medical treatment

Chapter 1541 Walk away
After 5:30 in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming, who had completed today's scheduled outpatient work, met Mr. Wen Yaoguang, an old Chinese medicine doctor accompanied by Fang Yu, who had a secret prescription for treating uremia.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Yu Zhiming discovered that Dr. Wen Yaoguang and the poison king Liu Lao were both thin.

However, Dr. Wen is younger than Mr. Liu, probably in his sixties.

After a brief exchange, Yu Zhiming began to perform a physical examination on Teng Lin, a cured patient of uremia brought by Dr. Wen.

Teng Lin, 34 years old this year, developed uremia mainly due to kidney damage caused by nephrotoxic drugs.

After nearly two years of dialysis, Teng Lin sought medical treatment from Dr. Wen. After more than half a year of treatment, his kidney function basically returned to normal and he no longer needed dialysis.

One year and three months have passed since it was announced that Teng Lin's uremia was cured.

Yu Zhiming first gave Teng Lin a full-body examination, and then focused on examining his kidneys...

The main function of the kidney is performed by the nephron.

To put it simply, the kidney unit is like a small family workshop with complete functions and hard work, responsible for filtering the blood and absorbing impurities.

The number of nephrons in our human body is about one to two million.

There is a considerable redundancy in the number of kidneys, and only half of them can meet the metabolic needs of the human body.

This is why one kidney is enough to maintain normal work and life of the human body.

However, although these one or two million nephrons seem numerous, they have one characteristic: they cannot be repaired. Once they are damaged, they can only be discarded.

Our human body can be damaged by various reasons, such as smoking, drinking, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, drug toxins, infection, inflammation, malnutrition, diabetes, lupus erythematosus, etc., which can cause damage to the kidney units and cause them to break down.

When more and more kidney units break down and the remaining kidney units cannot complete the body's metabolism, metabolic waste and toxins will accumulate in the body, leading to water, electrolyte and acid-base imbalances, thus manifesting a series of symptoms of self-poisoning.

This is uremia.

Generally speaking, because the kidneys cannot be repaired, uremia is also irreversible.

Moreover, uremia will become more and more serious because more and more kidney units will break down over time.

Currently, the only effective way to cure uremia is kidney transplantation.

Unlike heart transplant surgery, in kidney transplant surgery, the patient's original kidney is not removed and then replaced with a new kidney in its original position. Instead, a bypass is opened next to the original kidney and connected to the new kidney.

This is mainly because the original kidney has not been completely destroyed, and some renal units are still working and can still play some role...

Yu Zhiming carefully examined Teng Lin's kidney, which was smaller than a normal person's due to damage.

Gradually, Teng Lin's kidney gave Yu Zhiming a different feeling.

A sense of splendor.

This is not a colorful visual scene, but a colorful scene created by the contrast between stillness and stillness formed by silence and activity.

This situation occurs because the damage to the kidney is not homogeneous, but rather fragmented.

Teng Lin's kidney is like a city overlooking the night sky, with patches of light and scattered points of light dotted in the darkness.

It’s just that the city’s economy is a bit backward, and the area covered by patches of lights and light spots accounts for only one-third at most.

However, this light is extremely bright, about twice as bright as that emitted by a healthy kidney.

Yu Zhiming immediately understood that this was why Teng Lin could maintain his whole body metabolism using less than one-third of his healthy kidney units.

The working capacity of the nephron is doubled.

At the same time, Yu Zhiming also understood why the kidneys of the patients with uremia that Dr. Wen had cured before would deteriorate rapidly after one to three years of treatment.

Overclocking the remaining healthy kidney units is tantamount to overdrawing the future and is simply unsustainable.

After learning the principle of Dr. Wen's treatment of uremia, Yu Zhiming was somewhat disappointed. This folk remedy was indeed a folk remedy, a radical one, and a method of quenching thirst with poison and serious side effects.

For example, Teng Lin could maintain a normal life for ten years or more with the assistance of dialysis.

When the situation gets worse, there will be more time to find a kidney donor and perform a kidney transplant.

Given Teng Lin’s current situation, perhaps in another year, his kidneys will deteriorate acutely due to a small trigger, and may even cause other physical symptoms, leaving him no time window for a kidney transplant.

"Teng Lin, your kidney function is still pretty good and can meet your body's needs."

"but……"

Yu Zhiming reminded him: "You'd better contact a kidney donor for autologous transplantation first, just in case."

Teng Lin's face immediately turned pale, and he asked anxiously: "Doctor Yu, is there something wrong with my kidneys again?"

Yu Zhiming said frankly: "There are no problems now, and there will be no problems for some time to come, but there will definitely be problems in the future."

"And once something goes wrong, it will inevitably be an acute deterioration."

"I asked you to contact a kidney donor for a living donor transplant so that you can prepare in advance in case you are too late."

As soon as Yu Zhiming said this, Wen Yaoguang's face turned unhappy.

He asked in an unhappy tone: "Doctor Yu, are you questioning my treatment?"

Yu Zhiming patiently explained, "Doctor Wen, your treatment method is to overdraw the potential of the remaining healthy kidneys and make them work twice as hard. This method will not last long and will collapse one day in the future."

After a pause, he continued, "Of the six uremia patients you cured before, four died due to acute deterioration, and two were lucky enough to have kidney transplants. Isn't that proof?"

Wen Yaoguang's face darkened as he said, "I originally thought that you, Doctor Yu, invited me here to discuss treatment and discuss cooperation, but I didn't expect that you would question my treatment method and slap me in the face."

"In that case, I'll leave!"

Hey……

Looking at Dr. Wen Yaoguang walking away in anger, Yu Zhiming was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Then Fang Yu's voice rang in his ears, "Doctor Yu, we invited this person here. No matter what, we need to part ways amicably and send this person back safely."

Yu Zhiming quickly waved his hand and asked Fang Yu to go out and chase Dr. Wen Yaoguang to deal with the aftermath.

"Doctor Yu, Doctor Yu, what should I do?"

Yu Zhiming looked at Teng Lin, who was worried, and said thoughtfully, "Well, you stay here first. Your situation is also a good research case. I will ask a nephrologist to examine and consult you."

He added: "All costs are free, and we will give you some advice and medicines for kidney and body care."

At this time, the door of the soundproof inspection room was pushed open.

Poison King Liu Lao came in and asked, "Zhiming, Doctor Wen was pissed off by you, what's going on?"

Yu Zhiming first called a student to take Teng Lin out and settle him down, and then introduced the principles of Dr. Wen's treatment of uremia that he had discovered through his examination.

Old Liu said with a sigh, "Don't worry about whether it's overdrawing your potential or just drinking poison to quench your thirst. Doctor Wen's prescription can't be said to have no therapeutic effect. You shouldn't have completely rejected it."

Yu Zhiming quickly defended himself, "Mr. Liu, I didn't completely deny his treatment method. He was the one who left angrily before I could say a few words."

"You're so old, but you're still so hot-tempered."

Old Liu was a little skeptical and criticized: "As long as it is used properly, a poisonous prescription can also save lives. This folk prescription of drinking poison to quench thirst may not be ineffective."

"Zhiming, you are a young man. You should be more active and imaginative..."

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