Doctor: start with the heart

Chapter 75 Necrotizing Fasciitis
"How long has the numbness been present?"

Zhao Xu looked at the girl and asked.

"It only took six or seven days. When Xiaoya was eating crabs last week, she was pricked by a crab leg. It just hurt a little."

Before the girl Xiaoya could speak, the girl's mother rushed to speak again.

"Doctor, Xiaoya's hand will be fine, right? It's just a stab wound, just disinfect it and take some anti-inflammatory drugs, right?"

After a pause, the girl's mother asked again. The tone of her words was already a little flustered, and she was no longer as calm as before.

"If there is only local redness, swelling and pain, it means an inflammatory reaction caused by trauma, but now she feels numbness in her thumb, which means that the sensory nerve under the skin has been damaged by inflammation. I suggest cutting the finger and taking a sample for a pathological examination."

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said seriously.

History of local trauma, flaky redness, pain, and numbness in the affected area. The combination of these factors reminded Zhao Xu of a very bad disease.

"Ah?! Cut your fingers? Doctor, are you kidding me? Xiaoya will participate in the piano competition the day after tomorrow. For this competition, Xiaoya has been practicing piano since she was five years old. For more than ten years, it is just for this competition. Doctor, you can't read wrong, can you?"

Hearing Zhao Xu's suggestion to cut up his fingers for a medical examination, the girl's mother suddenly became emotional.

"The condition of her finger is very serious. It is still too late to do a medical examination if it is diagnosed and treated."

Zhao Xu said slowly.

Through the symptoms shown by the girl, Zhao Xu could already confirm that the girl's fingers were suffering from necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis is an extensive and rapid soft tissue infection characterized by necrosis of subcutaneous tissue and fascia. The course of the disease progresses rapidly, often accompanied by complete necrosis of local tissues and systemic toxic shock.

That is to say, if the girl Xiaoya does not receive treatment in time, then when the disease progresses to a serious stage, not only amputation will be required, but systemic toxic shock will also be caused, which is life-threatening!
"Doctor, can you prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs for me first, I will have a competition the day after tomorrow, and I will come for treatment after the competition, okay?"

The girl Xiaoya suddenly looked at Zhao Xu and said very earnestly.

Becoming a pianist has always been her dream, and winning an award in this international competition the day after tomorrow is the first and most important step to realize this dream!
"Xiaoya, Mom will take you to another place to see a doctor. There is still Teacher Song's class in the afternoon, so we can't delay it!"

The girl's mother suddenly pulled the girl Xiaoya up without even looking at Zhao Xu's words.

In her opinion, Zhao Xu looked too young as a doctor. She saw this kind of young doctor a lot, and she would explain how serious the patient's condition was, and then show that their own doctor's level was very high. sharp!

"She must be checked immediately, even if you go to other places to see, it's the same."

Zhao Xu looked at the girl's mother and persuaded her.

As a doctor, in such a situation, if you can persuade, you must persuade. However, the right to choose is not in the hands of the doctor.

"Why did you keep your mouth shut for the examination! What?! You get a commission after the examination, right! Let me tell you, I have seen too many of you quack doctors who only examine patients!"

When the girl's mother heard Zhao Xu's words, she made a fuss, and an unknown fire ignited.

Just last month, she took her old mother to see a doctor in a private hospital next to the community. She just had a headache and a cold, so she paid thousands of dollars for a check-up at the outpatient clinic. This incident really made her very angry .

Now, hearing Zhao Xu's repeated emphasis on the seriousness of the condition and the need for examinations, she couldn't help but think of the doctor in the private hospital who tricked her into giving her old mother thousands of dollars for examinations last month!

"What's the matter with you? Dr. Zhao just asked her to check, do you need to say that!"

Before Zhao Xu could speak, Fang Wei said angrily first.

Working with Zhao Xu for such a long time, she already has a very comprehensive understanding of Zhao Xu's level of consultation. In her opinion, Zhao Xu's level of consultation is already similar to or even higher than those directors who see specialist clinics. Yes, it's just because he is only a resident doctor now, so he can only see general outpatient clinics here.

"Hmph! I can't tell you this! If you don't prescribe the medicine, I'll find someone else to prescribe it! Xiaoya, let's go!"

The girl's mother said angrily. After finishing speaking, she pulled the girl up and walked out of the consulting room angrily in two or three steps.

"doctor.."

Before being pulled out of the consulting room by her mother, the girl gave Zhao Xu a helpless and sorry look.

Seeing the girl's mother leaving the consulting room angrily with the girl, Fang Wei said angrily, "How can there be such a person? I'm so mad!"

"I think they left the outpatient medical records here. There should be a phone number on it. You can call later and talk about it. It would be a pity if you miss the treatment."

Zhao Xu naturally saw the performance of the girl's mother the whole time. Although he was very angry in his heart, as a doctor, he still had to try again.

"Are you still on the phone?!"

Hearing Zhao Xu's words, Fang Wei said in disbelief.

It would be nice for this kind of person not to be as knowledgeable as her, and to call and talk to her again, isn't this a call to scold her? !
"Just think it's for that girl. You heard her mother say that it's not easy to practice piano for many years since childhood."

Zhao Xu said slowly.

Although the girl's mother is really annoying, the girl has not done anything wrong, and she shouldn't have to bear such serious consequences because of her mother's words and deeds.

"How can there be such parents who force their children to practice this and that every day, regardless of whether the children like it or not, just to make them look good and face!"

Fang Wei said with a lot of resentment.

"Go and make a call, they will be gone later."

Zhao Xu said.

"Okay, okay, I'll fight, I'll get scolded."

Fang Wei replied.

She is such a person with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. In fact, she also sympathizes with the girl just now, but the words and deeds of this girl's mother are too infuriating.

5 minute later.

Fang Wei, who went out from the consulting room to make a phone call, came in with a depressed expression on her face.

"Doctor Zhao, I called, but when they heard that I was from the hospital, they hung up. If I called a second time, I wouldn't answer."

Fang Wei said to Zhao Xu a little depressed that this was obviously a good deed, but he was so ungrateful and thought she was making harassing calls to trick her into having a checkup. This feeling was really uncomfortable.

"Just make a phone call, we do what we have to do, and that's it."

Zhao Xu comforted Fang Wei and said.

(End of this chapter)