Chapter 31 Offense
"Probably not. Febrile seizures in children are caused by excessively high body temperature, which causes temporary damage to the central nervous system and damage to the blood-brain barrier, leading to unstable discharges in the neuronal membranes. This...cannot be simply considered an epileptic seizure; it is somewhat different from epilepsy."
Seeing that the woman was still frowning, Yun Qiao comforted her, "Actually, you don't have to worry too much. Excluding genetic factors, the possibility of such a young child suffering from epilepsy is very small."
"The possibility is small, but not impossible." The woman grasped the key point.
Yun Qiao was speechless and paused before saying, "The human brain is a miraculous organ, difficult to fully examine with the naked eye. No matter who is here today, no one can make any guarantees for you."
The woman took a deep breath and said, "I'm drunk."
Seeing that the woman was still worried, Yun Qiao couldn't just walk away, so he asked her, "Does anyone in your family have this disease?"
The woman shook her head: "No."
"So, is there anything wrong with her appearance? Did she suffer a head injury?"
"No. I got along well with her."
"Then you don't have to worry about it. As I just said, a child as young as her has no genetic predisposition and no brain trauma, so the chances of her having epilepsy are very small. It's most likely just a simple febrile seizure."
Yun Qiao couldn't bear to see her continue to be frightened, so he pointed out a way for her: "If you are really worried, you can take her to a hospital in a big city and do an EEG to rule it out."
The woman was stunned for a moment: "What is an EEG?"
"Well, an EEG is a device that detects the brain's spontaneous electrical discharges. Epilepsy is abnormal electrical discharges produced by the brain, so if you have epilepsy, an EEG will be able to detect it."
Yun Qiao reminded her, "But our country doesn't manufacture this kind of equipment yet. It's all imported. I think it's only available in big cities like Shanghai and the capital. Even though Shenzhou and Harbin aren't provincial capitals, I'm not sure if their hospitals have it. You'd better find out before you go."
"Okay, okay, I'll consider taking the kids with me. Thank you so much, I don't know what I would have done without you today." The woman couldn't help but thank her again.
Yun Qiao stood up and said goodbye to her: "The child is in a relatively stable condition now. I will go back first. If there is anything wrong with the child before you get off the train, you can find me in carriage 11."
The woman nodded and stood up to see her off.
"You've helped us mother and daughter so much, and I still don't know your name?"
"I'm Ye Yunqiao."
"Ye Yunqiao." The woman repeated her name and praised her, "What a nice name. She's beautiful and kind-hearted."
Yun Qiao lowered his eyes, somewhat unaccustomed to such direct praise.
She waved her hand: "I'm leaving, goodbye."
Yun Qiao left the ninth carriage, went to the toilet first, washed the blood-stained handkerchief, and then returned to the eleventh carriage.
At this time, the sky outside the train window was completely dark. The train was running on the plains of the Liaoxi Corridor. There was no electricity in the rural villages far away from the city. One night, not even a trace of light could be seen within a radius of dozens of kilometers. Even if you looked outside, you could only see pitch black.
Everyone in the room was there, all sitting on the two lower bunks facing each other.
He Tingjun was sitting by the window. Seeing Yunqiao coming back, he stood up and motioned the young man in the middle bunk to move out.
"I'm back. Come sit next to me."
He Tingjun asked Yun Qiao to sit inside by the window, and he sat between her and the young man in the middle bunk, separating the two.
After Yun Qiao entered the room, he first placed the wrung-out handkerchief on the railing of the upper bunk before sitting down.
She heard the husband and wife in the lower bunk across from her ask, "Comrade, what happened in carriage number nine?"
"Is he alright?"
Yun Qiao: "It's nothing serious. A little girl had a high fever and convulsion. I gave her an injection and came back after seeing her fever subsided."
"You really know how to give acupuncture?" The wife of the young couple looked her over with a questioning look on her face. "But you haven't learned it before, have you? Your elder brother even found medical books for you to read."
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