When the Doctor Uses A Hack

Chen Cang hasn't been very busy during this period.

Being a hands-off manager feels quite comfortable for him.

Zhang Mu, with many years of experience as a director, has already arrived in Anyang and had a meeting with Kong Xiangmin.

The subsequent work will also start gradually.

During this time, the high-tech development zone in Anyang is also busy dealing with various matters related to the "Chen Cang New Drug Research Institute."

Everything is progressing in an orderly manner.

After Chen Cang returned home, he took the initiative to cook, while Qin Yue has been quite busy recently, not because of work.

But because they will be returning to Anyang soon, and some matters need to be resolved.

To facilitate Qin Yue's justified return home, Chen Cang found Sun Guangyu and gave him a clinical collaboration project.

Upon seeing it, Sun Guangyu's eyes lit up, and he skillfully smiled, indicating for Qin Yue to follow Chen Cang and do a good job with this clinical research.

Naturally, Chen Cang was extremely grateful for this.

Sometimes, solutions are indeed more plentiful than problems.

When Qin Yue returned, she was delighted to see a table full of dishes.

Both were quite looking forward to moving to Anyang.

After all, their house was ready, and they could live separately when they went back. The house there was definitely more spacious than the one in the capital, and better renovated too.

After all, it was someone else's house, and initially, Chen Cang and Qin Yue didn't plan on investing too much in renovations.

But the house wasn't cheap. After all, it was surrounded by a hospital, a primary school, a commercial area, and a park.

The housing prices here have always been high in the capital.

The only drawback was the noisy children upstairs and downstairs.

They were students from the primary school and at a rambunctious age, often running around and sometimes indeed disturbing rest.

While eating, Qin Yue couldn't help but say, "Huh? Why are the kids upstairs so quiet today?"

Chen Cang rolled his eyes, "Do you think after we move, you won't be able to sleep without their noise?"

Qin Yue giggled, "No, I just feel it's lively with children around."

Chen Cang nodded and smiled, "Alright, once we move, let's have a baby!"

Qin Yue immediately laughed, "You think having a baby is like playing a game? Just decide and it happens!"

Chen Cang was also delighted, pulling Qin Yue into a cuddle and pointing at her belly, saying:

"Did you hear that, kid? You have to get pregnant; your mom misses you!"

Qin Yue rolled her eyes, "Childish!"

After washing up, just as they were about to sleep, they suddenly heard noise upstairs again.

Chen Cang chuckled, "See? Just as you said, it happened! Your mouth is magical!"

But Qin Yue frowned slightly, standing up, "No, it seems something's wrong!"

Upon hearing Qin Yue, Chen Cang started listening carefully too.

Indeed, today's footsteps were a bit chaotic. Did something happen?

Soon after, before they could react, there was a pounding at the door.

Chen Cang's expression changed, quickly got up, threw on some clothes, and went out.

Upon opening the door, he saw a man standing there, looking tense and anxious, saying, "Dr. Chen, please take a look at my child!"

In the building, Chen Cang was acquainted with the residents upstairs, downstairs, and next door, often chatting when riding the elevator.

Moreover, Chen Cang was somewhat famous, so many people recognized him and greeted him proactively.

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang frowned and asked, "What happened?"

The man's face showed terror, "Diarrhea with blood!"

Hearing this, Chen Cang became serious.

Have you called 120?

The man nodded, "Just did! I thought you were close by and came to ask you."

Seeing the man's pale, frightened face, Chen Cang quickly nodded, "I'll go up with you and take a look."

The man was an English teacher at New Oriental, and his wife worked in IT; both were quite busy.

As Chen Cang got up, Qin Yue, already dressed, quickly came over, "I'll go with you."

Speaking, the two followed the man upstairs.

Upon entering, Chen Cang saw two children lying on the sofa, wearing down jackets and covered with thick quilts, shivering noticeably.

Another was retching into a trash can!

Their mother was very worried, sweating profusely, holding items from the fridge to cool the children's foreheads.

But it was obvious she was flustered, standing there clueless aside from cooling them down.

Seeing Chen Cang and Qin Yue enter, she quickly said, "Dr. Chen, please, what's wrong with the two kids!"

Chen Cang nodded and walked over.

This young mother had obviously just cried.

The two children were four years apart.

Both were boys; the older one was 11, and the younger one 7, usually quite noisy at home.

The parents did try to manage them, but two little boys together naturally made a racket.

The two kids were quite sensible now.

Seeing Chen Cang and Qin Yue, they would call them uncle and aunt.

The 11-year-old was leaning over the trash can, vomiting miserably, while groaning, "I feel so awful, mom save me, ugh..."

The younger one had a fever and was dazed, unable to speak.

Chen Cang couldn't help but ask, "Do you have a thermometer at home?"

The man shook his head, "No, we have fever medicine, but I didn't dare to give it to him."

Chen Cang directly placed his hand to feel the temperature.

Using the sensory glove, Chen Cang estimated the temperature was over 38, but couldn't pinpoint more precisely.

It was evident that although the conditions of the two kids were not identical, given that they were both ill, the first consideration was a single disease.

Thinking of this, Chen Cang asked, "I should check the stool, has it been flushed?"

The mother of the younger boy quickly said, "No, we've kept it, waiting for you to see."

Chen Cang nodded and went into the bathroom with them.

Chen Cang had a keen ability to identify excreta.

Upon seeing it, he almost instantly confirmed, "Mucus and bloody stool!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yue frowned.

Such stool is not usually seen.

Especially in two relatively young children.

Generally, when stool shows mucus and blood, or just blood without mucus, it's often considered an inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease leading to this result.

With just the stool, Chen Cang couldn't make a definite diagnosis now.

Thinking of this, Chen Cang simply said, "Collect some of this and take it to the hospital for examination later."

The man quickly nodded, got up to collect the sample.

Meanwhile, Chen Cang came out, went to the children, and asked:

"Xiaonan, where do you feel uncomfortable?"

The older boy was named Xiaonan, and the younger one Xiaobei.

Xiaonan, tearfully clutching his stomach, said, "Uncle Chen, my stomach hurts so much, I'm nauseous, want to vomit, but can't, feel dizzy and my stomach hurts."

Chen Cang nodded, telling Xiaonan, "Come on, lie down, let uncle feel your stomach."

With that, Xiaonan's mom helped him lie down on the sofa, and Chen Cang carefully placed his hand on his stomach, gently sliding it.

After some examination, Chen Cang furrowed his brows.

"Did you eat anything today?"

Little Nan shook his head, "We all ate at home, didn't eat anything unusual..."

Chen Cang couldn't quite figure out the cause either.

The gastrointestinal symptoms in the little boy are more apparent now.

In contrast, Little Bei primarily has a fever.

Chen Cang continually narrowed down his guesses, deducing as much as he could think of.

The little boy's mother also said, "I rarely let them eat out, they usually eat at home."

"Because the school is in the neighborhood, they come back together after school, and I prepare the meal and put it in the refrigerator. Little Nan is sensible and knows how to reheat it in the microwave and eat it."

Before long, Chen Cang said, "Go to the hospital first, take a blood test to check the blood routine, and then test the stool. I suspect it might be acute gastroenteritis... or bacterial dysentery. Of course, food poisoning can't be ruled out either."

"What did you eat today?" Chen Cang suddenly asked.

The little boy's mother quickly said, "There was rice in the rice cooker that I made, and the dishes I cooked this morning were stored in the refrigerator. For dinner, we had porridge and buns, and none of us were unwell..."

Little Nan suddenly said, "Mom, I had egg rice for lunch."

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang's eyes instantly narrowed, "Egg rice?"

The little boy's mother was also curious and asked, "Egg rice? Who made it?"

Little Nan said, "I made it myself... I also had egg rice yesterday. Many of my classmates eat it too, so I made it myself at home!"

The little boy's parents were clearly puzzled, "What egg rice, how do you make it? Who taught you?"

Little Nan, enduring the stomach ache, said, "Mom... I can make it myself, it's simple, it's the rice with egg from Japanese anime."

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang understood the situation.

He couldn't help but sigh.

This kind of situation has been encountered more than once in the emergency room.

Especially this year!

In recent years, with the influence of Japanese dramas and anime, many people have started to learn about and adopt the dietary and lifestyle habits depicted in Japanese anime.

Egg rice is one of them!

The method is very simple!

On a bowl of steaming hot rice, break a raw egg, add some soy sauce, and mix it all together to eat.

It seems to taste and look quite appetizing.

Children often have a tendency to follow the crowd.

Things like this, which hold allure and curiosity for them, are always something they want to try.

As a result, you have a situation like this!

Little Nan wanted to mimic because people around him were doing it.

But...

Actually, there might not be anything wrong with egg rice; the problem is that the eggs they chose were wrong.

Chen Cang couldn't help but ask, "Where did you get the eggs?"

Little Nan replied honestly, "From the fridge."

Chen Cang said to the boy's mother, "Take me to see the fridge."

It seemed the boy's mother also found a clue, quickly got up, opened the fridge, and indeed saw that quite a few eggs were missing.

Chen Cang asked, "These are ordinary eggs, right? Not sterile eggs?"

The boy's mother nodded, "Um, they are ordinary eggs."

At this point, there was a knock on the door, and a middle-aged man quickly went to open it.

As the two emergency personnel came in, they urgently asked:

"How is the child doing now?"

Just after asking, they looked up to see Chen Cang, "Professor Chen, you're here too!"

Chen Cang found it was Zhang Yuan and nodded, "Yes, let's get the child in the car first. We'll talk on the way."

Zhang Yuan, seeing Chen Cang, immediately felt reassured!

After all, Chen Cang represented capability.

While walking, Zhang Yuan asked, "Professor Chen, what happened to them?"

Chen Cang said, "I suspect it's a salmonella infection, caused by salmonella food poisoning!"

The little boy's parents behind him became anxious and quickly asked:

"Dr. Chen, what food poisoning?"

Chen Cang explained:

"Actually, raw eggs contain a lot of bacteria.

For instance, salmonella, if not processed and cooked at high temperatures, the bacteria can remain in the egg and enter the human body.

This can cause acute gastroenteritis, and might even lead to salmonella-induced food poisoning.

Which then results in abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, and fever."

"Moreover, children's gut flora is not fully developed and their resistance is insufficient. When facing these bacteria, they cannot effectively defend against them, which leads to fever!"

Upon hearing what Chen Cang said, Little Nan's parents immediately grew anxious!

"Dr. Chen, is it serious?"

Chen Cang replied, helplessly shaking his head, "It's really hard to say, don't think this is just a simple case of food poisoning."

"We still can't confirm if there's a parasitic infection because raw eggs might increase the risk of contracting Toxoplasma gondii infections!"

"Toxoplasma gondii easily penetrates eggshells. If the eggs are not fully cooked, vulnerable pregnant women and children consuming eggs contaminated by pathogens might have symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and fever."

"It seems now that Little Nan's situation might not be very serious."

"But Little Bei, it's uncertain. Pus and blood in the stool should be from Bei. The presence of pus and blood in the stool definitely indicates intestinal bleeding."

"And if salmonella gets into the bloodstream, it can easily worsen the infection, triggering a series of severe conditions, such as sepsis!"

Indeed!

Chen Cang was a bit worried as he looked at Little Bei, who had a high fever!

Upon hearing this, the little boy's parents' faces changed drastically.

After all, something like sepsis sounds life-threatening. Who wouldn't be scared?

"Don't worry yet, I'm just outlining the possible dangers. We need to wait for the test results for specifics!" Chen Cang comforted them.

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PS: Recently, I've seen many comments where parents are using this book as reading material for their children. I think there should be more educational articles to enhance everyone's medical awareness.

Safety hazards of raw eggs:

First, the risk of acute gastrointestinal diseases.

Second, they are not easily digested or absorbed.

Third, increased risk of Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Fourth, increased burden on the liver!

In fact, current technology can't completely avoid bacteria infection when consuming raw eggs, but there are ways to reduce risks!

Here are some effective suggestions:

1. Buy pasteurized eggs or egg products from large, reputable supermarkets;

2. Only buy eggs stored in the frozen food section of grocery stores;

3. Store purchased eggs in the freezer at home, and do not buy or consume expired eggs;

4. If you find a cracked or dirty egg, it's best not to eat it.

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PS: Many say my chapters are too short. I think I should write longer chapters moving forward. I will try to adjust accordingly.

I wrote fewer updates today, considering it as four updates, and will add more tomorrow because there's much to prepare before switching maps...