Li Zheng and Chen Dayong immediately stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, and helped the female patient down steadily.
Chen Xiaomei reacted quickly and pushed the wheelchair over immediately.
In the emergency room, several people carefully laid the patient flat on the treatment bed.
Li Zheng leaned forward slightly and said softly, "Don't worry, sister, we will check you right away."
As he spoke, he asked the patient to bend his legs, rubbed his hands to warm them up, and began to examine the patient while asking questions.
"Where does it hurt?"
Li Zheng looked focused and spoke in a gentle tone.
The female patient frowned, enduring the pain. She raised her hand and pointed to her lower right abdomen. "Last night, I started to feel a vague pain below my heart. Then it slowly moved downwards. In the morning, the pain was the most severe here. I couldn't eat and was burping water..."
Li Zheng nodded, his mind already forming a judgment: This is metastatic right lower abdominal pain, a typical symptom of appendicitis. Appendicitis can be caused by factors such as obstruction of the appendix lumen and bacterial invasion. Early inflammation stimulates visceral nerves, causing pain in the upper abdomen or around the umbilicus. As the inflammation progresses, the appendix's serosal layer becomes irritated, irritating the parietal peritoneum, causing the pain to migrate to the right lower abdomen.
Li Zheng carefully checked the peritoneal irritation signs and found that the abdominal muscles in the right lower abdomen were obviously tense and the rebound pain was also strongly positive.
"Sister, you have acute appendicitis and need surgery!"
Li Zheng said bluntly, his tone professional and confident.
When the female patient heard this, her face turned pale instantly, her eyes filled with fear, and she quickly said, "Can I not do it? I'll just get an IV drip to reduce the inflammation!"
Li Zheng patiently explained, "Sister, how many times have you had this attack?"
"Three...three times!" The female patient's voice trembled and tears filled her eyes.
Li Zheng continued, "Yes, this is the third time, and the pain is getting worse each time. Appendicitis in your case cannot be cured by anti-inflammatory drugs alone. If the inflammation does not subside and surgery is not performed in time, the appendix may perforate and the entire stomach will be infected. That would be troublesome and it would be difficult to perform surgery!"
In this day and age, once diffuse peritonitis develops, the difficulty of treatment increases greatly.
The female patient seemed a little moved after hearing this, and a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes. She bit her lip and looked at the middle-aged man beside her.
After hearing this, the middle-aged man's face was filled with worry, his brows knitted into the shape of a "川" character: "The surgery will cost thousands of dollars, and my family doesn't have that much money!"
He kept rubbing his hands, his eyes full of helplessness and anxiety.
Li Zheng quickly shook his head and said, "In our hospital, the hospitalization fee for appendectomy surgery is about 300 yuan, usually no more than 500 yuan. So, we can also do it in the emergency room, and I can keep the cost under 200 yuan for you. How about that?"
Li Zheng's tone was full of sincerity.
When the middle-aged man heard this, his originally dim eyes suddenly brightened up, his eyes full of surprise and disbelief: "Really? 200 yuan? Our township hospital charges more than that!"
Li Zheng nodded and said in a firm tone: "As long as the process goes smoothly, I promise not to let you pay a penny more!"
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