Chapter 48 Schistosomiasis

"Schistosomiasis may sound unfamiliar, but it is actually what we often call 'big belly disease', which is a relatively common disease."

Ye Xiaojie explained: "This disease is easy to treat in the early stages. It can be cured by taking deworming medicine. If you are really worried, you can go to the hospital to check your liver and spleen to see if the deworming has been eliminated."

Wen Jianfeng said, "The doctor said the same thing. He said if there is any anthelmintic medicine, take it as soon as possible."

Xiao Zheyu frowned, "Why are you guys looking so miserable? I thought something big had happened."

"The medical station has run out of anthelmintics, and many patients have no medicine to use."

After the physical examination, the doctor gave Su Ran a bottle of vitamin C and asked them to go back, saying that it would be useless even if they stayed in the medical station because there was no medicine and the doctor could do nothing.

"I have 6 pills of anthelmintic left from last time. That should be enough!" Xiao Zheyu said.

Wen Jianfeng shook his head, "I don't know. The doctor said I should eat more because schistosomiasis is hard to fight." In addition to worrying about Su Ran, he was also worried about whether he would be infected with schistosomiasis. He had been swimming frequently during this period, so the possibility of infection was very high. If he didn't have enough anthelmintics...

Seeing that everyone was silent, Xia Xiaoman said, "Why do you all look so sad? We have a lot of anthelmintics, which should be enough for a few of us."

After she finished speaking, Wen Jianfeng, Su Ran and Xiao Zheyu all looked at her, "What do you mean, do you have insecticide?"

"It's not just my family. Every one of you has anthelmintics."

Wen Jianfeng was puzzled, "I also have insecticide at home? Why don't I see it?"

Xia Xiaoman stood up and said, "Take out the medicine you distributed last time, and I'll find it for you."

Seeing how confident she was, Wen Jianfeng went back to the room and dragged out a big bag.

Xia Xiaoman poured out all the medicine in the bag, searched for a while, and picked out four or five bottles of pills.

Wen Jianfeng picked up one of the bottles and read the words printed on it, "Praziquantel, is this the anthelmintic?"

"Yeah, if you don't believe me, ask Ye Xiaojie."

These medicines were fished out from an international supermarket. The packaging was rotten by water and took up a lot of weight, so the packaging was opened.

But in order to prevent taking the wrong medicine, she saved the instructions and roughly memorized the name and function of the medicine.

Ye Xiaojie looked at the name on the medicine bottle and nodded affirmatively, "This is anthelmintic medicine."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zheyu went back to look for his supplies. He thought he only had a box of anthelmintic, but he actually found 5 bottles of praziquantel after searching through them.

He came up to Ye Xiaojie with a bottle of anthelmintic medicine and said, "Sister Xiaojie, if you are not infected with schistosomiasis, can you take anthelmintic medicine?"

"Yes, this medicine has few side effects. You can take some to prevent infection."

I have heard that some people who like to eat sashimi will prepare some deworming medicine and take it once a year to prevent parasites from entering their bodies.

Knowing that there would be no side effects from taking the anthelmintic, Wen Jianfeng immediately gave Axu and Lingling a pill.

Others didn’t see it with their own eyes, but he saw up close a person who was seriously infected and was vomiting and urinating blood. The scene was chilling to think about.

After Xia Xiaoman returned home, she also took anthelmintics. She had never known before that schistosomiasis could enter the body through wounds. It was really terrifying.

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Sewage is flowing everywhere, making it filthy. If you are not careful, it will give parasites an opportunity to take advantage.

As more and more people are infected with parasites, Fucheng has to pay attention to this problem.

When Su Ran was about to recover, search and rescue personnel came to the community and posted a notice.

The content of the announcement is all about parasites. It mainly provides a scientific understanding of the types of parasites contained in floods, how parasites live in the human body, and the various harms they cause to the human body.

In addition, the government informed everyone that they had caught a fish in the water for dissection and found that most of the fish in the water were infected with parasites. They called on everyone not to catch fish in the water to avoid infection with parasites.

After the message was sent out, the voices of residents complaining could be heard from several floors away.

When I went into the water to fish for supplies, you told me there were parasites in the water. When I caught fish to eat, you told me there were also parasites in the fish. So how can we perfectly avoid parasites and survive?

Some people choose to just throw in the towel, thinking that they have already eaten so much fish, so this one won’t make any difference.

If you don't eat fish, you will starve to death. If you eat fish, you may get infected with parasites and die. Since the results are the same, you might as well choose to die of fullness.

Some people are also worried that they have parasites in their bodies, so they look everywhere and buy deworming medicine at high prices.

The auntie who lived in 1003 downstairs and slandered Wen Jianfeng for touching her daughter-in-law's buttocks used 100 kilograms of grain to buy two boxes of anthelmintic.

After taking it home, my daughter-in-law ate one and immediately started foaming at the mouth, which frightened my aunt so much that she almost fainted. Later, I found out that it was not an anthelmintic at all, but an effervescent tablet.

The aunt knew she had been cheated and immediately went to look for the scammers. Unfortunately, they had already run away and she didn't find any of them. She was so angry that she cursed at home every day.

After Xia Xiaoman knew about this, she felt that the person who sold the fake medicine was also a talent. It was better to use vitamin C or calcium tablets instead of any other medicine.

The issue of parasites has caused a lot of controversy. Many people are afraid of them and dare not go into the water to salvage supplies, or even go out.

Xia Xiaoman and the others were also a little afraid, mainly because someone on their floor had already been infected, so they had to be afraid.

For several days, they did not go out. They stayed at home and took anthelmintics. They were relieved when Su Ran recovered completely, proving that the anthelmintics were really effective.

"You've rested for several days. Do you want to go out tomorrow?" Sun Qing asked.

Xia Xiaoman shrugged, "It's up to you. I can do it."

"Then let's go out! Go look in the high-rise buildings in the city, maybe we can find some supplies."

After agreeing on a time, at 8:30 the next morning, Xia Xiaoman drove the speedboat downstairs.

Wen Jianfeng didn't come today. Lingling caught a cold, so he stayed home to take care of her. Su Ran also stayed. He had just recovered and was very weak, so he was worried that he would catch a cold if he went out in the rain.

After driving the speedboat around the city, we found an old residential area where two or three buildings were tilted.

Ye Xiaojie took the initiative to stay and watch the assault boat, while the others went into the building to search for supplies.

Everyone in the building had moved out. Xia Xiaoman went door to door looking for supplies, but after searching five or six houses he didn't find anything good.

These people moved very thoroughly, even removing the bed boards. There were only damp and moldy clothes in the closet and only heavy and fragile plates in the kitchen.

After searching around, I finally took down some induction cookers, electric stew pots, casseroles, pressure cookers and folding chairs.

Sun Qing and her friends didn't get much, and the bags they brought with them were not even full.

"How about we go somewhere else?" Sun Qing asked.

The supplies were too few and not even worth the gas money they spent on the trip.

Xia Xiaoman nodded, "Okay! It's still early, let's go find supplies somewhere else."