The old man didn't believe it and opened his mouth slightly: "How can I not be sick? I can't sleep or eat! I feel like I'm going to die. Doctor Su, you can't just give me a perfunctory answer. I came to see you specially because I saw you were in the newspaper. This is what you are."
He gave a thumbs-up.
Su Yuhe took out the medical record and asked, "What's the old man's name?"
"Bai Xiangdong." The old man frowned. "How about you, Doctor Su, take another look?"
Su Yuhe guessed something: "How old are you this year?"
"Fifty-six."
Su Yuhe became more certain: "Old man, do you remember what you had for breakfast?"
The old man thought for a moment and said, "I don't remember exactly. It wasn't very tasty anyway. I didn't eat much because I was so hungry that my stomach was growling. My wife made it."
Su Yuhe nodded, took a blank piece of paper, and asked the old man to draw a clock.
The old man was puzzled: "What does painting a clock have to do with seeing a doctor?"
Zhang Hui and the others standing by also looked puzzled.
Su Yuhe explained, "Old man, I suspect you have Alzheimer's disease. Does your family have a history of this disease?"
"What the hell?" Bai Xiangdong scratched his hair.
He couldn't sit still any longer. If he didn't trust Su Yuhe, he would probably turn against her again.
"In layman's terms, it's Alzheimer's disease."
But generally speaking, dementia that occurs before the age of 65 is called early-onset dementia, and dementia that occurs after the age of 65 is called senile dementia.
Most people don’t understand so much and just call it Alzheimer’s disease.
Su Yuhe pursed her lips and said, "You should bring a family member to see the doctor together. Oh, right, please draw the clock first and mark it as 9:20."
The old man muttered something inaudible, but obediently took the pen and drew a clock as required.
Su Yuhe took a moment to look at the two people standing next to her: "You two can go home now."
Zhang Hui and Wu Aixia looked at each other and said in unison, "Wait a minute, is there anything we can do, Teacher Su?"
"No, everyone, go home after get off work. It's getting cold and dark quickly."
Although she said so, the two of them still had no intention of leaving.
Su Yuhe did not try to persuade her anymore. She was also an intern and knew the psychology of these young doctors. She guessed that they did not dare to go back first because they saw her working here.
So, Su Yuhe stopped persuading her. She didn't plan to delay for too long. If she stayed a few minutes longer, she would have to go home.
In a short while, Bai Xiangdong had finished drawing the clock.
Su Yuhe took it and looked at it for a few seconds.
Bai Xiangdong’s clock painting is a bit... baffling.
The hour hand and minute hand were almost the same length, and the time was not 9:20 as Su Yuhe had requested.
The circle of the entire clock is drawn very neatly.
Su Yuhe's diagnosis was almost leaning towards Alzheimer's disease: "Mr. Bai, please go to the psychiatric department tomorrow to see a doctor for an examination. Be sure to bring your family members—"
"dad!"
Su Yuhe was interrupted before she could finish her words. She looked out and saw a woman with a panicked look on her face.
Su Yuhe looked at him hesitantly. The other party walked in and said sorry to Su Yuhe directly:
"You must be Dr. Su, right? I'm so sorry my dad has troubled you. I wasn't home today, and when I got home I discovered he'd run away. I looked everywhere, and finally I remembered he'd been reading in the newspaper lately, saying he wanted to see you for treatment, so I had no choice but to come and try my luck."
Su Yuhe shook her head: "It's okay, this is your father? Then do you know that he might have Alzheimer's disease?"
The woman frowned, a little confused: "What do you mean?"
"Simply put, it's dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that's common in older people. Clinically, it manifests as memory impairment, agnosia, and so on." Su Yuhe asked her, "Has anyone in your family had it?"
The woman shook her head, then as if remembering something, "Oh, right. Before she died, my mother couldn't recognize people, her speech was unclear, and she was always wandering around. But my mother's bloodline can't be considered inherited from my father's family."
Indeed not.
But Su Yuhe didn't grasp this point. She looked puzzled: "Your mother died? When did she die?"
"last year."
Su Yuhe sighed: "Take your father to the psychiatric department tomorrow to make an appointment. I suspect he has Alzheimer's disease."
Bai Xiangdong glared and shook his head, waving his hands vigorously: "No, no, don't go anywhere else, I just want Doctor Su to treat me! Doctor Su is a good person..."
Su Yuhe: "I'm not a psychiatrist, but I'd get a more professional diagnosis from them."
Bai Xiangdong's daughter also followed suit: "Dad, let's just listen to Dr. Su. I'll take you to see someone else tomorrow."
Bai Xiangdong pushed his daughter's hand away, puffing his beard and glaring: "Go away, who are you? Why are you holding me? I want Doctor Su to treat me..."
It seems that he only recognizes Su Yuhe.
I don’t know why Su Yuhe, a stranger he has never met, wins such favor from him.
He couldn't even recognize his daughter whom he saw every day.
Bai Xiangdong's daughter looked at Su Yuhe in embarrassment.
Su Yuhe thought for a moment and said, "I'll be seeing patients here tomorrow afternoon. If there aren't many people, I'll take you to the psychiatric department. But I have to tell you in advance that this is the limit of my time."
"Oh right." Su Yuhe wrote down a few names of herbs. "Go get some medicine later. Your father has been suffering from a loss of appetite and insomnia lately. Please pay more attention to him."
"Okay, thank you, doctor."
Su Yuhe asked Bai Xiangdong's daughter to take the old man home.
Bai Xiangdong didn't even recognize her, so of course he refused to go home with her.
Su Yuhe tried to persuade the old man for a while and finally persuaded him to leave.
Only Su Yuhe and two other young doctors were left in the department.
Su Yuhe put away the notebook and glanced at them: "Aren't you leaving yet? Aren't you in a hurry to go home?"
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