Chapter 108 Strange Disease Village
Chapter 108 Strange Disease Village
Because of dispensing the medicine, Luo Xiaobai originally wanted to stay at home for a few more days, so as to reassure his parents.
As a result, he received a call from Professor Miao the next day, asking him to follow him to Xiaoluo Village.
"Xiao Luo Village, I know this place." Hearing his son mention it, Luo Zhi remembered the strange disease village he had mentioned when chatting with people in the timber market.
"Is it far from the city?" Xin Xiu was packing things for her son and asked.
Luo Zhi frowned, "It's quite far away, and I'm almost out of the province, but what worries me is the strange disease in the village, which is said to be contagious." "What, then can we Xiaobai go!" Xin Xiu asked in surprise.
Luo Xiaobai interjected from the side: "Mom, don't worry, this time it is a medical team organized by the state, and it has been confirmed that it will not be infected. We bring our own food, absolutely no problem."
"Yeah, then I'll bake you some more cakes, who knows how many days you'll be away." Xin Xiu immediately went to the kitchen to get busy.
"Xiaobai, are you and Professor Miao the only ones going today?" Luo Zhi asked.
Luo Xiaobai nodded, "Professor Miao just received the notice yesterday, but a simple medical room has been built over there, and there are many instruments and experts."
Luo Zhi originally wanted to ask Mo Ming if he would follow, but when he thought that the other party was a big boss, it was impossible to take risks in such a place.
"Be careful outside, remember to call if you have something to know?" Luo Zhi heard that in the village with a strange disease, the villagers were all skinny, but they couldn't find any diseases.
Luo Xiaobai agreed, and an hour later, he left home with a package of things that Xin Xiu had prepared for him.
Professor Miao was old, and although he had a driver, he didn't want to be too special, so he drove away in Luo Xiaobai's Audi.
"Teacher, do you think those people are so thin because of bugs in their bodies?"
Luo Xiaobai asked while driving, this was his first thought after hearing the symptoms of those villagers.
"We also suspected it, but the stool test equipment didn't detect it." Professor Miao said that the upper management has begun to pay attention to the situation in Xiaoluo Village, otherwise he would not go there in person.
Luo Xiaobai scratched his head, saying that one or two people were sick, but the whole village had one disease, and it couldn't be detected, it was so strange.
Three hours later, the two drove to Xiaoluo Village.
The location of the village entrance is the simple house built by the medical team.
Luo Xiaobai got out of the car, "Did everyone enter the village?"
Professor Miao was also very surprised. It stands to reason that the villagers did not suffer from an infectious disease. Why did they build the simple house outside?
"Professor Miao, you're here too!" Just as two young doctors came out of the simple room, they greeted Professor Miao immediately after seeing them.
Professor Miao nodded to them, "Is everyone there?"
"Some people are here, and some are in the village." One of the doctors named Wu Tang said.
Professor Miao followed them to the simple room, although it was just a color steel room, the facilities inside were very complete, in addition to various instruments, there were also daily necessities.
"How did you get the simple house here?" Professor Miao said with a frown, which made the villagers think of them.
Wu Tang was also very helpless, "This was requested by the village chief, probably because he was worried that the disease would be contagious, and now even the dogs in the village are emaciated to death
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Luo Xiaobai was speechless, can a dog lose weight?
"Xiaobai, change clothes, we also enter the village." Professor Miao took out two white coats.
Luo Xiaobai put on the small size and took a picture in front of the mirror. He looks so handsome!
"Professor Miao, I've been here for three days and I know the village very well. Let me lead the way." Wu Tang had nothing to do, so he asked for help to lead the way.
"Yes, Xiao Wu is very popular. The villagers always bring him fruits and vegetables." The doctors next to him laughed and teased Wu Tang, pointing to the vegetable baskets by the door, "Unfortunately, Professor Wu said These things have to be tested, and I am not allowed to eat them."
Luo Xiaobai looked at the juicy tomatoes, and there was no problem at first sight!
"It's right to be cautious, then I'll trouble Xiao Wu." Professor Miao also put on a smile on his face, and only by building a good relationship with the villagers can he help them better.
After leaving the simple house, Wu Tang took Professor Miao and Luo Xiaobai into Xiaoluo Village.
The passing villagers will greet Wu Tang when they see him. It seems that this guy is really popular.
"These villagers are really thin." Although Luo Xiaobai only saw five or six people, but the 1.8-meter-long guy weighed only one hundred catties, and he always felt smug.
Although these people are very thin, their complexion is not bad, which is different from normal sick people.
In the field, a skinny woman was weeding, accompanied by a three-year-old child, who was also frighteningly thin.
Luo Xiaobai felt that this place should not be called Xiaoluo Village, but Weight Loss Village.
But he believed that even any fat man who came here would not want to lose weight after seeing these people.
"It's Professor Wu and the others!" Walking to the door of a bungalow, Wu Tang pointed to three doctors in white coats who came out of it. "It turned out to be Xiao Wu, and Professor Miao is also here." Professor Wu walked over with a smile.
Professor Miao stepped forward to shake hands with Professor Wu, "How is the situation here?"
Professor Wu shook his head, "Not good. Although the villagers are very cooperative with the examination and treatment, except for a few people who have minor illnesses and pains, the others can't detect any symptoms at all."
"I'll go in and have a look." Professor Miao walked into the room.
The family of three who had just been questioned about their symptoms was surprised to see these doctors come back.
Professor Wu quickly explained, "This is Professor Miao from the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, let him show you again."
The three of them cooperated very well, including a seven or eight-year-old child.
After Professor Miao checked the pulse one by one, he frowned tightly, "I can't see anything except physical weakness, Xiaobai, go and have a look." Luo Xiaobai stepped forward, and Professor Wu knew that this young man should be Professor Miao The new disciples who brought people here this time are probably here to learn.
Without going to see the two adults, Luo Xiaobai checked the child first.
His level of pulse diagnosis is average, but he can also see the child's physical weakness, and he still relies on clairvoyant powers for diagnosis.
As he unfolded his perspective ability, he began to examine the child's body.
From head to toe, no issues.
Just when he was about to take back the power, he suddenly found that the child scratched the skin on his arm. Just like that, he saw the squirming of the worm in the child's blood.
Luo Xiaobai was so frightened that he immediately withdrew his hand. Although he had been in contact with patients with worms in their bodies, they were all in the intestines, and the blood was full of worms like this, which was simply too terrifying.
"What's wrong?" Professor Miao noticed Luo Xiaobai's strangeness.
Luo Xiaobai swallowed, and asked Professor Wu behind, "Have you had a blood test?"
Before Professor Wu could speak, Wu Tang had already said: "Blood routine, stool routine, and urine routine have all been done." Not only that, because other problems have been suspected, including tumors, genetics and other problems.
"Is there any question?" Professor Wu also asked.
Luo Xiaobai nodded, then shook his head again, "I'm not sure yet, I'll take another look at these two."
Because of the focus of observation, Luo Xiaobai checked quickly this time, but he did not find any bugs in the blood of the two adults, but found many eggs.
It seems that it has something to do with personal resistance.
"Because it's just a pulse diagnosis, I'm not sure, but I feel something strange in this child's blood, and I suspect there are worms."
Luo Xiaobai said.
"There are worms? How is it possible, even if there are worms, they will not be in the blood." There are many people who have the same thought.
Luo Xiaobai pushed the child to the front, "His pulse is quite obvious, we can collect some of his blood for examination." "Okay, I will test it myself." Professor Miao said.
Professor Wu is not optimistic, these old professors don't see why, what can this young guy see.However, since Professor Miao said so, he will not stop it.
The family of three was taken to the simple medical room. From blood drawing to laboratory tests, Professor Miao did it all by himself.
Everyone didn't have much hope, but when they sat down to drink a glass of water, Professor Miao started calling, "Old Wu, come quickly, look what this is!"
Professor Wu is a doctor of Western medicine, so he didn't care to drink the water after hearing the words, and went directly to the laboratory.
Under the microscope was a drop of bright red blood. Professor Miao adjusted the angle and asked Professor Wu to come and see it.
After seeing what was inside, Professor Wu gasped, "This should be Strongyloides!"
Strongyloides is a facultative parasite. Adults mainly live in the small intestine of hosts such as humans, dogs, and cats, and larvae can invade tissues and organs such as the lung, brain, liver, and kidney.
The reason why they didn't detect it before was because the adult body has its own immune system, and the adult worms cannot invade the blood.
"These strongyloids are very strange. They have barbs on their bodies that prevent humans and animals from excreting them, which makes our inspection useless." After discovering the special nature of these nematodes, Professor Wu analyzed.
Professor Miao nodded, "That's right, these strongyloid worms devour the nutrition of the human body, and as the demand for reproduction increases, the villagers will become thinner and thinner."
"But where did this kind of bug come from?" Luo Xiaobai said while grabbing the back of his neck. The villagers were all invaded by this kind of bug, so it should be something they often come into contact with.
"Water, land, there may be such insects." Professor Miao said.
Professor Wu said to Wu Tang and the others: "You go and collect some water and soil samples, bring them for testing, and find two more children. Let's confirm the illness."
Wu Tang and the others took action immediately. Unexpectedly, Professor Miao and the others found the root cause on the first day they arrived. Sometimes the pulse diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine is even better than the instrument inspection of western medicine.
Not long after, the two children were brought over, including the village head.
With blood tests, it can be determined that the reason why the villagers are so thin is caused by bugs.
The thought of having such worms in their bodies made the villagers feel very uncomfortable, and they wished to take out the worms immediately.
However, it is not an easy task to recover.
Because most of the worms in the villagers' bodies have spread all over their internal organs, a long period of treatment is needed.
"We have checked the water source and there is no problem. These bugs are hidden in the soil." The doctor in charge of the inspection said.
"Mr. Luo, we now need a group of strong men to apply pesticides in the fields. These drugs will not affect the crops, but can kill these strongyloids." Professor Miao said to the village chief.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." The village head said quickly, it's good to find the pathogen, otherwise they will become a dead village.
Professor Wu came back from the outside, "I have notified the city that the spray medicine will be delivered soon, and there are some special medicines that can inhibit the reproduction of Strongyloides and are also very effective in killing eggs."
Professor Miao nodded. As for the adult worms, they need to be killed slowly, otherwise the human body will not be able to withstand the powerful medicinal properties.
Through drug treatment, the villagers will slowly recover. If there are still stubborn adults, they can also be removed through surgery.
Luo Xiaobai left the simple room, originally thinking that he would stay here for a few days, but he did not expect to complete the task so quickly.
As everyone knows, this is just the beginning.
Next, the entire medical team went to the countryside to spread the word. Food must be cooked before eating, and water must be boiled before drinking, reminding the general public of the importance of food hygiene.
□ Author gossip:
(Xiao Wu is also here to tell my friends, those who like to eat barbecue and raw food should pay attention to hygiene and safety. The novel is exaggerated, but it is also uncomfortable to have a diarrhea, okay~)
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