Healing Doctor

Chapter 280 Diagnosis Confirmed! (Alliance Leader Stinky Fruit's Dad x4)

"What's wrong, Dr. Xiao Ji?" Director Bai seemed distracted and quite tired today.

"I have some understanding of the patient's symptoms, and I would like to report it to you," Ji Xiang said.

Director Bai felt helpless, but he didn't want to stay there, so he took this opportunity to go out and get some fresh air.

The atmosphere in the emergency room was extremely oppressive, chilling to the bone. They also had to face the possibility of another patient suddenly exhibiting unusual behavior at any time. If it weren't for his duty, Elder Bai would have already slipped away.

As Ji Xiang and Director Bai walked out of the emergency room, Director Bai let out a long sigh. "Ji, is there anything you want to say?"

"Director Bai, I suspect the patient contracted tetanus bacteria during the acupuncture treatment."

"!!!" Countless exclamation marks floated above Director Bai's head.

He was slightly taken aback, and just as he was about to ask a question, Ji Xiang began to explain.

All of Director Bai's questions were the same as the questions Ji Xiang asked the system NPC in the system's operating room.

Ji Xiang explained the patient's condition point by point, providing a "perfect" explanation.

Although Director Bai still had doubts about the constant congestion, this was the only "professional" explanation he heard today.

"I'll go get the nurse to draw blood," Director Bai said immediately after hearing Ji Xiang's explanation. "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Prepare for endotracheal intubation," Ji Xiang said. "If the assessment is correct, the patient could experience laryngospasm and respiratory distress at any time."

"it is good."

This is the emergency room, where there's no shortage of resuscitation equipment. If it really is a tetanus infection, that's good; emergency treatment is infinitely better than facing that gloomy feeling.

Director Bai turned around and went back, with Ji Xiang following behind him into the emergency room.

"Beep beep beep~~~"

The alarm from the cardiac monitor went off.

The patient experienced arrhythmia accompanied by tachycardia, with his heart rate suddenly rising to 120 beats per minute.

At the same time, the patient's blood pressure began to rise, reaching 170 mmHg.

Strangely, the patient began to sweat as his blood pressure rose, as if he were in a desert being exposed to the sun, sweating profusely.

"Draw blood," Director Bai said to the nurse as he entered the room. "We'll do all the admission tests, plus a tetanus test."

The patient's muscles were tense, and his veins looked like tiny insects crawling and spreading across his body. Director Bai's resolve, which had just been persuaded by scientific reasoning, was shaken once again.

"What are you doing!" the middle-aged man roared angrily as he saw the nurse about to draw blood.

He didn't dare yell at the ruddy-faced old man, but he was anything but polite to the medical staff.

"Mr. Lu, take a blood sample to confirm the diagnosis," Director Bai said, standing between the nurse and the middle-aged man, neither humble nor arrogant.

"This isn't an illness, so taking your blood won't do you any good!"

"We have to try, even if the patient's family refuses."

"Let them give it a try," the ruddy-faced old man said in a deep voice, raising his hand.

His voice was booming, and his words echoed in the emergency room.

The middle-aged man stopped talking, silently watching the patient, tears streaming down his face.

"Thank you, sir." Director Bai bowed slightly.

"You guys shouldn't hesitate to give it a try. I think it's a medical issue," said the ruddy-faced old man.

Director Bai made countless phone calls to the laboratory to collect blood samples and send them for testing, urging them to expedite the results.

One hour and 22 minutes later, after finishing the phone call, Director Bai confirmed the results on the computer and printed them out.

Ji Xiang finally breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that the serum tetanus IgG antibody concentration was <0.1 mIU/ml.

Diagnosis correct!

Ji Xiang was immediately relieved of his tension, feeling completely exhausted and wanting to lie down and sleep for a while.

I came here after drinking a bottle of stamina potion, but a bizarre rescue had unknowingly depleted all my basic stamina.

After reviewing the test results, Director Bai gave Ji Xiang a deep look, his gaze heavy, with countless unspoken words hidden within.

He didn't talk to Ji Xiang, but first reported to Dean Sun, and then went to communicate with the patient's family.

The patient's family took the lab results to make a phone call. Ji Xiang guessed that they were probably contacting hospitals in Beijing or Shanghai to find a top-notch doctor to take a look.

The system task was still pending. Ji Xiang knew that treating tetanus seemed to be a very long process, unlike surgery, which was done once it was over and the task could be completed immediately.

Exhausted, Ji Xiang left the emergency room.

"Xiao Ji, what's going on?" Meng Qingfei asked Ji Xiang as he came out.

"The patient has been clearly diagnosed with tetanus infection."

"!!!" Meng Qingfei's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "What did you say?"

"Tetanus?" Mr. Wu exclaimed instinctively.

Tetanus is a rare clinical disease; most doctors have never even seen it. However, in China, anyone with a broken skin, whether it's a slightly deep scratch or a bite from a cat or dog, will receive a tetanus antitoxin injection.

Most of the time, tetanus antitoxin is similar to a placebo.

Who would have thought that if I really got sick, it would be so serious?

"Yes, the lab test results confirm it's tetanus," Ji Xiang said.

"How is that possible!" Meng Qingfei frowned.

Ji Xiang was also quite helpless. Although the diagnosis was supported by laboratory tests, the complete clinical symptoms were different from those of a typical patient with tetanus infection.

Knowing that Director Liu would likely ask the same question after he explained it, Ji Xiang simply called Director Liu to the emergency room doctor's duty room.

When Ji Xiang described symptoms such as congestion, fractures, opisthotonus, and photophobia, everyone fell silent, staring at each other blankly.

Even with the laboratory test results in place, and the typical symptoms of opisthotonus and photophobia present, everyone, including Director Liu and Meng Qingfei, still found it hard to believe.

"Let's wait and see. I estimate we'll need antibiotics and tetanus antitoxin," Ji Xiang said. "We should have results in a day or two. We'll decide then."

"Xiao Ji, this diagnosis is also..." Meng Qingfei stopped mid-sentence.

"I'm just guessing," Ji Xiang said without any shame. "I guess the gold needles used for implantation weren't clean and weren't disinfected, which led to the patient contracting tetanus."

"This is...too...incomprehensible," Mr. Wu murmured.

Director Liu's complexion improved. As long as it was an illness, not some supernatural or bizarre phenomenon, he could accept it.

After carefully reviewing Ji Xiang's words, Director Liu found them to be reasonable. Moreover, the laboratory tests confirmed this, so what else was there to say?

J is exhausted and dead?

It doesn't exist; it's just a tetanus infection.

"Xiao Ji, you're amazing." Director Liu pondered for a long time, but felt that no way to praise Ji Xiang was right or appropriate, so he could only give a dry compliment: "Amazing."

(End of this chapter)