Chapter 126 Alzheimer's Disease

Wu Man was completely surprised. She didn't understand why acupuncture, which had been basically ineffective in the past, was suddenly more effective than painkillers.

Su Tang blinked and said with a smile: "Things passed down by our ancestors are naturally magical, otherwise they would not have been passed down for thousands of years."

"That's true." Wu Man thought about it and nodded.

Her mind became clear, the headache disappeared, and Wu Man's complexion slowly returned to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wu Man's voice also became much softer.

However, Wu Man recalled her performance which was like she was on the execution ground just now, and she said sorry awkwardly, trying to change the subject with Su Tang.

However, the storm had not stopped, so the emergency department had to continue to work. After another group of firefighters brought in a number of patients, Su Tang removed the needle from Wu Man and told her, "Ms. Wu, you should go back and rest early... It's still at least six or seven hours before dawn, and your migraine will get better after a good night's sleep."

"Ms. Wu, if you are willing to try my recipe, I will prescribe you a centipede soup for treating migraines... However, this recipe requires poisonous insects such as centipedes and scorpions, so the taste may not be very good, but the effect should still be good. Try drinking it for half a month first?"

Su Tang only treated Wu Man's migraine treatment as a simple patient treatment, and quickly wrote a prescription and handed it to her.

But Wu Man was slightly in a trance. She rubbed her sore neck and moved her slightly stiff back. Because of her headache, she had curled up like a shrimp in the car or in the hospital bed. Now her head is no longer there. Pain, and then I realized that my whole body was stiff and my muscles were sore.

"Madam, why don't you eat something?" The driver Zhou Hai looked at Wu Man with some concern. As an 'elder' of the Song family, Zhou Hai had always been the exclusive driver of Wu Man and her husband. Later, Mr. Song even found another driver to take his place because he was working so hard.

It's a pity that after Mr. Song was injured, everyone else left, even the original replacement driver left early. Now only he and Mrs. Song's nanny is left with them.

"No, I can't eat... You should go to bed early too, you've worked hard today." With a sour and bitter taste in her mouth, Wu Man waved her hand, asking Zhou Hai to go back and rest early. He had been busy taking care of her all day and was also very tired: "I haven't recovered from the headache just now, and now I can't sleep, I plan to sit for a while..."

Persuade the driver to go back to his chair and rest.

Wu Man randomly found a chair in the emergency department lobby and sat down. While relaxing her stiff limbs, she subconsciously observed Su Tang's movements.

When she came to the hospital before, she had a severe headache and had not paid much attention to the doctor named Su Tang.

The other person looks petite and cute, but in the hospital, it is obvious that older doctors with white hair and glasses make people feel more at ease.

Therefore, she did not pay any attention to Dr. Su at that time.

But now...

After Wu Man experienced the magical effect of acupuncture, she couldn't help but subconsciously think of her husband who now lives in Chengdong Hospital.

Four years ago, her husband collided with a truck while he was out. The driver died on the spot and her husband, who was sitting in the back seat, was also seriously injured. Although she never gave up after becoming a vegetable, in order to allow her husband to live longer, she not only treated the hospital as her home for the past four years, but also stayed in the hospital with her husband every day.

However, even so, her husband still has not woken up and his condition is getting worse.

If her husband had not exercised regularly before the car accident and had a strong physique, Wu Man suspected that even if she hired three nurses to take turns to take care of him and massage him every day, and took good care of him every day, and treated the hospital as their home 24 hours a day, her husband might not be able to persist for such a long time.

Wu Man looked at Su Tang and murmured, "My husband had acupuncture stimulation before, but he persisted for a month and there was no response... But... what if there is a response this time? I haven't thought about it before, can acupuncture stop headaches?"

A dozen needles accomplished what even painkillers couldn't do. This was something she had never dared to imagine before.

Even though Wu Man had given up any hope of treating her migraine over the years.

But as a family member of the patient, she never thought of giving up her husband.

Even though many doctors had told Wu Man that patients who were unable to wake up within a year after falling into a vegetative coma would almost certainly never wake up again.

But Wu Man still didn't want to give up...otherwise, she would have divorced and remarried when her husband was just diagnosed as a vegetable.

"Let's ask. Let's wait until the typhoon stops tomorrow and then ask first..." Wu Man murmured.

She watched Su Tang busying herself again, feeling hopeful but also a little nervous. She didn't dare to think too highly of the whole thing, fearing that it would cause greater disappointment, but she also hoped that her husband would be able to feel the charm of the miracle like her this time.

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Su Tang didn't know that in addition to Director Xue who observed her from time to time and secretly evaluated her in the emergency department lobby, there was another person named Wu Man who sat in the corner of the emergency department lobby.

The other person was curled up in a chair wrapped in a blanket, a pair of dark eyes that seemed to be filled with endless expectation and anxiety, observing her without blinking, and were surprisingly bright.

Those sent to the hospital by police and ambulance in the early morning were a group of residents living in an old neighborhood whose houses were damaged by the typhoon.

When they arrived, they were all shivering with cold. Even though they were wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas, they still couldn't resist the sharp drop in temperature brought by the typhoon. Fortunately, the temperature rose a little after entering the hospital, and the nurses in the emergency department had already prepared blankets and other supplies, which made everyone feel much better.

Many residents suffered external injuries. Some were hit by heavy objects, some were scratched and bruised by the strong typhoon, and some were already feeling unwell and their injuries became more serious after the typhoon. One of them was an old lady wearing a blue shirt with white flowers. There were two female police officers with her. The female police officer's head was covered in rain, and even though she was wearing a raincoat, her hair was still wet. The two police officers helped the old lady into the hall.

"We rescued this old lady from the flood, but she looked like she had Alzheimer's disease and couldn't remember her home phone number or address. We originally wanted to take her back to the police station to find her family, wait for them to call the police, and then send her home... But she didn't look well, like she had a cold and a fever. She kept saying she was thirsty and wanted to drink water in the car. We thought something was wrong, so we sent her directly to the hospital."

A female police officer wiped the sweat off the old lady's forehead and said to Su Tang, "Doctor, can you help take a look at her first? We will leave someone here to take care of the old lady until her family is found."

During this typhoon period, the police officers would normally go out to help people in need and would not stay in the hospital for a long time, but the old lady with Alzheimer's disease in front of them obviously needed someone to take care of her. It was not impossible to hand her over to the hospital alone, but the hospital was also a little overwhelmed, and the old lady had Alzheimer's disease. Several police officers were a little worried that the hospital would be too busy for a while and the old lady would get lost again.

"Okay, I'll take a look at her!" Su Tang nodded and started to check the old woman without wasting any time.

The old lady looked to be around 70 years old, holding a bottle of unfinished mineral water in her hand. Seeing someone looking at her, the old lady looked at Su Tang curiously, then picked up the mineral water without interest and gulped down two gulps. Her movements and demeanor, just as she looked around the emergency department, already showed a bit of impatience.

Su Tang saw that the old lady in front of him was thin, with a slightly pale face, a very red tongue tip, and a slightly yellow tongue coating. Before he even took her pulse, he had already guessed 70% of the old lady's condition.

Su Tang called a nurse and said, "Please measure her blood sugar..."

"Okay!" The young nurse in the emergency department took a look at the old lady, and hurriedly trotted to get her equipment, including a thermometer, a blood sugar meter, and a blood pressure monitor. She immediately grabbed the old lady's finger and was about to do a test.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? What are you doing? Eh? Didn't you say you would take me to find Xiang Xiang? Why are you grabbing me? Why are you grabbing me?" As soon as her fingers were grabbed, the old lady immediately stopped. She was like a stubborn kindergarten kid, stubbornly saying that she wanted to find her friends, struggling desperately, and her body twisted and contorted.

"Okay, okay, grandma, sit down first, sit down first... We'll take you to find Xiang Xiang later, okay?" The old lady in the police car kept shouting that she wanted to find Xiang Xiang. When the policewoman heard what the old lady said, she immediately coaxed and lied, "Grandma, the Xiang Xiang you are looking for is right here. We'll bring Xiang Xiang to you right away, okay? Just give her a shot first, it won't hurt, just give her a shot!"

"Yes, yes, it's just a light bite, it doesn't hurt at all ~ just like a mosquito bite!" The young nurse held the blood glucose meter and coaxed and lied in the same way.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it! You people must be lying to me! People in white clothes are the worst, always lying to me and saying it doesn't hurt!" The old lady's Alzheimer's disease was obviously quite serious. Not only did she have problems with her short-term memory, but her long-term memory seemed to have been damaged as well.

Su Tang frowned. This couldn't go on. Judging from the old lady's behavior and symptoms, she was not only suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but also seemed to be a diabetic!

Su Tang didn't know how long the old lady had been missing, from before the typhoon until now. But judging from her current diabetic attack, dry mouth, and drinking a lot of water, she guessed it had been some time.

After all, the old lady's wet blue and white floral sweatshirt was obviously cleaner and tidier. Although the family didn't look wealthy, they still took good care of the elderly. In this case, the old lady's family must have watched her take her blood sugar-lowering medicine on time every day. As long as blood sugar is well controlled, diabetic patients will not have such obvious symptoms of thirst and excessive drinking.

Without measuring blood sugar, there is no way to prescribe medicine for the elderly. Su Tang took out the chocolate that the emergency nurse had stuffed into her from the treatment table, smiled gently at the elderly, and waved the chocolate in her hand to coax her: "Grandma, have some candy. Look, this is Xiang Xiang's favorite candy when she was a child! Just prick it gently, and we will take you to find Xiang Xiang, okay? You can also take this candy back for Xiang Xiang to eat!"

Su Tang secretly guessed that Xiang Xiang must be the old lady's daughter or son, and continued to coax her, "Xiang Xiang likes to play with obedient people the most. Grandma, do you want to go back and play with Xiang Xiang later?"

"……think!"

Although she didn't know who Xiangxiang was, the name was obviously very hurtful to the old lady. She was obviously moved when she looked at the chocolate in Su Tang's hand. Especially when she heard that Xiangxiang liked to play with obedient people, the old lady nodded hesitantly and stretched out her finger.

Fasting blood sugar is 15.9, far exceeding the normal range of 6.1!

As soon as the blood sugar level was measured, Su Tang immediately prescribed insulin for the old lady. If such high blood sugar is not lowered, it can easily cause health problems for the patient.