The days when I was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chang'an

Chapter 898 Parasitic Embryo

Li Sanniang naturally first read the medical records of Fengniang recorded by Wang Yue. After reading it, she already had some guesses in her mind.

At this moment, looking at Feng Niang who was held in Gan Niang's arms without crying or making a fuss, Li Sanniang smiled at little Feng Niang, and then she looked at Gan Niang.

"I'm Li Mingfang, the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Come, put the child down and let me take a look."

Madam Gan was so nervous that she couldn't speak at all. She was like a wooden figure, just obediently doing whatever Li Sanniang said.

After washing her hands again, Li Sanniang began to check Fengniang's pulse as she sat down and stretched out her wrist.

Li Sanniang has been practicing medicine for many years and has already mastered the art of medicine. She only has a faint smile on her face, making it difficult to guess what she is thinking, and it is impossible to predict whether the condition of the patient she diagnoses is good or bad.

Madam Gan's heart was in a knot. She stared at Li Sanniang's face, but she only saw a faint smile and nothing else.

"Come, hold the child and lie down on the bed. I'll touch your belly."

When Li Sanniang was doing abdominal palpation on Feng Niang, she naturally turned on her X-ray vision. She looked down through the layers of skin and found that it was the one with the lowest probability among the several diseases she had estimated: parasitic twin!

What is a parasitic twin?
As the name suggests, another or several incomplete fetuses are parasitic in a certain part of the complete fetus. The prone sites are the retroperitoneum and abdominal cavity, and it manifests as a gradually enlarging abdominal mass.

In layman's terms, it can be called a fetus in a fetus, which is a parasitic fetus phenomenon that occurs when twins are conceived in the mother's womb.

Therefore, the parasitic twin and the host are like twin brothers or sisters.

The reason for this situation, according to genetics, is that in order to compete for nutrients from the mother, the strong fetus in the mother's body absorbs and "eats" another or several weak fetuses, wrapping the weak embryo in its own body, thus forming a parasitic fetus. (The above definitions are from "Pediatric Surgery").
So, Fengniang's bulging belly is caused by her twin sister growing up.

If it were in modern society, the natural way would be to use surgery to completely remove the parasitic fetus from the abdomen.

But now, what can I do to save Feng Niang's life?

While Li Sanniang was thinking about this problem, she was also thinking about how to explain Fengniang's illness to Gan Niang.

After all, Buddhism and Taoism were prevalent in the Tang Dynasty at that time. If Madam Gan was told directly that there was an underdeveloped parasitic fetus in her daughter's belly, no matter how much she loved children, she would inevitably think of ghosts and monsters.

Li Sanniang reached out and touched Fengniang's hair, and asked Song Fuling to take Fengniang outside, not far away, just at the door of the tent.

Li Sanniang then motioned for Gan Niang to sit down. Before Li Sanniang could speak, Gan Niang bravely and cautiously asked Li Sanniang, "Doctor Li, is there any hope for my daughter Feng Niang's disease?"

Faced with such a pair of tearful eyes, how could Li Sanniang say that there was no hope?

"There is something growing in Feng Niang's belly, and it will grow as she grows. Just as Doctor Wang said, the prescriptions that Madam had seen in the past were all for the symptoms of Feng Niang's loss of appetite and lethargy.

If you want to completely cure this disease, you have to seek help from a doctor."

Madam Gan had of course heard of the doctor. After all, the news of the great victory in the national war was hot news in Chang'an City last year.

Afterwards, news came out about how many soldiers’ lives were saved by ulcer doctors on the battlefield.

At that time, news about the ulcer suture technique was also spread and made known to the public.

So, when Li Sanniang said this, Madam Gan already understood something in her heart.

"Doctor Li means to take out the strange thing in Feng Niang's stomach?"

Madam Gan stared with her eyes wide open, her hands clenched on her waist. Although she understood what Li Sanniang said, she could not accept such a thing.

After all, Cheng Ding was wounded in the abdomen by a sword. Even if the wound was sewed up by a surgeon, he would have to survive after he got over the high fever.

But Fengniang is only six years old!

How could such a young child survive?
As soon as Li Sanniang saw Gan Niang's expression, she knew that she was thinking the worst, so she quickly said, "This thing must be taken out, otherwise it will continue to grow in Feng Niang's belly, which is not good for Feng Niang.

However, Feng Niang is still young, and this thing is not that big. If we use medicine to shrink this thing by itself, then when Feng Niang grows up, we can take it out at that time without endangering Feng Niang's life.

only."

Before Li Sanniang finished her words, Gan Niang stood up excitedly, "Doctor Li, are you saying that my Feng Niang can still live?
Is it true?

Can my Feng Niang really still survive?
Wuwu, thank you Doctor Li, Doctor Li, I kowtow to you, you must save my mother Feng, wuwu."

Li Sanniang's movements were quite quick. Before she could fully extend her hand to help the person, Madam Gan had already knelt down and kowtowed to her.

"What are you doing?

Get up quickly, get up quickly, get up quickly. "Li Sanniang and Wang Yue failed to pull Gan up from the ground, but Qiuxiang couldn't bear it anymore, so she used some strength and pulled Gan up from the ground in one go.

After they sat down again, Li Sanniang considerately handed over a handkerchief. Madam Gan took it very embarrassedly and wiped the tears from her face.

“I haven’t finished what I said just now. I am not a god. I am just an ordinary person in the world who knows some medical skills.

I can only suggest a solution to you, but I cannot predict the final result."

"I know, I'll be satisfied if there is a solution. Whether it can be cured depends on whether God is merciful."

Seeing that Madam Gan was now conscious and emotionally stable, Li Sanniang immediately told her about her treatment plan.

"Ordinary medicine can only alleviate the burden this thing brings to the body. The medicine I want to use is to shrink it from the root.

So, the medicine I used was poison."

Yes, Li Sanniang decided to poison Feng Niang!
"I'm going to poison Feng Niang, a little at a time, and see what happens after a while. If the poison can stop that thing from growing, that's a good thing, and then I can clear the poison.

Then the cycle repeats itself, little by little, and after a few years, when Feng Niang is old enough, that thing can be taken out.

If this poison is suitable for the disease, then it is possible that there is no need to see a doctor and the disease will heal.

but! "

It sounded fine at first, and the smile on Gan Madam's face was about to show through, but then she heard Li Sanniang say "but" again, and her heart rose from her chest to her throat again.

“But, this poison is harmful to the body after all. Even if the poison can be removed later, it is still bad for the body.

By then, Feng Niang's life span will inevitably be shortened, and this poison will not be good for her offspring."

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