Chinese medicine: from rural hospitals to top three hospitals in Kyoto

Chapter 911 Arsenic Poisoning

Chen Yang had just come out of Wen Rongxian's office when he received a call from Zeng Yunhui.

"I heard you came to the hospital?" Zeng Yunhui asked.

"He's gone." Chen Yang said.

Zeng Yunhui: "..."

Are you here for a walk?

For a moment, Zeng Yunhui couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"I'm at the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine right now." Chen Yang said, "President Wen called me over."

"So you want to go to the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine?" Zeng Yunhui reacted.

Upon learning that Chen Yang went to the hospital, Zeng Yunhui subconsciously thought that Chen Yang was going to the affiliated hospital, but now he understood.

"Very good." Zeng Yunhui couldn't help but say.

Chen Yang:"......"

"I mean, you're doing well in the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It's better than here." Zeng Yunhui explained subconsciously.

Damn, Zeng Yunhui felt sad when he saw Chen Yang.

"The goddess is getting married, but the groom is not me!"

"Family members, who can understand this kind of suffering?"

When Chen Yang got married, although Zeng Yunhui appeared calm on the surface, his heart was already bleeding. He had been pursuing Wen Manlu for seven or eight years.

Even when he was sleeping at night, Zeng Yunhui couldn't help but maliciously hope that Wen Manlu would lose her partner or something, so that he might still have a chance.

After all, now he can only hope that Wen Manlu is widowed, otherwise...

Of course, Zeng Yunhui swore that he only thought about it occasionally when he couldn't help it...

"Let's have dinner together tonight?" Zeng Yunhui asked Chen Yang.

"Okay, I happen to have nothing to do today." Chen Yang said with a smile.

The corridor of Kyoto Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital was filled with a faint herbal aroma. After hanging up the phone, Chen Yang and Wen Haodong walked slowly. The sunlight outside the window shone through the blinds, casting mottled light and shadows on the ground, reflecting Wen Haodong's slender figure.

"Are you really going to ignore Zong Zhengyuan's video just now?"

Wen Haodong asked Chen Yang, "The comments online have already started to attack the old man."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Second brother, we can never control what others say. No matter how powerful a person is, there will always be people talking behind his back."

"grass!"

Wen Haodong couldn't help but swear: "You kid, you're not that old, how come you learn to be like my dad? I really don't know why Lulu likes you."

"Maybe it's because I'm calm." Chen Yang said with a smile: "Don't they say that girls like to refer to their fathers when looking for a partner?"

Wen Haodong: "..."

So you like calling me daddy?

He always felt that Chen Yang had bad intentions when he said this, but he had no evidence.

The two were talking and walking slowly, when suddenly Wen Rongxuan caught up with them and said, "Chen Yang, there is a difficult case in the emergency department. The patient has been in a coma for three days and was just sent here from another hospital. Western medicine can't find the cause, and Chinese medicine has different opinions. Would you like to come with me to take a look?"

As they spoke, the three of them hurried to the emergency department.

In the emergency room of the Kyoto Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the atmosphere was as heavy as a wet sponge.

When the director of the emergency department, Sun Pinghui, saw Wen Rongxuan, he immediately went to him and said, “President Wen.”

Sun Pinghui then looked at Chen Yang and said, "Doctor Chen?"

"This is Director Sun from the emergency department." Wen Rongxian introduced to Chen Yang.

"Hello, Director Sun." Chen Yang greeted.

"It's really Doctor Chen."

Sun Pinghui smiled and said, "He looks familiar. I guess he should be Doctor Chen."

Sun Pinghui smiled and asked Wen Rongxuan: "President Wen, did you bring Dr. Chen to our hospital?"

"If he doesn't come to our hospital, where else can he go?" Wen Rongxian glanced at Chen Yang and said as a matter of course.

Given Chen Yang's current level and popularity, only his father-in-law can speak like this as a matter of course.

"That's great."

Sun Pinghui smiled and said, "I've heard of Dr. Chen's name for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen him."

"We can interact often in the future."

Wen Rongxuan asked, "What's the patient's condition?"

"The patient's name is Zhang Jianguo, 77 years old. He suddenly fell into a coma at home three days ago. When he was brought to us, his vital signs were stable, but he had not woken up. A head CT scan, MRI, and cerebrospinal fluid examination were all done. Neurology experts consulted three times and ruled out cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, and encephalitis..."

Sun Pinghui lowered his voice and said, "The patient is the father of Director Zhang of the Development and Reform Commission..."

Wen Rongxian smacked his lips. He knew that the patient must be no ordinary person since Sun Pinghui could call him.

"Is Director Zhang here?" Wen Rongxian asked.

"Director Zhang's wife came with him." Sun Pinghui said.

As he was talking, he had already entered the emergency room.

Chen Yang walked to the bedside and observed the patient carefully.

Zhang Jianguo's face was pale, his lips were chapped, there was yellowish secretion in the corners of his eyes, and his fingers were slightly curled.

Chen Yang stretched out three fingers and placed them on Zhang Jianguo's Cunkou pulse - the pulse was deep, thin and astringent, like a silk thread wrapped around sand and gravel.

After taking the pulse, Chen Yang leaned over to look at the tongue coating.

The tongue is dark purple, with thick and greasy coating and obvious cracks in the middle.

"I used Angong Niuhuang Pills before, but it didn't work."

The person who was speaking next to him was a deputy director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "From the pulse and symptoms, it seems that 'phlegm obscures the mind'. I used Di Tan Tang with modifications, but there was no response."

Chen Yang didn't say anything, his eyes fell on Zhang Jianguo's hands.

After looking for a while, Chen Yang lifted the patient's sleeve and saw a dense dark red spot on the inside of his forearm, which was almost imperceptible without careful observation.

"What is this?" Chen Yang asked.

Sun Pinghui took a closer look and said, "This is just a common rash. It should have nothing to do with the coma."

Chen Yang was silent for a moment, then asked, "What does the patient do for a living?"

"After he retired, the old man started planting flowers and grass at home." Sun Pinghui asked, "Any questions?"

"Chen Yang, what is your judgment?" Wen Rongxian asked.

"It looks like arsenic poisoning."

Chen Yang hesitated for a moment: "I'm not sure yet."

"Silver Needle."

The nurse beside hurriedly brought a silver needle. Chen Yang pricked the old man's fingertip with the silver needle, then put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

"Does the old man usually come into contact with anything?" Chen Yang asked.

"Arsenic poisoning?"

Sun Pinghui took a deep breath and said, "Arsenic poisoning? But the patient had a toxicology test before, and no arsenic was found!"

"Acute arsenic poisoning is easy to detect, but chronic poisoning is caused by small doses, and the patient may have accumulated arsenic for a period of time before falling into a coma, so routine tests may not be able to detect it."

Chen Yang said: "Ask the patient's family and ask them to recall carefully whether the patient has had long-term contact with special ancient books or medicines."

"The patient's deep and thin pulse indicates a lack of vital energy, and the dark purple tongue coating indicates blood stasis, but these are not the key points."

Chen Yang took the silver needle and disinfected it with alcohol cotton while continuing, "The key lies in these rashes. One of the typical manifestations of arsenic poisoning is the appearance of dark red spots on the skin, which also damages the nervous system and causes coma."

"The symptoms of 'metal and stone poisoning' are recorded in Qianjin Yaofang, which mentions 'red spots on the skin, coma and inability to speak'. I think it is more like..."