My daily work as a doctor: My treatment value is increasing.

As the weather turned from hot to cool, the leaves of the sycamore trees planted in the hospital withered and fell one by one, adding a lot of work for the cleaners.

Patients who rushed over for treatment also put on thick coats.

This transitional season between autumn and winter is a peak time for certain diseases. The emergency room seemed to be on fast-forward, with the strong smell of disinfectant unable to mask the stuffy and oppressive atmosphere caused by the large number of people.

The waiting area was already packed with people, and even the aisles were crowded with anxious patients, with coughs rising and falling among the crowds.

Lu Renxin, who was passing through the emergency room, saw this scene.

Two steps further, past the pediatric ward with its walls painted with cartoon characters, flowers, and grass, and its warm and soft color scheme, the noisy environment is further amplified by the cries of children and the patient soothing voices of parents.

Everywhere you look, there are parents and children wearing masks. Some are obediently getting nebulizer treatments, while others are being held tightly in their parents' arms.

Some parents are particularly clever; they bring a campervan, line it with a thin blanket, and set up a clothesline next to it, hanging the IV drip bottle on the clothesline so the child can lie quietly and sleep in the campervan.

Lu Renxin stared at it with curiosity, and the parents around him also turned their gazes toward him, seemingly regretting: How come other parents are so smart, why didn't we think of such a convenient and comfortable method?

The nurse at the pediatric triage desk had a hoarse voice, mechanically repeating, "Those with a temperature above 39 degrees Celsius should go to the fever clinic first. Don't crowd here!"

Of course, not many people actually listened to her; wave after wave of sick children and their families flocked to the place like headless flies.

Lu Renxin was also among those who contracted the virus. While walking down the street, he couldn't help but sneeze loudly: "Ahhh... Achoo!"

He blew his nose with a tissue, but it was still hard to breathe. He could only breathe through his mouth to help him breathe.

The transition from autumn to winter is a peak season for influenza, which is not a coincidence but the result of multiple factors.

First, there's temperature. In low-temperature and low-humidity environments, the lipid layer on the surface of the influenza virus can form a protective film, thus protecting the virus and allowing it to survive longer.

Secondly, the air is drier in autumn and winter. The climate characteristics of the four seasons are summarized in traditional Chinese medicine as five qi, namely wind, cold, heat, dampness and dryness.

Autumn is characterized by dryness, with yang energy gradually receding and yin energy increasing, resulting in a significant decrease in precipitation and lower humidity in the air.

Dryness not only allows droplets expelled by an infected person's cough or sneeze to travel further through the air, but also...

It can also lead to dry mucous membranes and damaged barriers, which in turn reduces the body's defenses and makes it easier for viruses to break through the defenses and enter the body.

Furthermore, people are less willing to go out when it gets cold, and viruses are more likely to spread in enclosed environments.

Lu Renxin has come into contact with quite a few flu patients recently, so it's understandable that he contracted the flu.

He crumpled the tissue he had used to wipe his nose into a ball and threw it into the trash can. His nose felt burning hot, and the skin on his nose was indeed red, all because of the excessive rubbing.

Besides him, several other doctors and nurses in the department also contracted the virus, such as nurses Wang Xin and Wu Siyi, who worked with him frequently and were quite familiar with him, as well as his good colleague Liu Yichen...

Liu Yichen's condition was more serious. He leaned on his desk and glanced at the time on his phone: it was time.

He pulled the thermometer, which he had been holding under his arm for five minutes, and held it up to the light: "Tsk tsk, 38.5 degrees."

"No, I can't hold on any longer." Liu Yichen, who had managed to look up at the thermometer with great effort, collapsed back onto the table with a "plop."

"You should still get some medicine," Lu Renxin suggested with concern in his eyes. "I'll go make an appointment for you, and you can get the medicine in the office using your employee number. I'll wait at the pharmacy to pick it up."

This is the norm when you get sick while working in a hospital. Anyway, you're right here, so getting prescriptions, injections, and IV drips is all familiar territory.

What medicine do you need? Prescribe it yourself!

What kind of IV fluids? Choose for yourself!

Even when getting an IV drip, you can take it back to your department and ask a familiar nurse to help you insert it. Everyone is a colleague, and helping each other is a common occurrence.

"Cough cough cough, okay, thank you for your hard work, Xiao Lu." Liu Yichen looked at Lu Renxin gratefully, "Aren't you sick too? If you need any medicine, get it prescribed in my employee ID number and take it with you."

He held his burning forehead, feeling dizzy and weak as he made the suggestion.

Lu Renxin shook his head firmly: "No, I won't prescribe the medicine!"

"???" Liu Yichen's face was filled with confusion. "You're not taking your medicine? I know, you're the type to tough it out!"

Since everyone is well-versed in medical knowledge but rarely sees a doctor normally, two schools of thought have emerged: the "hard-to-tough" school and the "double the first dose" school.

As the name suggests, the "tough love" group believes in the theory that minor illnesses don't need attention and can be ignored.

Proponents of this theory firmly believe that the body's immune system is sufficient to resist most common illnesses, such as coughs, colds, and fevers.

They have complete faith in their immune system and believe that it gets better the more they use it.

Lu Renxin is one of those who tough it out. Although he is in good health, he still feels unwell three or four times a year.

In many cases, the symptoms are low-grade fever, headache, weakness, diarrhea, etc.

They all refused to see a doctor or take medicine, and simply lay in bed sleeping.

In many cases, he would feel nauseous after sleeping for three or four hours, but after vomiting, he would be lively and energetic again the next day.

Except for one exception—the time I ate Hua Moushi.

That night, Lu Renxin was scrolling through food delivery apps, struggling with what to have for dinner.

"Hmm? This store has amazing discounts." His eyes lit up, and he clicked into the store, drawn by the incredible deals.

"Chicken frame + French fries + popcorn chicken +..."

"So much for only twenty-two yuan."

Although he had heard of its reputation before, Lu Renxin still couldn't resist ordering the tempting set meal.

After the food delivery arrived, Lu Renxin bragged about it enthusiastically. At the time, he only thought the food tasted good and had no adverse reactions.

But just as he was about to go to sleep at midnight, something unexpected happened!

Lu Renxin felt an unbearable abdominal cramp, as if his intestines had been pulled out and tied in a knot.

He tensed his sphincter and ran towards the toilet at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

Crackle, splash, gushing forth...

Every time he tries to stand up from the toilet, he is forced to sit down again by another wave of cramping pain.

Forty minutes later, finally freed from the toilet's clutches, Lu Renxin collapsed onto the bed, utterly exhausted, ready to get a good night's sleep.

Ten minutes later, he clutched his stomach tightly again, exclaiming, "No, it's starting again!"

Lu Renxin rushed to the toilet again, this time the pain was completely escalated.

Last time, someone tied his intestines into a knot; this time, someone tied his intestines into a bow.