Chapter 412: Eating and Getting Familiar
Friday morning at 8:30, in the director’s office in the center’s small building.
Qi Yue said gently, "Zhou Mo, the job swap between you and Qiao Lei is not mandatory. It will only happen if you agree to it."
"What's your opinion?"
Zhou Mo looked at Yu Zhiming who was standing aside with a serious expression, and Qiao Lei who had a stern face, and nodded slightly.
"Director, I have no objection. I will obey your instructions."
Qi Yue chuckled and said, "Since you have no objection, then hand over your work to Qiao Lei as soon as possible."
"Hey, Zhou Mo, you'll still be responsible for the management and recruitment of volunteers with narcolepsy."
"This project is expected to be completed in two to three months, so it's better to have a beginning and an end."
Zhou Mo hummed...
Yu Zhiming and Zhou Mo left the director's office and had no time to communicate.
They rushed to the examination room and performed physical examinations on the retired hospital employees and their families who had been waiting for a long time...
They were busy until 10:30 in the morning. When Yu Zhiming took a short break to drink water and replenish his energy, Zhou Mo had the opportunity to ask a question.
"Doctor Yu, was it you who suggested switching jobs with Qiao Lei? Or was it the director who suggested it?"
"Director!" Yu Zhiming answered concisely.
Zhou Mo let out a soft "oh" as if realizing something, then said with a smile on his face, "I'm your assistant. From now on, I can follow you out and earn extra money openly."
"With a lot of income, I can go home with confidence."
Yu Zhiming glanced at her.
"You and your mother are both very angry, aren't they? It's been so long, and you still haven't reconciled?"
Zhou Mo waved his fist and said, "On matters of principle, we cannot give in easily..."
Yu Zhiming was eating sandwich cookies and chatting with Zhou Mo, and from time to time he heard the voices of the people waiting outside the door.
"Doctor Wan, you are here too."
"I heard you retired?"
A cheerful voice rang out, "Last month, I just completed the retirement procedures and officially started enjoying my time."
A voice asked, "Doctor Wan, didn't the hospital rehire you?"
"I'm just an associate chief physician. The department is full of talented people. One more person wouldn't make a difference, and one less person wouldn't make a difference. I won't be rehired."
The same voice asked again, "Doctor Wan, with your abilities, if you go to a smaller hospital, you won't be treated like a great expert."
"Have you contacted your next employer yet? If not, I can help introduce you to one or two."
Doctor Wan's voice rang out again, "Well, to be honest, when you get older, you have to accept your age."
"This year, I've always felt a little overwhelmed. I plan to take a good rest for a while before considering other things."
"I've already got my visa. I'm going to visit my daughter in Australia next week to see my grandson..."
Yu Zhiming in the examination room drank all the water in the cup, went to the bathroom, and started the physical examination after returning.
After examining six people in succession, Yu Zhiming saw a man of medium height with sparse hair walking into the examination room.
"Hello, Doctor Yu!"
When he heard the voice, Yu Zhiming knew that the man was Dr. Wan who had just retired.
He nodded to the other party as a greeting, and then gestured for Dr. Wan to lie down on the examination bed.
Yu Zhiming changed into a pair of surgical gloves and then put his hands on Dr. Wan's head.
He examines the brain mainly by checking the blood flow and blood flow rate of each blood vessel in the brain, as well as whether there are any abnormalities in the blood vessels themselves, and then infers whether there are any problems with the brain.
Given the current quietness of the examination room, Yu Zhiming can at most preliminarily explore the blood flow and vascular conditions of the cerebral arteries and veins with a diameter of 1 to 1.5 mm.
Also, it can’t penetrate too deeply into the brain.
If Yu Zhiming wants to improve his detection ability further, he can only go to a quieter environment without external noise interference.
Even though the ability to explore the brain was limited, Yu Zhiming noticed something seemed wrong after examining Dr. Wan's brain for a while.
The problem seems to be in the frontal and temporal areas of the brain.
Yu Zhiming tried hard to eliminate external noise interference and focus more on exploring abnormalities in the frontal and temporal lobe areas.
First, arteriovenous blood flow velocity...
No obvious signs of blood flow slowing were found in the various blood vessels, indicating that no obstruction occurred.
As for the blood vessels themselves, Yu Zhiming found that the narrowest part was about 30% to 40% narrower than that of healthy blood vessels.
Considering Dr. Wan's age, this degree of narrowness is considered to be a good condition for maintenance and is not yet at the stage of treatment.
Just eat healthy and exercise in your daily life...
Yu Zhiming repeatedly examined the frontal and temporal lobe areas of Dr. Wan's brain two or three times, but he could not find any abnormalities or anything wrong.
"Could it be that my initial perception was wrong?"
Yu Zhiming muttered to himself, and explored again without giving up. After still finding nothing, he reluctantly moved on to explore other parts of the brain.
It was through this transfer exploration that Yu Zhiming suddenly discovered the abnormalities in the frontal and temporal lobe regions.
Compared with other areas of the brain, the distance between blood vessels in the frontal and temporal lobes seems to be smaller and denser.
This is not a good change.
This means one thing: the frontal and temporal lobe areas of Dr. Wan's brain have become smaller compared to other brain areas.
In other words, shrinking.
"Doctor Yu, is there something wrong with my brain?"
Yu Zhiming focused his gaze and met Dr. Wan's, and found that his eyes were full of worry.
"Everyone says that if your hand stays on a certain part of the body for more than twenty seconds, Doctor Yu, there's definitely something wrong."
“The longer the stay, the worse the problem.”
"Doctor Yu, you've been examining my frontal and temporal lobes for over a minute. The problem must be serious, right?"
Yu Zhiming pondered and said, "Doctor Wan, it's hard to say whether it's serious or not. I just have some uncertain findings."
Dr. Wan sat up on the examination bed and took a deep breath.
"Dr. Yu, I've been practicing medicine for 34 years. During that time, I've told patients and their families the worst news thousands of times."
"Doctor Yu, just tell me your findings directly. I can handle it."
Seeing him say this, Yu Zhiming said bluntly: "Doctor Wan, I suspect that your frontal and temporal lobes have atrophy."
"I suggest you get further examination at our center."
Doctor Wan's eyes widened, and he asked, "Is it just the atrophy of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain?"
Yu Zhiming nodded and said, "From my perspective, the other brain areas are still normal."
After he said this, he noticed that Dr. Wan, who was sitting on the examination bed, was stunned.
"Doctor Wan? Doctor Wan?"
Doctor Wan slowly sat up straight and said bitterly, "Over the past year or so, I've clearly noticed a decline in my memory. I often forget words when I write or speak."
"You also found that my frontal and temporal lobes were atrophied. I knew what was wrong with me."
"What disease?" Yu Zhiming asked.
Doctor Wan sighed, "Aphasia, the same disease as the lead actor in Die Hard."
Yu Zhiming let out a sympathetic sigh.
Aphasia, also known as frontotemporal dementia, is caused by atrophic lesions in the patient's temporal and frontal lobes.
It can cause personality changes, behavioral disorders, and loss of language ability.
Frontotemporal lobe lesions account for about 10% to 20% of dementia patients, but they are different from the Alzheimer's disease, also known as senile dementia, that is, the disease that is well known to the public.
It mainly affects the patient's personality, language and behavioral abilities, and has relatively little effect on memory.
Similar to Alzheimer's disease, the cause of frontotemporal dementia is unknown and there is no treatment. The patient's abnormal behavior can only be controlled by medication.
But no matter what means are taken, the patient will gradually lose the ability to act, and may even be unable to eat, and eventually become another person and die in silence.
Yu Zhiming saw that Dr. Wan, who had been sitting upright, hunched his body again and began to comfort him.
"Doctor Wan, aphasia is just our guess. There are other possibilities. Let's not scare ourselves first."
Yu Zhiming saw Dr. Wan sitting there blankly, with little reaction to his words, and knew that he was having some mental breakdown.
Just as he was about to ask Zhou Mo to call a nurse over, he saw Wang Zejia accompanying Dr. Wang Wu into the examination room.
Wang Zejia specializes in neurology, and aphasia is also within his research scope.
After learning about Dr. Wan's condition, Wang Zejia immediately and attentively took Dr. Wan for further examination.
Wang Wu sighed softly as he looked at Dr. Wan's distraught figure. He turned to Yu Zhiming and said, "Your fellow patient has finished his acupuncture treatment."
"His body has recovered quite well."
"I also left him two dietary supplement recipes. Go home and rest well for half a year or a year, and he should be fine."
Yu Zhiming thanked him and said, "Doctor Wang, the Chinese medicine pharmacy should have some good ginseng and American ginseng, right? I'd like to buy some. Is that convenient?"
Wang Wu didn't answer but asked, "Doctor Yu, what are you buying American ginseng for? Who are they for?"
Yu Zhiming replied honestly: "My parents are old, so I bought some ginseng and American ginseng for them to make soup, or soak them in wine or water to nourish their bodies."
Wang Wu chuckled and said, "So you're buying it to nourish your father and mother. That's easy. No need to go to the pharmacy to buy it."
"I have it at home, and the quality is better."
"You don't have to buy any. I'll give you some."
Yu Zhiming quickly stated, "Doctor Wang, I definitely won't accept it as a gift, but I can buy it."
After some negotiation, the two sides finally decided to purchase twenty pieces of twenty-year-old wild ginseng and five hundred grams of American ginseng from Dr. Wang at a discount price of 20% off the market price.
Tomorrow morning, Wang Zejia will bring the ginseng and American ginseng to the center...
At 12:10 noon, Yu Zhiming completed the morning's physical examination.
After returning to the big office, Yu Zhiming was called into the director's office by Teacher Qi.
When he walked into the director's office, in addition to Teacher Qi, Yu Zhiming saw a tall young man whose facial features were somewhat similar to Teacher Qi's.
There was also a beautiful young woman with long flowing hair.
Yu Zhiming also discovered that the coffee table in the reception area was filled with delicious food.
"Zhiming, these are my eldest son and daughter-in-law."
"We sat down to eat together and got to know each other while we ate..."
Please support me with monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, etc.!!!
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
