Come on, Dr. Wu

Chapter 445: Combination of Chinese and Western Medicine?

To be honest, this kind of small talk will not necessarily cause disgust among patients.

After all, by listening to the medical staff gossiping, they can also learn some interesting things from it. Moreover, the fact that the medical staff are so calm and have so much free time, doesn’t it also mean that things are not as bad as they imagined?
Gradually, their nervous mood relaxed a lot.

Gastroenterology.

Wu Xiaofu's testing work was the first to start and the results came out first.

On the one hand, it was because Wu Xiaofu had close contact with the patient and was at greatest risk of infection. On the other hand, there were too many people who cared about Wu Xiaofu and were asking about his condition.

At this time, outside the hospital, Wu Jinglie and others basically knew that there were Ebola virus infected people in the First Affiliated Hospital.

I originally thought that the Ebola virus appeared in the Department of Gastroenterology and would not affect Wu Xiaofu, but I soon heard that Wu Xiaofu had gone for a consultation and became a direct contact.

After knowing this situation, how could the Wu family not worry? They hurriedly began to ask questions from all sides. Fortunately, Wu Xiaofu sent them a message saying that there was no problem. Knowing that Wu Xiaofu was doing well now, they felt relieved.

However, under pressure from all sides, Wu Xiaofu's testing work is ultimately somewhat different from that of others.

The results came out faster than others.

"Negative!"

Wu Xiaofu felt relieved when he looked at his results. After all, this was the Ebola virus. Even if he was physically strong and mentally powerful, he would still be very sick if he got it.

However, it may be precisely because he is physically strong and mentally powerful that he is not so easily infected.

"Thank you, Director Li."

Director Li shook his head and said, "Why bother? I know the details. It's all thanks to you that we were able to discover the Ebola virus so early and carry out prevention and treatment work in advance.

Speaking of which, I came to give you the results because I want to ask for your opinion on something."

Ok?
Wu Xiaofu was a little confused and said, "Director Li, please feel free to speak."

"Then I'll be frank. I heard that Director Wu's research work is also very successful. Since Director Wu was able to discover the Ebola virus in the first place, he must have some ideas of his own.

I mean, can Director Wu join the virus prevention team and help us start the prevention work together? "

I see. Wu Xiaofu thought Director Li was going to say something, so he nodded and said, "It is my duty."

foreign.

Qu Ying also just learned about this. Although it is the Internet age, it is dark over there and she only saw the information pushed on the Internet after getting up early.

She quickly called Wu Xiaofu on video. Looking at Wu Xiaofu's familiar face and healthy posture, Qu Ying felt a little more relaxed.

"How's the situation over there?"

“So far, the prevention and treatment work is going well, but this patient has been hospitalized for nearly two weeks and has come into contact with many people, which is why the family visitation management system is now in place.

Otherwise, we don’t know how many people have had direct or indirect contact. All parties are now investigating and the results will probably be out tomorrow. It will depend on the scale of the incident by then.

I just got the test results, and there is no problem, don't worry, I still have to participate in the prevention and control work, and end this matter as soon as possible."

This!
Qu Ying was completely relieved when she knew that Wu Xiaofu's test results were fine, but when she heard that Wu Xiaofu was going to participate in the prevention and control work, she became a little worried again.

However, Qu Ying understood Wu Xiaofu's persistence and did not persuade him much. She just said with a worried look on her face, "Be careful. If there is any problem, be sure to tell me immediately."

Later, Wu Xiaofu reported his safety to his family, friends, teachers and others.

After leaving the isolation room, which was also the department director's office, Wu Xiaofu came to the temporary prevention and control team and happened to see Peng Xia and Zhou Yunlai.

"These two are from your department. If you come to participate in our prevention and treatment work, we will also provide you with adequate service. Doctor Peng and Doctor Zhou want to come and help, so I will simply hand them over to you."

Director Li said with a smile, Wu Xiaofu looked at the two of them and nodded. After all, doing things requires some help, and Wu Xiaofu is used to using these two.

Peng Xia and Zhou Yunlai already knew that Wu Xiaofu's test results were fine, and they were very excited at the moment. They were even more excited at the thought of fighting side by side with Wu Xiaofu in the future.

"Director Li, what's the situation now?"

"The situation is not optimistic. Not to mention others, just in this department, there are more than a dozen people with prodromal symptoms. The test results should be out soon. I hope they are not infected."

more than ten!
so much!
Wu Xiaofu frowned and looked at the list handed over by Director Li. When he saw Director Liao's name, his brows frowned even deeper. Director Li also noticed Wu Xiaofu's expression and spoke again.

"There are a total of 17 people on the list who are suspected of being infected, nine of whom are patients in the department. Among these nine, seven already had digestive tract symptoms, but their conditions had worsened.

The remaining eight people are all medical staff in the department. They had no symptoms before, but only developed symptoms in the past two days, or even today, so they are highly suspicious.

Director Liao is one of them. He is the one who developed the symptoms today, and the patient’s attending physician, Dr. Fang.”

He nodded. Although these seventeen people were only selected based on Director Li's experience, Director Li is an expert in infectious diseases. If he could select seventeen people, I'm afraid half of them would not be spared.

And Director Liao.

It’s a pity for Wu Xiaofu too, I just hope the result will be good.

"What about other aspects?"

"The relevant departments have already identified all the direct and indirect contacts of the patient, including family members, doctors in the same ward, family members of the patient, those who have been discharged from the hospital and those who were on the same flight when the patient returned, and so on.

Now, looking at the situation, I have also circled out 19 people."

Nineteen! Seventeen!
That adds up to thirty-six people. Even if only half of them, eighteen people, are actually confirmed, it is enough to give people a headache. After all, there is a possibility that other infected people will appear during the prevention and control process.

In some previous cases, no one knew how many medical staff were infected during their prevention and control work.

This is really troublesome.

Wu Xiaofu felt a headache when he thought about all this. The most important thing was that China's medical system had previously done more work on preventing the Ebola virus, and there were not many good ways to treat people infected with the Ebola virus.

The current treatment for these infected people is mainly symptomatic.

Just like Huang Xiaojiang, he now has a high fever, vomiting, and even shows signs of coma. This is a sign that the human immune system may have been compromised.

But Director Li didn't have many good solutions. He could only use symptomatic treatments such as anti-vomiting and fever reduction, and then some antibiotics and hormones.

This is almost the limit of what we can do.

When our body is invaded by a virus, it quickly activates a series of defense mechanisms to fight off the foreign enemy.

One important early response is the production and release of a signaling protein called interferon.

This magical protein is like a beacon on the battlefield. Once ignited, it will alert the immune system and trigger a strong immune response to fight the invasion of the virus.

However, viruses are not the kind that sit and wait for death. Over time, many cunning viruses have gradually evolved the ability to crack interferon's immune-enhancing signals.

They are like hackers who have mastered the password and can easily bypass or destroy this line of defense, making the immune system's counterattack less effective.

Among many viruses, the Ebola virus has a unique set of methods.

Its special mechanism is like casting a spell on the immune system, making interferon completely lose its ability to prevent the virus from multiplying rapidly in infected cells.

The first line of defense, which was supposed to play a key role, collapsed, opening the door for the crazy spread of the virus.

Because the body's first round of resistance failed, the Ebola virus was able to multiply unchecked.

These unrestrained viruses surge throughout the body like a tide, constantly attacking healthy cells.

At the same time, after sensing the threat, the immune system begins to fight back with all its might, but the response at this point is far beyond the normal range and falls into a state of excessive stress.

This excessive immune response is like an out-of-control fire. Not only does it fail to extinguish the virus, but it also causes serious damage to the body's own organs.

Various organs were severely damaged in this fierce battle, their functions gradually failed, and eventually became one of the key factors in the death of Ebola virus disease.

Therefore, if we want to treat the Ebola virus, we must first start from this aspect and prevent this mechanism of the Ebola virus from taking effect.

Once this mechanism is blocked, the Ebola virus will no longer proliferate significantly and the immune system will be able to function normally. Only by doing this can the body defeat these invading molecules.

Ultimately, the fight has to be fought by the human body itself. What doctors can do is to deliver as much ammunition as possible to the patient's body to increase the body's chances of winning against the virus.

However, it is obviously impossible to break the genetic chain of the Ebola virus and solve the problem genetically in a short period of time.

These patients cannot wait for such a lengthy study.

Therefore, we still have to focus on the present. In fact, there has always been a consensus internationally that Western medicine kills enemies, while Chinese medicine heals people.

In the concept of Western medicine, the human body is like a sophisticated and complex machine.

When a part of this "machine" breaks down, the first priority is to find out exactly which virus or bacteria caused the storm of disease.

Once the source of the disease is identified, the next step is to use drugs specifically targeting this type of bacteria or virus to engage in a life-and-death battle to completely eliminate it.

Only when these germs are eliminated can the disease be cured.

The main strategy followed by Western medicine in treating diseases can be described as a ruthless "killing mode."

In order to effectively kill the rampant bacteria and viruses, sometimes we even ignore the possible side effects of the drugs used.

This often leads to a heartbreaking dilemma: although the operation seems to be a complete success, the patient unfortunately dies; or the original disease is cured, but other unexpected diseases quietly come.

It is undeniable that this method of treatment does have significant advantages to a certain extent.

It has saved countless lives with its scientifically rigorous diagnostic methods and highly targeted treatment plans.

However, its drawbacks cannot be ignored. Especially when facing new viruses, this method often seems to be powerless.

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Since there is no specific medicine available for the new virus, doctors who are used to "killing the enemy" as the main means suddenly lost the most critical weapon in their hands. They can only fall into a helpless dilemma and can only deal with it reluctantly or leave it to fate.

Whether dealing with it reluctantly or leaving it to fate, the result is probably not what the patients and their families want to see.

Compared with Western medicine, Chinese medicine's approach in this regard is actually more acceptable.

Because Chinese medicine emphasizes on curing people rather than curing diseases. Just like on the battlefield, Western medicine focuses on researching weapons, while Chinese medicine also emphasizes its own strength.

Traditional Chinese medicine has always held a unique and profound view: human beings are not just a complex machine, but a comprehensive living organism with many functions that are interrelated.

Generally speaking, if a person's body is in a completely normal condition, the probability of him getting sick is relatively low.

This is just as the ancient sages said: "When righteousness exists within, evil cannot prevail."

The "evil" mentioned here actually covers three levels, namely "internal evil", "external evil" and "neither internal nor external evil".

Among them, all kinds of diseases caused by bacteria and viruses are without exception classified as "external evil".

For this reason, when Chinese medicine practitioners deal with diseases such as exogenous diseases, they do not need to deliberately distinguish whether the cause of the disease is a virus or bacteria.

There is no need to carefully distinguish what type of virus or bacteria it is.

There is no need to delve into even the morphological characteristics and size of these pathogens.

All external factors that may cause humans to be infected will be treated as triggers of exogenous diseases.

From the perspective of Western medicine, they generally believe that the human body does not have subjective initiative. Once a person becomes sick, he or she is infected passively, and subsequent treatment can only be a passive behavior.

Only by relying on doctors and means such as medicine or surgery can patients recover their health.

However, this idea is actually a huge fallacy.

In fact, our human body has an extremely advanced and complete defense system.

Whenever bacteria or viruses attempt to invade the human body, the human body in a normal state can quickly detect the nature of these foreign enemies and find corresponding response strategies at an extremely fast speed.

For example, if you want to eliminate a specific bacterium or virus, you must first find out the various specific characteristics of the bacterium or virus, and then generate antibodies that are sufficient to kill this type of bacteria or virus based on this.

As long as there are sufficient numbers of these antibodies in the body, the disease will naturally be cured.

But everyone might as well think about it, in the same environment, why do some people get sick while others are safe and sound?

Why do some people unfortunately die after falling ill, while others are able to overcome the disease and regain a new life?
The most fundamental reason for such a significant difference ultimately lies in whether each person's physical condition is in a completely normal state and to what extent it is normal.

Antibodies are priceless.

To date, among the many drugs, only antibiotics can function as artificial antibodies that act directly on bacteria, completely eliminating the relevant bacteria through their powerful lethality.

However, what is worrying is that due to the excessive use and even abuse of antibiotics, bacteria have gradually developed significant drug resistance.

This drug resistance has led to the emergence of more and more "invincible bacteria" that tenaciously resist the attack of traditional antibiotics, posing an unprecedented threat to human health.

If this trend cannot be effectively curbed in the long run, these super bacteria will eventually push humanity into a desperate situation where there is no cure and the disease is difficult to treat.

In contrast, when faced with aggressive viral diseases, we still do not have perfect and effective antiviral drugs.

In this case, the body's own antibodies become the key force in fighting the virus.

The development and application of vaccines is undoubtedly one of the best ways to stimulate the human body to produce antibodies.

However, it is not easy to successfully develop high-quality, efficient and stable vaccines. It requires scientific researchers to conduct in-depth and long-term exploration and research.

After all, there are countless types of viruses, and they are highly adaptable and variable, making them difficult to guard against.

Sometimes, even a vaccine that was proven to be effective yesterday may lose its effectiveness when it is moved to other regions or after just a few years due to virus mutations.

When our bodies are invaded by certain bacteria or viruses, a fierce battle begins quietly.

Generally speaking, the time required for the human body to produce targeted antibodies is roughly between 4 and 10 days, but the actual duration is not fixed but is affected by many factors.

The two most critical points are the toxicity of the bacteria or virus itself and the individual physical differences.

It is worth mentioning that the speed at which the human body recognizes and produces antibodies is astonishing. In comparison, the speed at which all scientists around the world develop corresponding antibodies is simply far behind, and it can even be said that the difference is hundreds or even thousands of times!
In just a few days, the human body can quickly understand the unique properties of the bacteria or virus and produce antibodies specifically to deal with them.

Once the human body successfully defeats these "enemies", it also possesses a magical ability - to remember the production process of these antibodies firmly in its mind.

That way, the next time the same bacteria or virus is encountered, the immune system can respond instantly.

Quickly identify these invading enemies and use the previously stored antibody weapons without hesitation to destroy them with lightning speed, thereby effectively preventing people from being infected with such diseases for a second time.

When a person's body is attacked by external bacteria or viruses, if specific antibodies against these pathogens cannot be successfully synthesized within the critical period of 4 to 10 days, then death will undoubtedly await this person.

Where do such precious and vital antibodies come from? There is only one answer: they must have come into being through fierce battles!

The ideal situation would be to let everyone's body experience the ruthless infection of various serious bacteria and viruses, so as to prompt their own immune system to fight back and produce corresponding antibodies.

Some of these antibodies can even accompany people throughout their lives, becoming a solid shield against diseases. However, such a beautiful vision is a luxury that is difficult to achieve in the real world.

Fortunately, intelligent humans have invented vaccines with their endless wisdom.

Vaccines are like a magic key that help us partially realize the above wishes in a relatively simple way.

It is like a pre-set defense line that can prevent the invasion of bacteria and viruses to a certain extent and reduce the risk of infection.

However, it should be clear that vaccines only prevent the occurrence of diseases.

Faced with many patients who are already suffering from illness and pain, modern Western medicine often seems helpless and has no medicine to use.

Although medical researchers have been working tirelessly to explore new treatments and drugs, we still have a long way to go when it comes to treating many difficult and complicated diseases.

Therefore, it is too late for Huang Xiaojiang, Director Liao and others who are already ill to develop vaccines. What they can try now is perhaps the most suitable method to enhance the patient's immunity using traditional Chinese medicine.

Moreover, TCM treatment is relatively mild and will not hurt yourself before hurting the enemy.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaofu's ideas became basically clear, and he also had an idea of ​​where to start.

The Ebola virus multiplies rapidly, first in the blood and then throughout the body.

In this case, we should start with the major systems, enhance the immunity of each major system, and finally use multiple approaches to integrate into one to completely encircle the virus.

As long as the virus's fierce momentum is curbed, giving doctors more time to adjust the medication regimen and administer the drugs step by step, it seems that nothing is impossible to defeat the virus.

Moreover, Western medicine can also make great supplements in this regard. Not to mention some quick-acting medicines that can be used in emergencies, just these tests and examinations can also quickly know the severity of the damage to various systems in the body, allowing doctors to better target medications.

Therefore, Wu Xiaofu has always felt that modern medicine, Chinese and Western medicine are not contradictory, and the combination of Chinese and Western medicine is good news for patients.

Wu Xiaofu told Director Li his idea. Director Li was confused when he heard it. What about Traditional Chinese Medicine?

There is no guide here. What should I do if something goes wrong? (End of this chapter)

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