quan agreed to the researcher's request.
"Okay, we get it."
The two microbiology experts nodded in agreement at the same time.
"Dean, my teacher and I can figure out how to use drugs to weaken the zombie virus," Wang Sungui also rushed to say.
"Okay! You two are responsible for this aspect."
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Next, Li Quan made arrangements for everyone one by one.
Research is also proceeding intensively.
Li Quan himself was also not idle. He focused on studying whether Chinese medicine, after being prepared into prescriptions, could have an inhibitory effect on the zombie virus?
A traditional Chinese medicine would definitely not be effective against the zombie virus.
How about combining several or even dozens of Chinese medicines together at the same time?
Some Chinese medicines are responsible for attacking the zombie virus's defenses, some prevent it from absorbing nutrients, and some slow down its reproduction and replication rate.
This way, it is guaranteed to be effective.
Everyone knows the method, but it is not easy to really prepare such a magical prescription.
There is no other way, I can only take it slow.
Fortunately, Li Quan has never stopped researching the medicinal chess set over the years.
His pharmacology level has also reached the master level.
It comes in handy now.
