Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 28 Disturbance of the Epidemic
Although the living environment of Binhu Middle School is like the difference between heaven and earth compared with the living environment of Gucheng No. [-] Middle School, this kind of living environment has not affected Mu Zhen's study of various subjects.When Mu Zhen came into contact with the new courses later, he was able to deal with them freely, whether it was homework or questions from the teacher in class.But the illness that followed seriously affected his work and rest.

I don’t know when and from which dormitory came out a terrible skin disease - scabies. Speaking of scabies, in fact, for modern people, it may not be so terrible. The prevention of this disease is to pay attention to hygiene. Keep a dry living environment. It can be said that this disease is closely related to a dirty and humid environment. Once discovered, lice have undoubtedly become the mainstream of spreading the disease. As for why it can spread in each dormitory, there is no way to investigate. In short, when the disease was discovered in a dormitory, it did not attract the attention of the students, and no one tried to isolate the sick person or improve the environment of the dormitory, but let it develop. It was spreading quietly, and all the dormitories were spared. Later, even the teachers who lived in the school also suffered from the disease.The disease came quite suddenly. At the beginning, no one thought of the horror and severity of the disease. As the epidemic spread, empty plastic bottles of "Youlifu Ointment" could be seen at the door of the dormitory at any time.At that time, there was a catchphrase circulating in school - "scabies are like a dragon, go up from the hands first, wrap around the waist three times, and make a big camp in the trousers".

Naturally, Mu Zhen was not spared from this epidemic.It was a winter morning. After he got up, he found two small blister-like bumps on his right thumb. He was terrified, so he asked the classmate in the next bed to check it. The classmate told him with certainty: "You Really hit! This one is [-]% scabies!"

Mu Zhen was terrified. Although it was no news to him about people who contracted mange in school, he was unprepared for it, and was inexplicably infected like this.To make time for physical education at noon, he asked for leave, so he had to bite the bullet and go to the commune health center alone.

"It's coming again, did you catch a cold again?" The doctor who was attending the consultation was still Dr. Lu, who was nicknamed "Light Metal". , do you think I would like to come?"

Mu Zhen stretched out her hand involuntarily, and while showing it to Doctor Lu, she described: "Look, I have two blisters on my hand, and water will come out when I squeeze it. What's going on?"

"Is it itchy?" Doctor Lu asked looking at the small blister.

"I just discovered it this morning, and it doesn't feel itchy! Is it scabies?" Mu Zhen still had doubts about whether the blisters she developed were scabies, so she asked in a tentative tone.

"This looks like scabies. Scabies is caused by scabies infection. Once infected, the scabies will burrow into the skin, hide during the day, and be active at night, so itching is more severe at night!" In the past few days, many of the patients Dr. Lu came into contact with were students who came to see such diseases, so he was not surprised at all by Mu Zhen's scabies.

Mu Zhen felt a little dizzy and at a loss. Before coming here, she still had a fluke mentality, and she still had some doubts about the "scabies" that the classmate in the next bed said, but after Dr. Lu's explanation, she immediately felt a chill in her heart. I don't know if the disease is serious, but judging from the empty plastic medicine bottles lying around in front of the dormitory, it is not as easy to cure as a cold.

"Is there a quick cure?" Mu Zhen asked as if begging.

Dr. Lu also tried to treat this disease. The initial prescription was only "fluocinolone ointment" to relieve itching. As the number of patients treated for this disease increased, the hospital added a batch of "Ulifu ointment" as needed. As for the curative effect Well, Dr. Lu is really not very clear, at least among the patients who came, no one has told him that the medicine prescribed had no effect and came to him.Seeing Muzhen's mange this time, I naturally preferred the "Youlifu Ointment" that was launched later.

"There is really no specific medicine. The most effective medicine is to pay attention to hygiene, bathe and change clothes frequently, which is very beneficial to the treatment." Dr. Lu's tone was full of affirmation.

"Prescribe some ointment first, wipe it on!" Dr. Lu said easily.

Mu Zhen nodded, took the medicine list prescribed by Dr. Lu to the medicine pick-up place, paid for it, and took the medicine out. She eagerly opened the bottle of Youlifu ointment, and squeezed a bean-sized amount of it into the two blisters on her hand. Slowly apply the ointment with the other hand, trying to let the ointment penetrate into the skin as soon as possible through gentle massage, and kill the scabies hidden under the skin.The blisters covered with ointment didn't feel much, but Mu Zhen wished so much to kill the scabies in the cradle and prevent it from spreading.

Two days later, the blisters on Mu Zhen's hands still haven't disappeared. On the contrary, the same blisters were found at the joint between the thumb and index finger of her left hand. Mu Zhen began to despair about the "Ulifu Ointment" prescribed by Dr. Lu, even so Well, for a child, what can he do? If there is a way, how can the disease spread in the school?
Although the effect of the ointment is not obvious, Mu Zhen feels that since the hospital has no better way, the ointment should still be effective, but the emphasis on hygiene, frequent bathing, and frequent changing of clothes mentioned by "light metal" is only for her. It's just a matter of talking, the most important thing is to rely on this ointment.

A week later, Mu Zhen found that the first two blisters had disappeared, but several similar blisters had sprung up on the backs of both hands. As if it had grown feet, it soon spread down, and the strange itching at night often woke him up in his deep sleep!It was an unspeakable torment for him when he woke up. According to his classmates, the blisters cannot be scratched. Wherever the scratched water flows, it will pop up, and it will soon be infected all over the body, so he dare not scratch, let others Itching, sometimes when the itching is unbearable, I put some ointment on the bed.

Mu Zhen began to doubt the "light metal" medical skills in the hospital. He thought that he might be a competent doctor in gynecology, but he could only be regarded as a quack doctor in terms of skin care.

During this period, Mu Zhen personally experienced how contagious the disease is. Since the onset of the disease, he has never dared to live at home, for fear of infecting family members. Every weekend, after dinner, he would always make up "myself" I want to go to the school dormitory to live with my classmates who have not returned home" and many other reasons to prevaricate Lao Mu and his family.

For a 14-year-old boy, the night without street lights is a bit scary, not to mention Mu Zhen, who is a bit timid, walking alone at night is something that he dare not even think about, but in this helpless move, Mu Zhen He became more courageous, he no longer knew the difference between night and day, he just believed that night was just a continuation of day, and it just showed people a different space in the form of night.One was in the dormitory, and he was smeared with ointment and shed tears. Although the ointment did not show any effect at all, it may be the best placebo when no better treatment method can be found.

Two weeks later, the blisters gradually increased, and whenever he walked, he would feel itchy because he rubbed his underwear. At this time, Mu Zhen was really at a loss. He had to find "light metal" again. Although he was ashamed to say it, He also had to take off his trousers to give Light Metal a good view of himself.

"Light Metal" looked at Mu Zhen's blisters expressionlessly and asked, "Is the other place alright?"

"Some places are fine after applying the medicine, but some places don't seem to have much effect after applying the medicine!" Mu Zhen answered while pulling up her trousers.

"Is there any other good way?" "Light Metal" obviously has no tricks to deal with Mu Zhen's ups and downs, and asked Mu Zhen beseechingly.

Mu Zhen was a little annoyed, and said in her heart: "You are a doctor, and you ask me how to treat it, so what do you need to do here?" Although she scolded this incompetent "light metal" in her heart, where can this disease be treated? ?Mu Zhen is a child after all!

"You can cure it as you see it! I don't know how to cure it!" Mu Zhen responded with a pleading look.

For "Light Metal", it seems that only those ointments are prescribed, and there is no other way. The medicine list once again reads "Two Youlifu Ointment".

Several weeks passed, and Mu Zhen was suffering from the mange. Although he dared not relax in his studies, the disease had seriously affected his work and rest.Sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night because of the itching, and when the medicine doesn't work, he can't help rubbing it for a while, and sometimes he is distracted in class because of the itching, and he can't concentrate, and he really can't bear the weight.

(End of this chapter)