Healing Doctor

Chapter 744 As Expected

"Mr. Chen, earwax is generally divided into dry and oily types."

Ji Xiang wanted to explain to the patient's family, but Old Chen waved his hand impatiently, interrupting Ji Xiang.

Director Bai pulled Ji Xiang aside and gestured for him to be quiet.

People like Mr. Chen are particularly stubborn.

Especially when they've visited countless hospitals and still haven't received a definitive diagnosis for their loved one, the patient's family members become extremely frustrated.

Therefore, Old Chen had no patience to listen to Ji Xiang's explanation.

Ji Xiang scratched his head. He didn't complain about Old Chen's anxiety; he could sense that feeling without even trying to empathize with him.

Let the facts speak for themselves.

With a gloomy face, Old Chen slapped away Director Bai's hand, who was trying to push the wheelchair to take the patient for a check-up.

He pushed the young patient to the ENT department himself.

Dean Shen was troubled, and he glared fiercely at Ji Xiang.

Upon arriving at the ENT department, the head doctor had already prepared various professional instruments, waiting to clean my ears.

Following the light, everything the practitioner sees can be seen on the screen.

Soon, a large clump of mottled, yellowish earwax appeared before my eyes.

The head of the ENT department tried to gently touch it with the instrument in his hand.

"Cough cough cough~~~"

The patient began coughing violently, which startled the head of the ENT department.

"Hmm?" Old Chen hummed in surprise through his nose.

It must be a coincidence! Old Chen immediately thought.

"Wait a moment." After saying this, the head of the ENT department began to apply the medication to moisten the earwax in preparation for the next step.

Director Bai was finally relieved when he saw the patient start coughing the moment the ENT department director's "ear pick" knocked over the earwax.

Although he still didn't quite understand why earwax could cause coughing, he didn't think what was happening was a coincidence.

"Xiao Ji, do you usually watch live streams online?" Director Bai asked Ji Xiang in a low voice.

"I watch it occasionally." Ji Xiang recalled that when he first felt empathy, he would lie in bed with nothing to do and watch Xiu Dalu Ti, which was quite stress-relieving.

"Want to see Dr. Zhao?"

"Is it for picking your ears?" Ji Xiang asked casually.

"Yeah, he was really popular a few years ago, and I followed his WeChat official account too. It was full of articles about earwax removal, and lots of people just enjoyed watching him pick his ear; he had countless fans." Director Bai smiled slightly. "I just don't understand the point."

"I'd rather watch donkey hoof repair."

"To relieve stress, you need a place to release the pressure that accumulates over time."

Speaking of pressure, Ji Xiang suddenly remembered something.

"Director Bai, what happened to the family of that patient with Trisomy 21?"

"It's nothing. I have a medical dispute mediation office under my command, with professionals to chat with them," Director Bai said casually. "Let them chat if they want, they can chat for as many years as they like."

"The Down syndrome screening and amniocentesis have both yielded problems. What do you think might be the cause?" Ji Xiang asked.

He asked the question in a seemingly casual tone, his manner extremely indifferent.

Ji Xiang was actually very curious about how Director Bai handled this matter.

Will they tell the truth to the patient's family?

"You're overthinking it, Xiao Ji." Director Bai smiled and whispered to Ji Xiang, "We're just doctors, only doctors. The patient's family is complaining about the unreasonableness of the Down syndrome screening test. So, we're only addressing this test."

Ji Xiang smiled. Director Bai was indeed shrewd; he knew how to control the situation instead of rashly igniting it and getting burned.

Emmm, we're just doctors, we can only be doctors.

Okay, that sounds a lot like something a system NPC would say.

Ji Xiang wondered what Shen Lang, that gossipy guy, would do in a similar situation. Suddenly, his thoughts drifted to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang seemed to have an even greater allure than Zhou Congwen. Ji Xiang only met him once, through a shared experience, but he couldn't forget Shen Lang.

"Cough cough cough~"

A series of coughs interrupted Ji Xiang's thoughts.

The head of the ENT department tried again, but every time he touched the blocked earwax, the patient would cough violently.

Neither Old Chen nor Dean Shen said a word; both of their brows were furrowed tightly.

Is it

Is the young patient's cough really caused by earwax?

Although it was unbelievable, I saw with my own eyes that as soon as the "ear pick" on the screen touched the earwax, the patient started coughing violently and couldn't stop coughing.

Once might be a coincidence, but what about twice?

Three times?

With Ji Xiang and Lin Jiu, who makes people dizzy just looking at them, both speaking with certainty, it seems they have found the root of the problem.

The head of the ENT department looked somewhat timid and turned to look at Dean Shen.

"Keep going, but slowly, don't damage your eardrum," Old Chen said in a deep voice. "Thank you for your hard work."

"Uh... Dr. Chen, you're too kind." The head of the ENT department had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue the procedure.

One chunk of earwax at a time was carefully removed.

Although the patient was coughing violently, the head of the ENT department was also quite skilled. He gradually got used to the patient's movements and successfully broke up a large chunk of earwax, removing it bit by bit.

It took nearly 40 minutes to completely remove the earwax buildup from both ears.

Incredibly, the patient's cough gradually subsided as the cerumen impaction was cleared.

After all the earwax was removed from both ears and the eardrums were exposed, the patient's cough miraculously disappeared.

This……

This is too amazing!

"Xiao Hua, how are you feeling?" Old Chen asked somewhat nervously.

The patient didn't speak, but stood up and shook his head from side to side. Finding that he wasn't coughing, he felt he was better.

Before picking your ears, you should cough whenever you make a similar movement.

At the time, both the doctor and the patient believed that the cough was caused by bronchospasm due to exercise.

However, it now seems that the cough was caused by earwax hitting the wall of the external auditory canal when the head was shaken, triggering a nerve reflex.

Old Chen wasn't overjoyed, since the patient hadn't been coughing yet. He pulled the patient aside, asked about the situation, and then whispered to Dean Shen.

"Xiao Ji, thanks." Director Bai patted Ji Xiang on the shoulder with a smile. "You go ahead and get busy. I'll contact you when I have a result."

"Okay."

"We're really lucky," Director Bai muttered as he turned around.

Ji Xiang's hearing had been enhanced, and he clearly heard the last sentence that Director Bai muttered to himself.

But Ji Xiang didn't know what it meant.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, I remember that old gentleman said that if he didn't cough, he would swallow all his earwax."

Lin Jiu was somewhat unhappy.

Ji Xiang chuckled and said, "Just kidding, I can't really eat it."

"You don't understand medicine, yet you're spouting nonsense."

"You can't blame the patient's family. After all, they've been seeing doctors for two years, and all their patience is worn down. It's normal for them to say whatever they want," Ji Xiang said as he walked back. "As long as the problem is solved, it's fine."

Lin Jiu bit her lower lip, looking at Ji Xiang's back with some surprise.

He seemed to be speaking from the perspective of the patient's family, which was very strange.

(End of this chapter)