Chapter 172 It’s dysentery, not cholera
By the Shuangjiang stream, Mayor Lei, Dr. Huang and others were sitting together. Everyone wanted to hear the opinions of Lin Sanqi, a great doctor in the capital.
Mayor Lei was the first to ask impatiently:
"Comrade Lin, which plague do you think is more likely this time?"
Lin Sanqi looked at Huang Zhibai: "Doctor Huang, what was your previous diagnosis?"
"After discussion among several of us, the result should be that dysentery and cholera are more likely. I wonder what Comrade Lin's diagnosis is?"
Red and white dysentery is a Chinese medicine term. The full scientific name of Western medicine is "bacillary dysentery"
Lin Sanqi nodded, obviously agreeing with this diagnosis.
After all, there are only a few major intestinal infectious diseases, and they can all be eliminated one by one through identification methods.
For example, in amoebic dysentery, the stool is jam-like, which is very distinctive and the biggest distinguishing point.
Japanese encephalitis is also possible. This is a disease spread by mosquitoes. However, the primeval forests here in Qin County are extremely crowded with mosquitoes. Why is Lin Sanqi not afraid of the heat and wearing isolation clothes?
The fear of infectious diseases is one aspect, and the fear of mosquito bites is also an important reason. There are too many diseases that mosquitoes can spread.
However, Japanese encephalitis generally has very obvious symptoms of meningeal irritation in addition to high fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
The symptoms include cervical rigidity, Kernig's sign, and Brucella's sign, which should all be positive. In fact, it means that the whole body is stiff. However, Lin Sanqi just checked and no patient met the criteria.
Then Japanese encephalitis can also be queued.
The stool produced by cholera is like rice juice, while the stool produced by dysentery is mucus, pus, blood, etc. The difference between the two can be clearly distinguished just by looking at the color and texture of the stool.
"I agree with Dr. Huang's diagnosis. Dysentery is the most likely possibility."
When Huang Hebai heard this, a smile instantly appeared on his face, and his chest tightened unconsciously. He was obviously proud that his diagnosis was correct.
Mayor Lei is a layman. He doesn't care about diagnosis. He is more concerned about how to treat?
"Comrade Lin, since both parties agree, how should we treat it? Now the number of cases is increasing by about 100 every day. It is estimated that there are still many villages that have not been included in the statistics. This is very fatal."
Lin Sanqi immediately remembered the knowledge in the infectious disease textbook and said seriously:
"The first principle of treatment, isolation of the digestive tract, is that the water in this Shuangjiang stream must not be drunk anymore, not even for washing clothes. Your commune immediately organizes people to dig wells in the nearby mountain col. The water must be cooked. before drinking.
Secondly, the feces of all patients must be concentrated and then disinfected with lime. Never flush the feces with water at will, otherwise the water flowing out will contaminate other places, which will cause the spread of viruses and bacteria. ”
Mayor Lei had already taken out a pen and paper at this time, and was writing down in his notebook while listening:
"This can be done, I will send people to implement it immediately."
"The second treatment principle: dietary adjustment. I see that the patient is still eating plantains, taro, cassava, and wheatgrass. These foods are either indigestible or have no nutrition. How can we give these to the patient?
No matter how difficult it is, you still have to find some rice to make porridge, and then add some salt. This kind of food can be digested and absorbed by the patient and will help the recovery of the condition. Eating fruits and hard food will only aggravate the condition. ”
"Rice porridge?"
Mayor Lei smiled bitterly after hearing this:
"Comrade Lin, not to mention that the patients cannot eat rice, I haven't eaten rice for several months. We mountain people usually eat corn, sweet potatoes, and cassava as our staple food. How can we have such a good life to drink rice porridge? This I really can’t do it.”
Dr. Huang smiled and took out a corn cob with a rancid smell from his backpack:
"Nao, this is my breakfast and lunch today. This is special care. Mayor Lei himself still eats banana paste. You city people must have never eaten banana rice, right? Hahaha." br>
The people next to him chuckled.
Lin Sanqi thought to herself, I have actually seen this before. There is a documentary about African black uncles whose staple food is bananas or plantains, but I never expected that cousin Guangqi also eats this.
Is it tasty?
Mayor Lei was a little worried: "Then how to solve this nutritional problem? Rice, there is not much rice in the whole Qin County."
Lin Sanqi was about to blurt out, "I'll provide the rice," but suddenly stopped.
Because his rescue of patients in Qin County today will definitely be known to the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is unclear how his medical skills came about. If he can still provide rice, he will definitely be suspected by outsiders.
Even Dean Shen won't be able to protect him by then.
After all, food is too sensitive. He can secretly trade with people under a mask and a pseudonym, but he can never take it out openly in front of the government.
It seems that the issue of diet and nutrition can only be overcome by the patient himself. Lin Sanqi does not want to risk his future for these strangers.
Huang Zhibai is more concerned about clinical medication:
"Comrade Lin, are you going to use Chinese medicine or Western medicine for treatment?"
What he actually meant was that if it was Western medicine, there wouldn't be much of it in Qin County. The legendary sulfa was indeed taken away, but Huang Zhibai didn't steal any of it, and he had a clear conscience.
Lin Sanqi was in a bit of a dilemma. He had medicines, including norfloxacin, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, etc. These quinolone antibacterial drugs were absolutely magical for dysentery.
But how is he going to get these medicines?
Now he is facing a public situation, in front of the government, and anything he brings out now may appear on the desk of some special departments.
How will he explain then?
When Lin Sanqi said that he was actually a time traveler, do you think the people in the special department believed it? Internet novels were not popular in the 1950s.
The most likely thing is that the relevant departments arrested Lin Sanqi as a spy, and then whipped him with a whip dipped in salt water: "You said it or not, you said it or not!!!"
If we talk about using traditional Chinese medicine, Yin Gong, Lin Sanqi knows nothing about traditional Chinese medicine. Even if he travels back in time to 2023 to ask for a prescription from his biological father, where do the Chinese medicinal materials come from? People use Codonopsis pilosula as MSG. Just sprinkle a little on it, which shows the poverty of the local area.
Just when Lin Sanqi was in a dilemma, a female doctor suddenly ran over in a hurry:
"Comrade Lin, Comrade Lin, the little girl you brought back in the car is dead. Do you want to go and see her?"
"What?"
Lin Sanqi stood up immediately and started running hurriedly.
By the time everyone ran to the ward where the little girl was, there were already several people surrounding her, pointing and pointing.
Lin Sanqi ran into the room and squatted down. It was said to be a hospital bed, but in fact it was just a bamboo mat lying directly on the ground. There was a medicine bowl next to it, with the soup still in it.
This is a little girl of five or six years old, and she has already begun to talk nonsense at this time.
"Grandma, I want to eat chicken..."
"Abba, please don't hit me. I will never eat secretly again..."
"Brother, where are we going..."
Lin Sanqi touched the little girl's head and found it was extremely hot. She took out a thermometer and measured it, it was 40.5°C.
"She refuses to take medicine?"
The female doctor shook her head: "She couldn't feed her. She was comatose at first and had lockjaw. Then she started talking nonsense and her body temperature got higher and higher. You can see that all her stools were thick and bloody. She couldn't be saved."
Lin Sanqi was a little anxious. This was the person he saved halfway. How could he, a time traveler, let her die?
"No, no, we can save it. Go get a bowl of water quickly."
Doctor Huang ran over at this time: "Clear water, here comes the clear water. This is well water, not Shuangjiang stream water."
With trembling hands, Lin Sanqi took out a bottle of ibuprofen from her backpack. After opening it, she poured the red liquid into the water. She took out another amoxicillin, opened the capsule and poured the powder into it. Then she picked up a spoon and prepared to feed it herself. ：
"Little sister, come on, open your eyes. My brother will give you medicine. After giving you medicine, your illness will be cured."
The little girl seemed not to have heard it and was still mumbling to herself: "Little yellow dog, don't eat the little yellow dog..."
The female doctor carefully raised the little girl's head: "Doctor Lin, she should be in a coma now, why don't you try to force-feed the medicine."
Lin Sanqi nodded, carefully put the spoon to the little girl's mouth, and fed her in when she opened her mouth to speak. Before everyone could relax, all the potion was spat out.
"Ah..."
Everyone around felt a sense of regret.
Lin Sanqi actually knew in her heart that the patient had been in shock before and now suddenly started talking nonsense. This was actually a sign of recovery, and the mortality rate was very high.
The only way now is to give medicine as soon as possible and snatch people away before death comes.
"Little sister, be obedient and drink the medicine. Your illness will be cured after taking the medicine. Can you open your mouth?"
Lin Sanqi tried to pour the potion into the little girl's mouth, but failed once, and everyone became anxious.
At this moment, the little girl suddenly slowly opened her eyes:
"Brother, I want my brother..."
Lin Sanqi put down the bowl, quickly hugged the thin little girl and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I am the brother, and the brother is here!"
"Brother, I can't walk anymore, I need a hug..."
"Okay, hug, brother will hold you, brother will take you to Beijing J, take you to see Tianyumen, take you to eat meat!"
"Eat meat, eat meat..."
The little girl's voice became softer and softer, and then there was no sound. Lin Sanqi touched her arteries with trembling hands. After feeling for a long time, there was no pulse.
The female doctor screamed: "She's dead, she's dead, bring her brother over quickly and let them see each other for the last time!"
"I'm going to hug you!"
People around started to make noises, but Lin Sanqi quietly held the little girl in her arms like a kitten.
He was blaming himself, blaming himself as a time-traveler for why he was afraid of wolves in front of others and tigers behind when doing things. He was worried about this and that. He obviously had the ability to save others, but in the end he watched others die.
What is the use of such a time traveler?
If he had given the little girl infusions and antipyretics as soon as possible when he met the two siblings, she might not have died at all.
Just because of his momentary hesitation, a living life was lost...
(End of chapter)