At this moment, one of the diagnostic bases proposed by Director Shang was because the patient kept scratching his head.
After the examination request was submitted, the woman made the payment via her cellphone.
Zhou Can and others helped transfer the patient to the CT room.
While waiting outside for the results, Director Shang led Zhou Can and others into the CT room to watch the patient’s live brain images.
The attending physician, Huang Xinggui, also came with a keen attitude to learn.
This was a very rare opportunity for accumulating diagnostic experience.
At first, nothing abnormal could be detected in the brain images. Time passed by the minute.
With so many people exposed to radiation and the big fuss made, if nothing could be found, it would probably be the laughing stock of doctors in other departments.
Outside the CT room, the patient’s wife was anxiously waiting.
She was praying for a miracle.
In the more than a year since her husband fell ill, through over four hundred days and nights, she had supported her family with her fragile shoulders, enduring very difficult times. She was constantly fantasizing about a miracle happening.
"It moved, it moved, look at this area, there’s something worm-like moving!"
Luo Jingyi’s eyes were sharp, spotting an anomaly in the motion image of the patient’s brain for the first time.
The head of the worm-like object moved a couple of times before returning to calm.
"Wow, it indeed is a parasite. But this creature is quite cunning. It only moves infrequently, and if it remains dormant during a brain CT scan, combined with its location, it’s really hard to detect. Now, we can finally give the family a very satisfactory explanation. Seeing that woman, in her thirties, taking her husband everywhere for medical help, it really breaks my heart."
Director Shang shared his heartfelt thoughts.
Not just him, but everyone including Zhou Can and Xie Lin, who wasn’t feeling troubled?
However, with limited capabilities as mere mortals, however distressing it might be, they could only keep it to themselves. No one could diagnose the cause of the patient’s disease, let alone cure him.
The thick door of the CT room opened, and Zhou Can and others wheeled the patient out of the CT room, their faces beaming with triumphant smiles.
Finally, the cause of the patient’s disease was diagnosed.
"Doctor, how did it go? Did you find out?"
The woman approached anxiously full of expectation.
"Those who work hard will be rewarded by heaven. Congratulations, from observing the live brain images, we can tentatively determine that it’s highly likely caused by a parasite infection. However, a definitive diagnosis hasn’t yet been confirmed. We can arrange surgery to remove the abnormal entity within the brain, and only after performing a biopsy can we determine the exact type of parasite."
Director Shang explained to her.
Normally, when infected with larva, it’s hard to kill them with medication.
Surgery to remove the parasite and then injecting medication locally to consolidate the treatment effect and prevent relapse is a common treatment approach.
From here, one can also see the old doctor’s careful choice of words, despite already having identified the parasite.
But because the diagnosis wasn’t confirmed, Director Shang only mentioned it might be a parasitic infection.
He carefully avoided mentioning which type of parasite.
From start to finish, there wasn’t any affirmative statement. He also took care of the family’s emotions, ensuring they wouldn’t feel repulsed by what they heard.
This is very worthwhile for the newcomers to learn.
"It’s great! I knew coming to Tu Ya there would definitely be a miracle, it seems my sixth sense is very accurate. Professor Shang, could we arrange the surgery for my husband now?"
She couldn’t wait to cure her husband’s disease.
"Uh... definitely not now. We are from Digestive Internal Medicine, and we don’t have the capability to perform this surgery here, we can only request experts from Neurosurgery or General Surgery to come for a joint consultation. Additionally, pre-surgical anesthesia interviews, risk assessments and more need to be performed. Getting the surgery scheduled for tomorrow would already be very quick."
Director Shang patiently explained to her.
He understood the family’s urgent sentiments.
However, the hospital has its protocols, and with this situation involving multiple departments for joint consultation, Director Shang could only do his best to coordinate and request.
The seniors in the Neurosurgery department, each incredibly proud, were not so easy to coordinate.