"But we ate it!" Zhou Xiulan said, "We're fine too!"
Zhou Dashan nodded and said with some fear: "I was the one who dealt with the wild boar. We ate the meat together. The wild boar must have been possessed by a ghost. My father killed it, and the evil ghost possessed my father!"
Li Zheng frowned.
People in this era tend to attribute anything that is slightly bad to ghosts and gods, and they believe it without a doubt.
"Are you sure you all ate together? Your father didn't eat alone?" Li Zheng asked again.
Zhou Dashan shook his head fiercely and said, "No, although my father made it all, I'm sure we ate it together."
That's strange.
Seeing that Mr. Zhou was still not fully conscious, Li Zheng gave up the idea of ​​questioning him for the time being.
But the cause of the disease must be found out as soon as possible. After all, we are temporarily relying on Anesthesia to relieve fever and pain. Once the effect of the medicine wears off, the attack may become more severe.
Li Zheng recalled that in his previous life, he had seen similar cases in areas of South Sudan with extremely poor sanitary conditions. At that time, the cause of the disease was also unknown at the beginning, and the result was finally confirmed through muscle tissue examination.
Li Zheng thought for a moment and said to Zhou Dashan, "Judging from the current symptoms, your father should have a parasitic disease!"
"What, parasites? Is it roundworms? Doctor, don't talk nonsense, my father's eyes are red!" Zhou Dashan couldn't believe it. In his knowledge, he only knew about roundworms, but roundworms only caused stomach discomfort, and the symptoms did not match at all.
Chen Dayong and Zhu Haiping also stared at Li Zheng. They really didn't know there was a parasite with such symptoms.
Li Zheng shook his head and said, "It's not roundworms, it should be trichinella!"
"Trichinella?"
Everyone was a little confused, they had never heard of it!
Li Zheng nodded and said, "The early symptoms of Trichinella are diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. This is caused by the Trichinella larvae hatching and breaking out of their shells in the small intestine and invading the small intestinal mucosa. During this period, it can easily be mistaken for acute gastroenteritis."
When Zhou Dashan and his sister heard this, they realized it was a perfect match.
Li Zheng continued, "After two weeks, the gastrointestinal symptoms disappear, followed by fever, chills, muscle pain, and conjunctival hemorrhage. Severe cases can cause encephalitis and lead to death."
"Isn't this just like my dad's?" Zhou Xiuyun was both terrified and hopeful. After so long, the doctor finally revealed a cause.
"Doctor, how should we treat it?" Zhou Xiuyun asked quickly. She also knew that the antipyretic medicine would not last long.
"If you want to treat it, you must first identify the cause of the disease," said Li Zheng.
"How can we make it clear?" Zhu Haiping asked.
"We need to take a tissue biopsy." Li Zheng said.
"Biopsy?"
Zhu Haiping knew he needed a biopsy, but the question was where to take the sample? He knew nothing about the disease.
The family members also looked nervous. They had to cut flesh from their father's body, which was scary just thinking about it.
"Doctor, it will be very painful to cut flesh on my father!" Zhou Xiuyun said nervously.
Zhu Haiping quickly said, "Don't worry, we'll give you anesthesia."
"Then... then hurry up!" Zhou Xiuyun said anxiously.
While he was speaking, Chen Dayong had already brought the debridement kit, anesthetic, and syringe.
At this time, Lao Zhou has gradually woken up.
Li Zheng patted Old Zhou on the shoulder and said loudly, "Zhou Defu, you're not possessed by evil spirits, you have a parasitic disease. I'm going to take some flesh from you for testing. Can you cooperate?"
Although Zhou Defu took painkillers to relieve the pain, he was still in great pain.
"Doctor, please cut more flesh. I'm not afraid of the pain. I've already felt enough pain!" Zhou Defu said in a low voice, with a painful expression on his face again.
Li Zheng nodded and asked Chen Dayong and Zhu Haiping to help turn Zhou Defu over and lie on the treatment bed.
"Trichinella spiralis larvae are concentrated in the gastrocnemius muscle, so we'll directly remove a portion of the gastrocnemius muscle tissue," Li Zheng said. He opened the debridement kit, installed the blade, and aspirated the anesthetic, preparing for the procedure.
"Family members, please wait outside for a moment," said Zhu Haiping.
Zhou Dashan and his sister also didn't want to stay here, so they quickly left the treatment room.
Li Zheng disinfected a piece of skin on Zhou Defu's right calf, and after local anesthesia with lidocaine, he used a sharp knife to cut the skin, leaving a 1 cm wound.
Then use curved forceps to separate the sarcolemma.
Incise the sarcolemma to expose the muscle tissue.
Then use a sharp knife to cut out muscle tissue about the size of a soybean.
Then suture the fascia and the skin.
Although anesthesia was administered during the whole process, there was still some pain, especially the pain stimulation would induce chain spasms of the surrounding muscle tissues, causing more severe pain.
Fortunately, Li Zheng's technique was superb and this situation did not occur. Zhou Defu also gritted his teeth and persisted, trying his best to control his limbs from moving.
After bandaging the wound, Chen Dayong and the other man turned Zhou Defu over.
Li Zheng placed the meat particles on a piece of wet gauze and took a closer look. He found some white substances the size of a needle tip, densely packed together.
"Is this Trichinella spiralis?" Chen Dayong widened his eyes and looked at those things.
Zhu Haiping also leaned over and saw that those things seemed to be still moving. He was so scared that his scalp went numb and he quickly stood up and closed his eyes.
"Go and call their family members to come and take a look." Li Zheng said.
Zhu Haiping quickly called the brother and sister in.
"Doctor, are you done removing it?" Zhou Xiuyun asked.
Li Zheng placed the gauze on the sterile sheet and said, "Come and see what's on top of this meat."
The brother and sister put their heads closer and saw the white spots on it, and they immediately felt like vomiting.
"Oh my god, this is too scary!" Zhou Xiuyun quickly covered her mouth and turned her head away, not daring to look.
Zhou Dashan endured the discomfort and stared at it for more than ten seconds.
"It was these bugs that harmed my father!" Zhou Dashan said to himself.
"Yes, it's these worms. There are still many in his body. They are all caused by what he eats." Li Zheng said.
"Doctor, could there be worms in our bodies?" Zhou Dashan was really scared.
Li Zheng shook his head and said, "You have no symptoms. It seems that you are not ill at the moment. Your father must have eaten undercooked meat."
Zhou Dashan turned to look at Zhou Defu, bent down and asked in a low voice: "Dad, did you secretly get wild boar meat to eat for yourself?"
Now that things have gotten this far, Zhou Defu didn't dare to hide it anymore and nodded, "I stir-fried wild boar meat with wild celery. The wild boar meat is quite tough, and it won't taste good if it's overcooked. I just fry it briefly before eating."
"Dad, you're so confused!" Zhou Dashan said with a look of reproach on his face, "Those wild boars eat wild food in the mountains. They've eaten all kinds of dirty things. You didn't even cook them well, so they ate all the dirty things. How can they not get sick?"
"That's right, Dad. Domestic pork must be cooked. How dare you eat wild pork half-cooked? This is torture!" Zhou Xiuyun also complained.
"I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again!" Zhou Defu raised his hand and waved it, and the pain came again.
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