Soon they began to experience symptoms such as diarrhea and bloody stools.
The situation on Wednesday was the most serious.
At first, my family thought that it was simply because I caught a cold while taking a bath and had diarrhea due to eating something bad, but the diarrhea did not improve even after taking antidiarrheal medicine.
The next afternoon, I found that the color of my feces was abnormal and there was blood in it.
The family members who noticed something was wrong began to take it seriously, and soon the three people were sent to the health center one after another.
The doctor who received the patients at that time was quite knowledgeable. After a round of examination, he felt that the symptoms of several people were very similar to dysentery, so he prescribed sulfonamide drugs for them according to the symptoms of dysentery.
However, the medicines prescribed by the hospital did not work for these three people. Instead, they died after two days of continuous bloody stools. Their families thought that the health center had prescribed the wrong medicine and did not consider the seriousness of the patients' conditions at all.
Later, the families of the three people also developed the same symptoms, but they refused to take the medicine prescribed by the health center. Within three days, they died one after another, and their deaths were extremely horrific.
It can be said that these three companies have already investigated the first few people who were infected with the disease!
The leader of the investigation team is from Urumqi and is quite experienced in this area. Many local people also know that among some ethnic groups in this land, there has been a legend that camels that died in the desert were cursed by the gods, and the bigger the belly, the more severe the curse.
If you encounter a cursed camel while traveling in the desert, you must bypass it as quickly as possible, otherwise you will be infected with the bad luck brought by the camel, which may lead to illness or even bad luck.
People in the past had little education and did not understand the significance of doing this, but those people were willing to listen to the so-called gods. It was just a matter of taking a detour. Besides, the gods would always love their people.
It has been passed down from generation to generation, and even though this sentence has no scientific basis, many people still follow it unconsciously. It is probably the same as the saying in some places that stepping on a manhole cover will make your luck worse.
It's just an insignificant thing. It doesn't matter to me whether I follow it or not, but for the sake of good intentions, I just do it.
This was the first time Tian Cai had heard of the term "dead camel," but she quickly figured out the key.
It was just like the sperm whale explosion incident in Taiwan, except that at that time there was no news of any other impact except for the blood and stench in the air.
It is also possible that it was caused, but outsiders were unaware of it, or the microorganisms at that time were less harmful to the human body, or no symptoms appeared immediately.
The situation is similar for camels. When a camel dies, its body forms a closed space without oxygen. The fat in the camel's body will be broken down into organic acids, methane and carbon dioxide, while the protein will be broken down by microorganisms to produce gases such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
Then, under the high temperature conditions of the desert, the camel's body will rot faster and produce a large number of bacteria. At the same time, the remaining food in the camel's body will also ferment to produce carbon monoxide gas. Therefore, after the camel dies, a large amount of gas will be produced in the body. These gases will expand the camel's skin and make it bigger and bigger.
When it reaches a critical point, it will explode naturally. The same situation will occur if there is external interference.
The bacteria inside will then be exposed to the air. In the absence of other carriers, most bacteria will die automatically after being exposed to the sun. If these bacteria attach to the human or animal body, the outcome will naturally be different.
Bacteria will multiply rapidly after entering the human body, and the body's immune system will be mobilized to fight them, causing the patient to develop symptoms of fever.
The conditions of several people on Wednesday only prove that the immune system has lost.
The medical team was already in place, and Tian Cai also saw a few familiar faces in the team from the Southwest Military Region.
Old Man Yang Qingwen and Tan Wei came together. She only found out after asking that Old Man Tan was supposed to come too, but when the notice came down he happened to have a cold, so he sent Tan Wei and several other members of the Tan family over.
Tan Wei raised an eyebrow when he saw Tian Cai, and asked nonchalantly, "Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"
Tian Cai didn't want to laugh, but he couldn't help it. "It's a bit unexpected. Why did they send you here? Don't you like studying poisons? Why are you here for the epidemic?"
"To some extent, epidemic disease can also be considered a kind of poison. The two should have something in common." Tan Wei said with a smile.
He hadn't originally thought of coming, but when he heard the old man at home say that Tian Cai was also here, he decided to come and take a look.
The two had a very pleasant collaboration last time, and Tan Wei learned a lot from Tian Cai. Moreover, this girl always had some wonderful ideas that often brought him surprises.
Tian Cai bowed to him and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Doctor Tan!"
"Sure, sure."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Now, getting back to the point, I have a patient here. She was the first one I saw after I arrived. She's still in the mild illness ward, but her condition has worsened. She's had blood in her stools for two days now. I gave her Huanglian Jiedu Decoction combined with Baitouweng Decoction, but there wasn't much effect. Then I switched to Baitouweng Decoction combined with Shaoyao Decoction, and this time it worked a little, but I still don't think it's ideal."
Tan Wei's eyes focused. These two decoctions are mainly used to clear away heat and detoxify, open up the orifices and extinguish wind. In theory, they should be quite suitable for this situation. They must be effective!
"Where is the patient? Take me to see him!"
Tian Cai led Tan Wei to the ward on the first floor.
When Tan Wei saw the middle-aged woman with a sallow complexion on the wooden board, he couldn't help but frown after a thorough inspection. He came to the same conclusion as Tian Cai.
But he had seen Tian Cai's pharmaceutical skills with his own eyes. The medicines made by this girl were always more effective than those made by others. She said that there was no obvious effect, so what others made was even more nonsense.
Without saying a word, Tan Wei took a syringe and drew a tube of blood from the woman's arm. He also asked Tian Cai for some blood and feces and took it away for research.
Tian Cai still admired him very much for this. This kid had the enthusiasm to study hard and didn't mind the dirt or the smell. These things were probably enough for him to study for several days.
These days, when Tian Cai has nothing to do, he puts his fingers on the woman's pulse, calms down and feels it carefully.
She always felt that there was a slight difference in the pulse between this and that of ordinary dysentery, but she couldn't tell what the difference was for the time being.
For several consecutive days, Tian Cai took the time to write down all the records about epidemics and toxins in the Cai family medical books. She recalled word for word what Cai Ping said when she explained these to her, and pondered over some of the things she found useful over and over again.
Before going to bed that night, she suddenly thought of what Cai Ping had said before about an epidemic that the Cai family's ancestors had experienced. The situation was very critical at the time. The Cai family's ancestors worked day and night, and finally developed a decoction that could treat the epidemic after more than a month.
One of the most important main ingredients is a ringworm plant that only grows in the shade of the hillside of the village.
As for why he thought of using this plant he had never seen before as a medicinal ingredient, it was because of a casual remark made by a local.
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