Falling behind at the start, the first surgery shocked the world.

The patient was very weak. When Xia Tian spoke, he only raised his eyelids slightly. The patient's mother was gentle and had always been very respectful to Xia Tian, ​​but at this moment, she suddenly turned hostile.

"Don't ask anymore, you won't be able to find the cause of the illness even if you ask."

"We're not staying here anymore. Please issue a discharge certificate. We're going to Beijing for treatment."

"Continuing the investigation is just a waste of time."

"We should have gone directly to the capital from the beginning."

The cause of her illness remained elusive, and her daughter grew weaker day by day. As a mother, she was extremely anxious, and her temper was a little harsh, which Xia Tian could understand.

"Auntie, I'm so sorry, we haven't been able to find the cause of the illness."

"But please give me another chance."

"If the cause of the illness still cannot be found by tomorrow, you can be transferred to another hospital immediately."

Summer was sincere, but her eyes were filled with anxiety.

You could sense that he desperately wanted to find out the cause of his illness.

He was just as anxious as the patient's family.

"Alright, I'll give you one last chance."

"Thank you, Auntie," Xia Tian said.

He took out a notebook and said to the patient, "Chaochao, tell me everything you did in the three months before the onset of the disease, big or small, that you can remember."

With her mother's help, Chaochao sat up. She was very weak and had to close her eyes to rest every now and then.

"I usually attend classes and eat in the school cafeteria, nothing special."

"Three months ago, I went camping with my classmates on Jiuhua Mountain nearby one weekend."

camping?

Summer raised an eyebrow and circled the word "camping".

"Does camping mean living in the wild?"

"Yes, I stayed for two days," the patient said weakly. "There were a lot of insects on the mountain, and I was bitten terribly by mosquitoes."

"I went back to school on Sunday and attended classes all day. I went shopping occasionally and went to a bar twice, but I didn't drink alcohol; I just had soft drinks. That's about it."

I got bitten terribly by mosquitoes!

Circle these words.

The key question is: "You said it was terrible, how terrible is it?"

Do you have any pictures?

"Yes." The patient found a picture on his phone and handed the phone to Xia Tian.

"It looked like this the next morning, very itchy. I sprayed some anti-inflammatory spray, and the swelling went down quickly."

In the photo, the two calves are swollen like elephant legs, red and transparent, which is very scary and completely different from ordinary mosquito bites.

Summer frowned and said, "This isn't a mosquito bite..."

"I'll order two tests, get them done right away."

Another inspection?

The patient's mother frowned. They'd had so many tests done, wasting a lot of money, and they still couldn't find anything wrong...

People in small counties don't have much money to begin with.

The family has to sell their house to pay for their daughter's medical treatment.

As a result, they couldn't even find the cause of the illness.

The doctor only knows how to order tests.

The family was somewhat resistant to the examination.

"Auntie, please believe me, these two tests should be able to find the cause of the illness."

Summer is very confident.

The patient and his family could only nod in agreement.

"Okay, I'll trust you one more time."

Order placed!

PET-CT scan and lung biopsy for gene testing.

PETCT stands for Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography.

A single PET-CT scan can obtain tomographic images of the whole body. It has advantages such as high sensitivity, high specificity, and precise localization, making it one of the most advanced nuclear medicine imaging methods currently available.

In addition, gene testing via lung biopsy.

It is also used for tissue pathology, cell pathology, and plasma testing.

It is one of the important tests for non-small cell cancer, and also a necessary test for pathogens.

After the family paid, Xia Tian personally took people to get checked out.

"Miss, can the genetic testing be done faster?"

For ordinary patients, test results take 3 days to come out.

Patients in the hospital are discharged after 2 days.

If we work overtime, we can finish in one day.

The testing personnel was a female doctor. They hadn't spoken before, but they recognized each other. Xia Tian was willing to go all out for the patient.

Don't be shameless.

The female doctor smiled and said, "So eager?"

Xia Tian nodded repeatedly: "I'm in a hurry, really in a hurry!"

"Miss, please help me."

Rolling around, acting cute and cuddly~~~~

"I'm on duty tonight, let me do this for you. How are you going to thank me?" The female doctor looked at Xia Tian with an ambiguous expression.

Summer was excited: "What kind of thanks do you want?"

"Do you want me to repay you with my body?"

The female doctor blushed slightly: "Dr. Xia, stop teasing me. Just treat me to a meal another day."

"Sure, sure, eating is no problem."

"It's settled, let's have dinner together another day."

"Then I'll wait for your good news tomorrow."

Summer ran off happily, leaving the female doctor completely bewildered.

snort!

Scumbag!

They invited me to dinner but didn't even add me on WeChat or ask my name!

……

He tossed and turned all night, his mind filled with thoughts of conducting tests, treating patients, and discovering the girl's condition. It turned out to be bone cancer, and the girl didn't have long to live. Her family was so angry that they beat him up.

I couldn't fall asleep after 5 a.m.

I finally made it to work.

Upon arriving at the hospital, I immediately went to the laboratory.

"Miss, have the test results come back yet?"

The female doctor, with dark circles under her eyes, rolled her eyes at him.

"They're out."

"See for yourself."

Summer eagerly took the report, and upon seeing the results, he was overjoyed.

really!!!

That's what he was thinking.

"Thank you, miss."

"I'll treat you to dinner when you have time."

Summer excitedly took the report and skipped away.

Female doctor: "..."

Not adding me on WeChat?

Aren't you going to ask my name?

Did I get ripped off for free?

"Auntie, the results are in."

"What??" The aunt was feeding her daughter when she heard the results and immediately stood up excitedly. The patient's father was sleeping, but when he heard Xia Tian's voice, he jumped out of his crib.

The family gazed at summer, waiting for it to unfold, a knot in their hearts that had troubled them for over a month.

"Chaochao has been infected with bacteria."

"She was infected with a bacterium called Mycobacterium avium."

"Mycobacterium avium is also a nontuberculous mycobacterium, scientifically known as (NTM). This bacterium exists in the soil, dust, water, fish, poultry, and some insects in nature."

"In addition to Mycobacterium avium, the PET-CT scan showed that Chaochao's body was covered with a large area of ​​bacterial infection."

"Urinary tract infections and pneumonia are both caused by viruses."

"At the same time, the virus attacked Chaochao's immune system, causing damage to her immune system and leading to multiple complications."

Xia Tian's explanation was too technical for ordinary people to understand, and the family was stunned for a long time.

The patient's father asked a question.

"Is my daughter...going to die?"

Xia Tian laughed: "Of course not. The treatment technology for Mycobacterium avium is very mature. It can be cured with clarithromycin and azithromycin."

"Don't worry, Chaochao will be fully recovered and discharged from the hospital in less than half a month."

The family had no idea what *Mycobacterium avium* was.

We still don't know how we got infected.

But they understood one thing: a full recovery in half a month.

"Oh, doctor, thank you so much."

The aunt rushed over to Xia Tian, ​​hugged him, and burst into tears. Xia Tian also breathed a sigh of relief; if they still couldn't find the cause, he would soon fall ill himself.

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