Chapter 168 The young lady is the most delicate~
The curtains in the consultation room were already there, but they were usually drawn to the side.
Hui Niang glanced at the woman, and seeing her nod, she blushed and sat down on the simple wooden bed. Li San Niang pulled the curtain and gestured for Hui Niang to lift her skirt.
Hui Niang suppressed her embarrassment, lifted the hem of her ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), pulled down her underpants, and turned her face away, not daring to look at Li San Niang.
Li San Niang put on a mask, used a clean cloth as a glove, and took a look.
After the examination, Li San Niang wrote down the results of the examination on the medical record.
Based on Hui Niang's self-report and the symptoms observed during the examination, even if a secretion test cannot be performed, based on her experience, Li San Niang can basically make a diagnosis: it is bacterial vaginosis.
In modern times, gynecological inflammation is very common, and you can just take some anti-inflammatory drugs.
Of course, Li Sanniang was writing a prescription at this time. After finishing the prescription, while waiting for the ink to dry, Li Sanniang whispered to the woman, "It must have come into contact with something unclean. I have written the prescription. Go back and decoct it twice a day, morning and evening."
In addition, if possible, all of Hui Niang's personal clothing should be burned and new ones used instead. These new clothes should be boiled in boiling water first, and then dried in the sun for half an hour.
Furthermore, it's best to clean Hui Niang's undergarments in this way before using them in the future.
When the woman heard that it was contaminated with something dirty, she was stunned for a moment, unable to figure out where it could have gotten there.
How could such a private area get dirty?
Hui Niang was just a young girl who usually stayed at home. Even when she went out, she was with other women and had never met any men alone.
The woman, being in her fifties, naturally knew from the first sight of her daughter's condition that it resembled the venereal disease suffered by prostitutes in brothels and red-light districts.
But my own daughter couldn't possibly have this disease.
This is why the woman dared not take Hui Niang to the clinic to see a doctor.
If a male doctor were to treat Hui Niang's illness, putting aside the question of whether it would be inappropriate for a male doctor to treat a woman of her age, the mere fact that outsiders would know about the illness would lead to a barrage of rumors and gossip directed at Hui Niang, who has practically never spoken to a man alone.
At that time, not to mention the external pressure, how could Hui Niang herself have the will to live?
So, when the woman heard that there was a female doctor in the clinic, even if this female doctor was the one in the rumors, so what?
Everyone knows it's just a rumor and can't be verified, so naturally, their own daughter's life is more important.
At this moment, when the woman heard Li San Niang mention that Hui Niang's personal clothing was stained, a sudden thought flashed through her mind, and she had a clue.
The woman took the prescription from Li San Niang and looked at the three characters "Li Mingfang" written at the end. She looked up at Li San Niang and said, "So the female doctor's surname is Li." The woman handed the prescription to Hui Niang and told her to keep it safe and go get the medicine later.
The woman leaned closer to Li San Niang again and said in an even softer voice than before, "To be honest, Dr. Li, although I didn't think my daughter would do anything wrong before, it's still hard to talk about my unmarried daughter getting this disease. After listening to what you said, Dr. Li, I think I have some ideas now."
Through the woman's account, Li San Niang easily found the source of Hui Niang's illness.
It turns out that this woman was literate because she learned to read and write from her father before she got married. Later, she married Lang Xu, who now teaches children at an academy.
Since the conditions were decent, after Hui Niang turned twelfth, the woman wanted to nourish Hui Niang's hands so that they would look better in the future.
The woman only had one daughter, Hui Niang, and was willing to spend money. When the weather turned cold, she didn't want Hui Niang to touch cold water, so she wrapped up Hui Niang's clothes, including her underwear, and gave them to this old woman to wash.
Naturally, all of their family's clothes were washed by this old woman, so why was it only Hui Niang who had symptoms?
It's probably because Hui Niang was still young and her immune system wasn't strong enough, or maybe the old woman just washed Hui Niang's clothes together with the clothes of the sick person.
This old woman was the kind who would collect the clothes every ten days, take them home, wash, dry, fold them neatly, and then bring them back.
In other words, this old woman makes a living by washing clothes for others, which makes it very certain that Hui Niang's personal undergarments were washed together by this old woman and the clothes of other people, that is, the clothes of the sick person.
Although the surface was not visible after washing and drying, the inside was still dirty, which is why Hui Niang contracted the disease.
"I only remembered this matter after hearing what you said, Dr. Li."
"Then it's very likely that Hui Niang contracted the disease in this way. We must never do that again. Burn her previous underwear and make some new ones, boil, wash, and sun-dry them before using them. It would also be best to take apart, wash, and sun-dry the quilts that Hui Niang used to sleep on."
Li San Niang beckoned Hui Niang to come closer. Hui Niang, who had been listening, realized that she had contracted the disease because of her clothes. Seeing Li San Niang's gesture, she moved closer and glanced at the medical record that Li San Niang had been recording.
Seeing that Hui Niang had seen this, Li San Niang explained, "This is your medical record, which records the details of this consultation. If you come again in the future, I will understand things better after reading this."
Li Sanniang then said to the woman, "Don't worry, madam. These records are all anonymous, and only I can see them. Every day after my shift, I lock them in my medical kit and take them home. They will never be leaked."
Li San Niang then said to Hui Niang, "My young lady is very delicate. If it is inconvenient for her to bathe, she can wash herself in her room every day with a wooden basin. Don't use boiling water, just warm water. Just rinse carefully."
Hui Niang nodded, "Thank you for teaching me, Doctor Li."
Li San Niang smiled, turned to look at the woman and continued, "In that case, if there are no symptoms after seven days, you don't need to come. If you are still feeling unwell, you can come to me then."
"Thank you, Dr. Li." The woman got up, pulled Hui Niang and Li San Niang to bow to each other, and then grabbed the medicine from the medicine cabinet and left.
When I came earlier, Dr. Gao said that I only needed to keep one copy of Li San Niang's prescriptions as a record, and I didn't need to come to him to verify them anymore.
Therefore, this time Li San Niang did not bring her medical records and prescriptions to Doctor Gao for a signature and guarantee.
Just as Li San Niang was about to add a few strokes to the medical record, she saw Tang Mingyue standing in front of her consultation station, smiling at Li San Niang and saying, "Dr. Li is very capable. It seems that you are recovering well."
Tang Mingyue saw the notebook that Li San Niang was writing in and casually asked what it was.
"Oh, these are my own records of every patient I've seen. They record the symptoms of each patient who came to see me, the diagnosis I made, and the prescription I wrote. This is so that when patients come back for follow-up visits, I can better understand their condition. After all, I'll be seeing many more patients in the future, and it's better to have records than a good memory. It's good to have some documentation."
Tang Mingyue was very interested. Li San Niang couldn't show him the patient's medical records, but she took out a piece of paper and wrote down a sample of her medical records after being injured and treated by Li's father.
Tang Mingyue found it very interesting to look at the medical record written by Li Sanniang.
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