White armor

Chapter 361: Too much time, resulting in rhabdomyolysis

"Manager Ma, you are a tall and strong man, why are you so sensitive? Do you want me to blur your image?" Chen Yong asked jokingly.

"Doctor Chen... Doctor Chen, it hurts~ It really hurts~" Ma Zhuang wailed, with fear in his final tone.

"I just touched it with the stethoscope. Don't blackmail me. I'm telling you! We have surveillance cameras in our office." Chen Yong became cautious. He looked at Ma Zhuang carefully and talked nonsense.

Luo Hao also became serious. He felt that Ma Zhuang was not pretending but was really sick.

Pain caused by compression of the soft tissue of the chest wall due to lying down for a long time?

That shouldn't be the case. Just now, Chen Yong touched the precordial area with the stethoscope, and Ma Zhuang began to feel pain, the kind that couldn't be touched at all.

And after the contact just now, Ma Zhuang's condition seemed to have worsened.

Didn’t he just have an electrocardiogram in the emergency department? They had to put on electrode membranes, which means that Ma Zhuang’s condition was not as serious as it is now.

Half an hour?

It was estimated that in just half an hour, Ma Zhuang's condition deteriorated significantly.

Luo Hao came to the conclusion in a flash and immediately turned on the diagnostic assistance AI.

【Rhabdomyolysis】

A shocking diagnosis appeared in front of Luo Hao.

I am!

Ma Zhuang is so unlucky that he suffered rhabdomyolysis as soon as he returned to China!

"Ma Zhuang, what have you been doing recently?" Luo Hao really couldn't find any reason for rhabdomyolysis. In addition, severe chest pain was not a typical symptom of rhabdomyolysis, so he began to ask about the medical history in a serious tone.

"Me? I've just been eating, drinking and having fun lately. I haven't done anything else." Seeing that Luo Hao had no intention of touching him, Ma Zhuang slowly and carefully put his clothes down. "We went out to eat together a few days ago, and the teacher Liu you brought went to a KTV with him. I really only went there that once."

"???"

"!!!"

Luo Hao looked at Ma Zhuang helplessly.

This guy didn't know what he was asking, why did he bring up Technician No. 66 and Shang K. He really brought up something irrelevant, Technician No. 66 too.

Oh shit!

Technician No. 66 is such a despicable person that he cannot be put on the table. Someone has held him responsible. If we continue to talk about this, I wonder how many shameful things he has done.

Luo Hao felt a little disgusted.

"Have you done any strenuous exercise?" Luo Hao simply interrupted Ma Zhuang and asked directly.

"I do strenuous exercise every day. Professor Luo, you don't know that girl, she is in very good health. She works out for a long time every day..."

"Shut up, I'm talking to you about something serious." Luo Hao scolded.

Ma Zhuang subconsciously pursed his lips tightly, his lips trembling as if he was enduring the pain.

"You haven't finished yet. You said it took a long time. How long was it?" Chen Yong asked curiously.

But then Chen Yong saw Luo Hao's serious expression and shut up.

"Let me see your bill from the emergency department."

Ma Zhuang gave the payment slip to Luo Hao.

"Chen Yong, ask the nurse to draw blood from Ma Zhuang and check his liver and kidney function."

Chen Yong didn't say a word. He had already sensed the change in the momentum of Luo Hao's words.

If what Ma Zhuang said hadn't been so erotic and explosive, Chen Yong wouldn't have asked that question just now.

Turning around and jogging out of the door, Chen Yong started running.

Ma Zhuang was sweating profusely, "Professor Luo, am I okay?"

"This is a serious matter. Who should your family notify?"

Luo Hao asked.

“!!!” Ma Zhuang was stunned.

"Forget it. I'll take a look at the test results and call Boss Lou directly." Luo Hao sighed, "Just keep talking. It's like going to the police station. I want to know everything within 5-7 days."

It was so satisfying to ask about Ma Zhuang's medical history. If it were someone else, it wouldn't be so easy even if Luo Hao used all his skills.

What kind of doctor would come up and say, "I want to know everything you have done in the past 5-7 days?"

Ma Zhuang's face was pale and he was terrified.

He began to recount his experiences during the past week in detail.

Luo Hao sighed after hearing this, "sensual pleasures and debauchery" is no longer enough to describe Ma Zhuang. In ancient times, no matter how extravagant and licentious the emperors and generals were, they always had physical limits to support them. But Ma Zhuang had modern medicine to support him, so what he did was simply too much.

Damn it! Isn't this courting death? !

The deficiency of both qi and blood mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine is not enough to describe Ma Zhuang. This guy... Never mind. Luo Hao watched Chen Yong go to deliver the blood, then he sighed and took out his cell phone.

"Professor Luo, are you trying to scare me? I have always been very careful, so it is impossible for me to be infected with AIDS. I should not have any other diseases either. Everyone I come into contact with has brought various test reports, all of which were just done. Fortunately, it is not the epidemic period, otherwise I would have to bring..."

This is what Ma Zhuang was thinking about. He was a little panicked and kept mumbling.

"I haven't done anything illegal. I'm still single. You can't blame me. It's all my girlfriend. The most they can do is condemn me on a moral level."

"Oh, have you figured this out?" Luo Hao looked at Ma Zhuang jokingly.

Ma Zhuang was a little embarrassed. "I'm used to being lax abroad. The rules in China are strict. My boss told me to be more restrained and not to cause trouble when I come back. How dare I do that? So I asked a lawyer to do some research."

I'm quite cautious, but unfortunately it's useless no matter how cautious I am when it comes to my health.

"I'm not trying to scare you. There is a disease called rhabdomyolysis, which usually occurs in the gym." Luo Hao said, "It is a disease caused by the production of toxic substances in muscle cells, which leads to kidney damage. It is commonly known as muscle dissolution."

"Dissolve?!" Ma Zhuang was stunned.

"Other people suffer from rhabdomyolysis due to excessive exercise in the gym, but you are different!" Luo Hao said angrily and glared at Ma Zhuang fiercely.

"I...I...I..." Ma Zhuang stuttered, "I took various tonics."

tonic?!
"Why didn't you tell me?"

Ma Zhuang lowered his head.

"What did you eat?"

"I eat deer antler, Chinese yam, epimedium, Eucommia bark, cinnamon bark, Cistanche deserticola, Cuscuta australis, Euryale ferox, cordyceps, wolfberry, and Polygonum multiflorum."

Just like this, good people will get sick. Luo Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry after listening to Ma Zhuang's description.

"Professor Luo, I can't die, right?"

"How long have you not urinated?"

Ma Zhuang's brain seemed to be stuck and he was stunned for a moment.

"How long have you not peed?"

"I vomited a lot yesterday and I haven't urinated since then." Ma Zhuang continued to explain, "Professor Luo, I didn't urinate, I just vomited out all the water in my stomach and didn't drink any water. Aren't we going to the hospital for a check-up? I'm going to say hello to you and go out to find some water to drink."

"Let's wait for the test results." Luo Hao said helplessly.

No matter what Ma Zhuang asked, Luo Hao didn't say anything.

"Lao Meng, Lao Meng~" Zhuang Yan's voice came in.

Meng Liangren came in and saw Luo Hao. He walked over to him and bowed slightly. "Professor Luo, everything has been done. Director Feng didn't say anything else."

With Ma Zhuang around, Meng Liangren did not mention the word "money", but gave a vague report.

"Okay." Luo Hao nodded.

"Professor Luo, I saw those children. The oldest one was very stubborn, just like me when I was a child."

Luo Hao raised his head and glanced at Meng Liangren.

"Well, when we get to the welfare home, go visit them when you have time."

Meng Liangren even had to "report" such things to him, and Luo Hao didn't know what to say.

"Professor Luo, what happened?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"You've taken too many tonics, plus done high-intensity exercise, which has caused problems with your liver and kidney functions." Luo Hao helped Ma Zhuang hide a little bit.

Some things are not good to be said in front of Zhuang Yan.

If Ma Zhuang tells it himself, that is called medical history; if he tells it in a vivid way, that is called harassment.

Luo Hao knows clearly.

"Too many medicines?" Zhuang Yan was curious.

Luo Hao sighed, feeling a little unhappy, but didn't want Zhuang Yan to ask more questions, so he started to change the subject.

"Xiao Zhuang, let me ask you, do you have any classmates in the United States?"

"Yes, I have."

"How are they doing?"

"Some people who have passed the exam for a license say that they live a very comfortable life and don't have to work like slaves every day like us."

"Who did you learn to work like a slave?" Luo Hao asked.

Zhuang Yan lowered her head and looked at her toes.

"Professor Luo, I sometimes complain, please don't be angry." Meng Liangren began to help Zhuang Yan explain.

"Taking medicine will cause big problems." Luo Hao didn't want to take advantage of the situation to scold Zhuang Yan, but just wanted to change the subject and not talk about the real cause of Ma Zhuang's illness.

The cause of his illness is difficult to describe.

"Yesterday I saw a senior who had worked in the United States for five years complaining in the group that he was ready to return home."

"Oh? Isn't it good abroad?"

"He was worried about his son's gender change."

"Huh?!" Zhuang Yan was stunned.

"The school regularly organizes LGBT campus activities. When faculty and staff find transfer students or students with strange and unsociable personalities, they constantly do ideological work and encourage these children to undergo gender reassignment surgery."

"!!!"

"!!!"

This time even Ma Zhuang was stunned.

"They get a commission for every successful conversion, and are asked not to inform the parents. If the parents object, their custody rights will be taken away and the child will be sent to a juvenile detention center on the spot."

"what?"

"Both biological males are sent to female juvenile detention centers to be messed around with, and biological females are sent to male juvenile detention centers to be messed around with."

"..."

"..."

Luo Hao’s gossip was so explosive that the entire office fell silent.

A second later, Zhuang Yan forced a smile.

"Brother, you are kidding me, right? I'm just kidding."

"It's true." Luo Hao said seriously, "The motivation for doing this is that sex reassignment requires lifelong medication. AIDS was edited by humans, but something may have gone wrong, and the final treatment effect is not satisfactory."

"Now there are cocktail therapies, but there are also claims of cures. Even if they are cured, how can they make money?"

"!!!"

"!!!" As Luo Hao spoke, he thought of the old man he met in Baltimore.

How can you make money if you are cured?

Emmm, very good and powerful.

"It's different if you change your sex, you have to take medicine for life and become a drug girl. There may be other reasons, but we are doctors, so we only need to focus on this."

"Is this true?" Zhuang Yan's voice became noticeably smaller, whispering like a mosquito.

"Musk, his son has undergone sex reassignment surgery. The school told him that the child has depression tendencies and needs to take puberty blockers. The eldest son of the old Ma family has become a drug-induced mother. When he goes out, he is a son, and when he comes back, he is a girl."

"Each school is given a target to first count how many people are willing to undergo gender reassignment surgery, and then use this ratio to put pressure on the school to meet certain targets.

If the rate of transgender students in a school is low, it means that the school leaders are suppressing students, and if things get out of hand, they will be expelled and replaced; if the rate of transgender students in a school is high, it means that diversity is well managed and the school leaders will be promoted.

"This is too evil." Meng Liangren was shocked.

"Musk's story is in the news. He was once the richest man in the world." Luo Hao said, "Don't take medicine carelessly."

The explosive gossip easily covered up the cause of Ma Zhuang's illness. Not only Zhuang Yan, but even Meng Liangren forgot what they had said before.

"When I went to Baltimore, I saw several LGBT people standing outside holding signs and promoting their cause as soon as I got off the plane."

"It is said that there are many similar people in the school who keep chattering."

Luo Hao has always spoken in an elegant manner and seldom swears, but now he also uses words like "nagging".

"Why don't you hurry back?" Meng Liangren knew that Luo Hao was trying to change the subject and delay time, so he continued speaking along with what Luo Hao had said.

As for why it's been delayed, it's probably because they're waiting for tests or imaging or something like that.

After working together in the medical team for half a year, the level of understanding between Meng Liangren and Luo Hao has been increasing.

"Coming back is simple, but also complicated." Luo Hao said, "If you don't talk about this, I don't understand it. It's very common over there. One of the sons of basketball player Magic Johnson also became a woman. She has a wealthy Asian boyfriend and they often post photos of their love."

"Fuck!" Meng Liangren couldn't help but swear.

"Is it that Johnson?" Ma Zhuang asked.

"Yes."

He immediately picked up his phone and started searching, and the pain in his chest seemed to have eased a little.

An eye-catching photo appeared in front of me: a wealthy Chinese man was petite and a burly black man was wearing a skirt. The contrast was quite striking.

This is not a joke, everyone was stunned.

"perhaps……"

[As the saying goes, a man is a young man until he dies~~]

"Luo Hao, the test results are out, take a look." Chen Yong's voice came.

Luo Hao turned around, opened the outpatient workstation, and entered Ma Zhuang's name.

Creatine kinase: 500U or more.

The huge rising symbol shocked Luo Hao.

With this value, even if Ma Zhuang can be cured, he will have to stay in the ICU for a week.

That’s fine, just take it as a break, otherwise Ma Zhuang would never be able to rest.

“Ma Zhuang, the other values ​​are fine, but the creatine kinase is a bit outrageous.

Creatine kinase is generally only found in our skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle, and is almost non-existent in the liver. So elevated creatine kinase is either caused by skeletal muscle cell damage or cardiac muscle cell damage.”

"To put it simply, your skeletal muscles are damaged because of taking large amounts of drugs that affect liver and kidney metabolism, coupled with long-term strenuous exercise."

"!!!"

Although Ma Zhuang didn't understand, he believed that he had a serious illness that was difficult to cure.

Speaking of this, Luo Hao felt a sense of absurdity.

What is going on? Rhabdomyolysis is actually related to Ma Zhuang’s indulgence. What on earth did he eat?
"The creatinine is also high, you need to be hospitalized." Luo Hao suppressed his curiosity and said decisively.

Without giving Ma Zhuang a chance to refuse, Luo Hao called Boss Lou directly.

After explaining the situation, Boss Lou said he would send someone over right away. As for him, he should come back as soon as possible to discuss things with Luo Hao in detail.

Is there any progress at the Max Planck Institute?

Luo Hao guessed in his heart.

This is too fast, it shouldn't be possible.

Ma Zhuang was sent to the ICU. When he first lay down, he said that he could walk and there was nothing wrong with his body.

In less than half an hour, Ma Zhuang's consciousness began to blur, his speech became incoherent, and he showed mental symptoms.

The critical care unit of the First Hospital of Medical University is very strong, so Luo Hao is relieved.

Moreover, Ma Zhuang did not delay much since the onset of the disease, unlike most patients who have to wait at home until the disease is out of control before coming to the hospital.

He should be fine after recovery, at least he won’t die, Luo Hao thought.

Ma Zhuang is really capable of acting. Last time he met himself, he was saved from pulmonary embolism caused by hyaluronic acid injection. This time he met himself again, and the rhabdomyolysis caused by too much exercise in bed seemed to be no big deal.

I really don’t know whether I am Ma Zhuang’s lucky star or curse star.

Soon, Boss Lou's people came over, handled all the formalities, and expressed their gratitude in tears.

The next day, Boss Lou contacted Luo Hao and found out that he had already got off the plane in the capital and was preparing to fly back as quickly as possible.

But some things were inconvenient to say on the phone, and Boss Lou was also a little tired, so Luo Hao drove to the airport to pick him up.

After the meeting, Boss Lou did not express his gratitude to Luo Hao for his diagnosis and treatment of Ma Zhuang.

"Professor Luo, things are a bit difficult." Boss Lou went straight to the point.

"Oh? You said."

"It's not just us. Harvard, MIT and other American universities have also gone to the Max Planck Institute to recruit people. Professor Luo, you have a sharp eye. This person and his research group are indeed a treasure."

"What price did they offer?" Luo Hao frowned and asked cautiously.

"Professor Luo, we are not only recruiting people from American universities, we are also recruiting people from China. They are from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From the accent, it seems that they are from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai."

"!!!"

Luo Hao was stunned, smiled bitterly, and nodded.

"Forget it then. Don't compete with the country." Luo Hao said, "By the way, who can succeed now? If it's someone else, we can still give it a try."

"It should be the Chinese Academy of Sciences." Boss Lou has seen a lot of things, but he was still a little dazed. He took a moment to calm down and said, "It's really a waste of money. Even world-renowned universities like Harvard and MIT are silent."

Boss Lou didn't say how much it cost, and Luo Hao didn't ask.

If a few people can pool their money to help COFCO get out of its predicament in Shanghai and take over at a high price, it is considered a huge sum of money, so how can it be less?

But Luo Hao thinks that this kind of thing is worth it no matter how much money is spent.

Even if Logothetis' team doesn't produce any research results after coming to China, it will be worth it.

Whether or not results can be achieved depends on luck, even for a world-class team like the Logothetis team at the Max Planck Institute.

What is important is that this team must be in China, rather than going to the United States or other European countries.

"Okay, Boss Lou, you keep an eye on it. If the Chinese Academy of Sciences refuses to invite us, we can discuss it again."

"Well, I didn't expect that the Chinese Academy of Sciences would invite the Max Planck Institute's Logothetis team with such determination." Boss Lou sighed, "To be honest, I always thought it was all nonsense."

"why?"

"When the infectious disease first appeared, the Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I think it was this institution, said that Shuanghuanglian could cure the disease. As a result, even the Shuanghuanglian lotus seed paste mooncakes were sold out online."

Boss Lou told a story from the past.

"This world is just a huge makeshift team. There are always people who do something serious. It's enough if one out of ten people does something serious. The Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai may have connections with manufacturers and do things shamelessly, but it doesn't mean that the Institute of Materia Medica in Shanghai is unreliable."

Luo Hao concluded.

Boss Lou thought about it and suddenly said, "Professor Luo, I think the Logothetis team is likely to go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They are discussing the details now. The Logothetis team does not want to go to the Imperial Capital, but to the Magic Capital."

Luo Hao listened quietly.

"There is another team at the Max Planck Institute, led by an expert named Moritz, who is working on neuron reconstruction. I don't know what neuron reconstruction is, but after I learned about it, it sounded very impressive, saying that it can reconstruct nerves."

Luo Hao's eyes lit up!

"In the study of human-computer interaction neurons, Moritz's team seems to be following a similar path as Logothetis' team, except that Logothetis' team used primates for the experiment, while Moritz's team used mice."

"Can you contact Moritz's team?"

"No one is paying attention to Moritz's team now, so I'm just asking you for advice. If we can get in touch with them, the cost shouldn't be that high." Boss Lou said.

He didn't seem to be joking, but was asking for instructions very seriously.

"Dig it up!"

"No matter how much?"

"Ah."

"Well, I can't leave this to others. I have to go there myself. The price changes every day. Especially since the Chinese Academy of Sciences paid a huge price to bring Logothetis' team to China, the price on Moritz's team must have risen as well."

It’s a bit of a pity.

However, Luo Hao has his own way of measuring money. A world-class brain-computer interface research team cannot be measured by money.

"Okay, thank you, Boss Lou."

"No trouble, no trouble." A smile appeared on the face of the heroic and free-spirited Boss Lou.

In fact, Boss Lou doesn’t know much about this; he is just a coal miner.

But Boss Lou felt that his luck had improved a lot in the past year, especially after meeting Luo Hao in Donglian City.

It can be said that everything goes smoothly.

The big pie that fell from the sky hit him directly on the head. Coal mining, overseas drone manufacturing, one money-making project after another came flying.

Boss Lou was convinced that it was Luo Hao who brought him good luck.

Especially when I heard some rumors and gossip about Baltimore, they were so exaggerated that it was hard to believe.

But Boss Lou was unwilling to analyze it logically and instead accepted it completely.

This time, Professor Xiao Luo rarely came to Boss Lou to do something, and he knew that many things in the future would depend on this "project".

When Boss Lou learned that Logothetis' team had countless competitors, he was not discouraged. As for spending money, who could beat the coal bosses?

But when he saw the Chinese Academy of Sciences take action, Boss Lou backed down.

You can go against anyone but not the country. What Lao Wang did back then is a lesson for us.

But what Professor Luo had explained still needed a conclusion, so Boss Lou found a "replacement" the Moritz team.

Boss Lou was also panicking. What if Luo Hao disagreed?

Facts have proved that Luo Hao understands technology. It doesn’t matter which team he is in, as long as there is a breakthrough.

Whether it is Team Moritz or Team Logothetis.

After all, they are all from the Max Planck Institute.

"Xiao Luo, I'll go then. Bah, bah, bah, I'm going to Germany. I'll hurry up and deal with Moritz's team. I'll definitely come to our provincial capital. As for the laboratories and the like..."

“I’ll contact the province.”

(End of this chapter)