Healing Doctor

Chapter 726 Unexplained High Fever

"Old He, is there anything else unusual about your medical history?" Meng Qingfei asked again.

"..." Dr. He, an internal medicine specialist, scratched his head.

He also knew that he hadn't asked enough questions about the patient's medical history.

But in the emergency department, there are so many patients that if you ask every patient about their medical history in detail, you'll get your head slapped by an angry patient's family member that very night.

He also knew that Meng Qingfei was just anxious.

It would be strange to see a burly man sitting on a bed embroidering.

Old He didn't even dare to go inside, thinking that surgeons were much bolder.

Meng Qingfei and Ji Xiang stood in the ward, surrounded by the strange scene of Zhang Fei embroidering flowers. The scene was bizarre to the core.

More than ten minutes later, a middle-aged woman rushed back.

She was startled when she entered the room and saw the burly man's strange appearance, but she mustered her courage and called out twice. When the patient ignored her, she took out a lighter from her pocket.

Meng Qingfei watched her actions but did not stop her.

The woman held a yellow piece of paper money in her hand, with something written on it, and burned it directly in the hospital room.

This……

Old He wanted to stop him, but he swallowed his words as soon as they reached his lips.

I'm having a really bad day; I encountered such a bizarre thing while on duty.

It's better to avoid trouble. Being able to live peacefully until dawn tomorrow and get off work is the best thing ever.

The patient's family didn't do anything heinous, so burning some paper money is fine; it might just be useful.

"Are you a patient's family member?" Meng Qingfei asked.

"Doctor, I'm his wife." The woman looked distressed. Although she was scared, her eyes were full of worry, and she didn't leave.

"Come with me, I have a few questions for you." Meng Qingfei glanced at him. "Old He, keep an eye on the patient, make sure he doesn't fall off the bed."

"oh."

Meng Qingfei led the patient's family to the corridor, but without entering the consultation room, he began to ask about the patient's medical history.

There were many patients piled up at the entrance of the internal medicine and surgery clinics, but they either saw or heard about the incident in the observation room. Seeing the doctor's anxiety, they all held back and did not urge him.

Meng Qingfei asked the woman a few questions, and she didn't hide anything, telling him everything that had happened.

Twenty-four days ago, the couple went to Southeast Asia for tourism. At the urging of the tour guide, they got a plaque at a temple.

It's said to be blessed and can ensure safety and good fortune.

In short, it can protect whatever ordinary people like.

The sign was golden and had words from Southeast Asia engraved on it, but nobody knew exactly what it said.

On the last night of the tour, you are free to do as you please.

The man and the other men on the trip were having a barbecue and drinking Elephant beer on the beach, while a group of women were taking one of the men who understood the language out shopping.

It was supposed to be a perfect trip, but things still went wrong.

The man drank too much and staggered, saying he was going to buy more beer, but ended up vomiting violently in the nearby woods.

It took others a long time to find him lying in the woods.

He lost all his belongings, but he was unharmed.

This can be considered a loss to avoid further disaster; things are still alright up to this point.

On their way back to China, the couple suddenly started talking about whether they would be blamed if the plaque they had begged for was lost.

In addition, women like to watch horror movies, especially supernatural movies. With all sorts of random information coming together, she came to the conclusion that there might be a problem.

But they are all normal people. Although it's not a big deal to come to this conclusion, at most they'll feel uneasy for a while, but they'll forget about it in a few days.

however!

Just when they had forgotten about it, something strange happened a day ago!

The man suddenly felt inexplicably cold, and covering himself with several blankets didn't help.

Even with a blanket, electric heater, and hot water bottle at home, I still shiver like a leaf.

A high fever is inevitable after chills.

A few hours later, he started to have a fever. The first test showed a temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius, and an hour later, the second test showed a temperature of 40.5 degrees Celsius.

The woman immediately took him to a nearby hospital, where he was diagnosed with the flu and given antiviral medication, antibiotics, hormones, and other treatments.

The condition did not improve after taking the medication, and the body temperature remained high.

If it ends here, it can only be described as a high fever of unknown cause, and you should go to a higher-level hospital for symptomatic treatment.

That night, whether the man was delirious from the fever or for some other reason, he stared into the air with a strange smile on his face and kept counting money.

The doctor at that hospital was terrified when he saw this and immediately spoke to the woman, telling her to bring the patient to a higher-level hospital for treatment.

The woman had just gone out to burn some paper money, hoping to appease the "wandering ghosts."

Ji Xiang was speechless. Was this how they were dealing with the dirty stuff in Southeast Asia using domestic methods? Something didn't seem right.

But the woman wasn't done yet. Although the man stopped counting the money, he seemed to be possessed, humming a little tune as he sat on the bed and began "embroidering".

The woman was terrified, but she had no other choice but to keep begging Meng Qingfei to help her solve the problem.

He did ask, and he got the answer, but even after learning the whole story, Meng Qingfei was still completely baffled.

In his many years of clinical practice, Meng Qingfei has seen many patients with persistent high fever, as well as those who are delirious and talking nonsense. He has even seen patients with fever-induced convulsions and spasms.

He had a persistent high fever and was counting money in bed...

never seen it.

She had a persistent high fever and was sitting on the bed embroidering. I just saw her like that.

These two are actually the same person.

Meng Qingfei scratched his head.

Years of clinical experience were completely useless; his mind went blank, and he had no idea what illness the patient had.

When asked to urge the patient's family to hurry up and take care of the patient, Meng Qingfei could only offer perfunctory and comforting words to appease them.

"Xiao Ji, what do you think?" Meng Qingfei asked as he dealt with the backlog of patients in the surgical department after seeing off the patient's family.

"I have no opinion, I don't know either." Ji Xiang prepared to give himself 20 minutes, and if it didn't work, he would go to the system operating room.

The patient's vital signs are stable and there is no danger to life, but he looks very strange.

Ji Xiang even wondered what Shen Lang and Professor Zhou would say and do if they were there.

Meng Qingfei sighed.

The two of them finished treating the patients in half an hour. Meng Qingfei breathed a sigh of relief. "Xiao Ji, have you ever seen this done before?"

I had just met Ji Xiang.

But he didn't say, "I've never seen Teacher Meng before."

"What I find strangest is that they're jumping around while muttering something; they can't keep jumping if they don't talk," Meng Qingfei slumped into his chair. "Also, it seems like they have to recite incantations when casting spells in zombie movies. Harry Potter, they have to talk when they use magic."

"You mean this is something in common? Why are you all rambling on and on? Can't you just get right to it?"

Meng Qingfei was muttering incoherent words, seemingly recalling the image of a patient's family member chanting incantations while burning paper money in the ward, but Ji Xiang knew he was definitely trying to figure out what illness the patient had.

(End of this chapter)