Chapter 1541 Walking Away
After 5:30 in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming, who had completed today's scheduled outpatient work, met Mr. Wen Yaoguang, an old Chinese medicine doctor accompanied by Fang Yu, who had a secret prescription for treating uremia.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Yu Zhiming discovered that Dr. Wen Yaoguang and the Poison King Liu Lao were both thin.
However, Dr. Wen is younger than Mr. Liu, probably in his sixties.
After a brief exchange, Yu Zhiming began to perform a physical examination on Teng Lin, a patient who was cured of uremia and was brought by Dr. Wen.
Teng Lin, 34 years old, developed uremia mainly due to kidney damage caused by nephrotoxic drugs.
After nearly two years of dialysis, Teng Lin sought medical treatment from Dr. Wen. After more than half a year of treatment, his kidney function basically returned to normal and he no longer needed dialysis.
One year and three months have passed since Teng Lin was announced to have been cured of uremia.
Yu Zhiming first gave Teng Lin a full-body examination, then focused on his kidneys...
The main function of the kidney is performed by the nephron.
To put it simply, the kidney is like a small, fully functional, hardworking family workshop that filters the blood and absorbs impurities.
Our human body has about one to two million nephrons.
There is a considerable redundancy in the number of nephrons, and only half of them can meet the metabolic needs of the human body.
This is also why one kidney is needed to maintain normal work and life of the human body.
However, these one to two million nephrons, though seemingly numerous, have one characteristic: they are irreparable. Once damaged, they are completely useless.
Our human body can be damaged by various reasons, such as smoking, drinking, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, drug toxins, infection, inflammation, malnutrition, diabetes, lupus erythematosus, etc., which can cause damage to the kidney units and lead to their breakdown.
When more and more renal units break down and the remaining renal units cannot complete the body's metabolism, metabolic waste and toxins will accumulate in the body, leading to water, electrolyte and acid-base imbalances, thus manifesting a series of symptoms of self-poisoning.
This is uremia.
Generally speaking, because the nephrons cannot be repaired, uremia is also irreversible.
Moreover, uremia will become more and more serious because more and more kidney units will break down over time.
Currently, the only effective way to cure uremia is kidney transplantation.
Unlike heart transplant surgery, in kidney transplant surgery, the patient's original kidney is not removed and then replaced with a new kidney in its original position. Instead, a bypass is opened next to the original kidney and connected to the new kidney.
This is mainly because the original kidney has not been completely destroyed, and some nephrons are still working and can still play some role...
Yu Zhiming carefully examined Teng Lin's kidney, which was smaller than normal due to damage.
Gradually, Teng Lin's kidney gave Yu Zhiming a different feeling.
A sense of splendor.
This is not a visually colorful scene, but a scene of contrasting movement and stillness formed by silence and activity.
This condition occurs because the damage to the kidneys is not homogeneous but fragmented.
Teng Lin's kidney is like overlooking a city under the night sky, with patches of light and scattered points of light dotted in the darkness.
It's just that the city's economy is a bit backward, and the area covered by patches of lights and light spots accounts for no more than one-third.
However, this light is extremely bright, about twice as bright as that emitted by a healthy kidney.
Yu Zhiming immediately understood that this was why Teng Lin could maintain his whole body metabolism using less than one-third of his healthy kidney units.
The working capacity of the nephron is doubled.
At the same time, Yu Zhiming also understood why the kidneys of the uremia patients previously cured by Dr. Wen would deteriorate rapidly after one to three years of treatment.
Overclocking the remaining healthy kidney units is tantamount to overdrawing the future and is simply unsustainable.
After learning the principle behind Dr. Wen's treatment of uremia, Yu Zhiming was somewhat disappointed.
This folk remedy is indeed a folk remedy. It takes an unconventional approach and is a method of drinking poison to quench thirst with serious side effects.
For example, Teng Lin could previously maintain a normal life for ten years or more with the assistance of dialysis.
When the situation gets worse, there will be more time to find a kidney donor and perform a kidney transplant.
Given Teng Lin's current situation, perhaps in another year, his kidneys will deteriorate rapidly due to a small trigger, and may even cause other physical symptoms, leaving him no time window for a kidney transplant.
"Teng Lin, your kidney function is still pretty good and can meet your body's needs."
"but……"
Yu Zhiming reminded him, "You'd better contact a kidney donor for autologous transplantation first, just in case."
Teng Lin's face immediately turned pale, and he asked anxiously, "Doctor Yu, is there something wrong with my kidneys again?"
Yu Zhiming said frankly: "There are no problems now, and there will be no problems for a while in the future, but there will definitely be problems in the future."
"And once something goes wrong, it will inevitably worsen rapidly."
"Asking you to contact a kidney donor for an autologous transplant is to prepare in advance so you don't run out of time."
As soon as Yu Zhiming said this, Wen Yaoguang's face turned ugly.
He asked in an unhappy tone: "Doctor Yu, are you questioning my treatment?"
Yu Zhiming patiently explained, "Doctor Wen, your treatment method is to overdraw the potential of the remaining healthy kidneys, making them work twice as hard. This method is bound to be unsustainable and will collapse one day in the future."
After a pause, he continued, "Of the six uremia patients you cured before, four died after acute deterioration, and two were lucky enough to receive kidney transplants. Isn't that proof?"
Wen Yaoguang's face darkened as he said, "I originally thought you invited me here, Doctor Yu, to discuss treatment and collaboration, but I didn't expect you to question my treatment methods and slap me in the face."
"In that case, I'll leave!"
Why……
Looking at Dr. Wen Yaoguang walking away in anger, Yu Zhiming was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do for a moment.
Then Fang Yu's voice rang in his ears, "Doctor Yu, we invited this person here. No matter what, we need to part ways amicably and send him back safely."
Yu Zhiming quickly waved his hand and asked Fang Yu to go out and catch up with Dr. Wen Yaoguang to deal with the aftermath.
"Doctor Yu, Doctor Yu, what should I do?"
Yu Zhiming looked at Teng Lin, who looked worried, and said thoughtfully, "Well, you stay here for now. Your condition is a good research case. I'll ask a nephrologist to examine and consult with you."
He added: "All costs are free, and we will give you some advice and medication for kidney and body care."
At this time, the door of the soundproof inspection room was pushed open.
Poison King Liu Lao came in and asked, "Zhiming, you made Doctor Wen leave. What happened?"
Yu Zhiming first called a student to take Teng Lin out and settle him down, and then introduced the principles of Dr. Wen's treatment of uremia that he had discovered through his examination.
Elder Liu uttered a soft "Oh" and continued, "Don't worry about whether it's overdrawing your potential or just drinking poison to quench your thirst. Doctor Wen's prescription can't be said to be ineffective. You shouldn't have completely rejected it."
Yu Zhiming quickly defended himself, "Mr. Liu, I didn't completely deny his treatment method. He was the one who left in anger before I could say a few words."
"You're so old, but you're still so angry."
Old Liu was a little skeptical and criticized, "As long as it is used properly, a poisonous prescription can also save lives. This folk remedy of drinking poison to quench thirst may not be ineffective."
"Zhiming, you are a young man. You should be more active and imaginative..."
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