If she also diagnoses it as indigestion, it would prove that Qin Niang is blind.
Su Ruojin carefully took the child's pulse, her brows furrowing slightly. After a while, she asked, "Has the child eaten any raw food from rivers or ponds?"
Raw food from rivers and ponds?
Qin Niang didn't react for a moment. Whether it was something from the mountains or the river, as long as it was edible, none of the village children wouldn't pick it up and eat it.
However, she recalled for a moment and replied uncertainly, "Do water chestnuts count? We have them in the paddy fields and ponds in our village. Not long ago, Danwa often went to find water chestnuts to eat with the other children in the village."
For the children in the village, there weren't many other foods available, so water chestnuts were the best fruit they could get.
Water chestnuts?
That's right.
Su Ruojin withdrew her hand and said, "He doesn't have indigestion, but rather he has contracted red worm disease."
Red worm disease is called this in this dynasty, but in Su Ruojin's previous life it was called ginger fasciculus disease.
Bloodworm larvae usually live in water. If a child accidentally eats aquatic plants containing bloodworm larvae, the larvae will enter the human body and parasitize the small intestine, causing the child to have bloating, indigestion, a distended abdomen, and a sallow complexion.
"What is red worm disease?" Qin Niang couldn't help but ask.
The onlookers also stared intently at Su Ruojin, eager to hear her answer.
"Simply put, it means your child ate water chestnuts from the field that contained bloodworm larvae, and the larvae entered their stomachs and caused the illness."
Qin Niang's face changed drastically upon hearing this, and she said anxiously, "What should we do? Will my son die?"
Having worms in your stomach, how terrifying is that?
Ma Yun'an was also hearing about this disease for the first time, and he said with a look of disdain: "Young lady, if you can't diagnose it, just say so. No one will blame you. But making things up can kill people."
In fact, the human body has its own immune system. If the child is older and has a strong resistance, and has not eaten many water chestnuts, even if they have eaten a small amount of bloodworm larvae, the symptoms will not be obvious and will gradually get better.
Qin Niang's child is young and has an unstable digestive system. It is estimated that the child ate a lot, which led to the severity of the illness.
Su Ruojin glanced at Ma Yun'an and said indifferently, "If your medical skills are not good, then you should just shut up. You quack."
This is the second time Su Ruojin has called him a quack doctor. Last time at Wangyue Tower, there weren't this many people. This time, there are several times more people than at Wangyue Tower.
Ma Yun'an lost face and angrily raised his hand to hit Su Ruojin, but was stopped by his older sister: "What, you want to hit someone? Come on, come and fight me."
Despite being a woman, the older sister was half a head taller than Ma Yun'an, and was also quite large and stout. Ma Yun'an didn't dare to fight her, so he could only reluctantly withdraw his hand and mutter, "Women and petty people are the hardest to deal with."
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