I can see the status bar

Chapter 482 Placebo

The diagnosis of AIDS patients mainly depends on the routine rapid detection of the hospital and the re-examination of the disease control department. As a virus that attacks helper T cells expressing CD4 protein, HIV itself does not cause any symptoms.When the content of helper T cells that recognize and dispatch antibodies in the human body decreases to a certain extent, the human body will encounter attacks from various infections and even tumors.However, these symptoms are not directly related to the HIV virus.

AIDS itself does not show symptoms, and many patients are found to be HIV-positive in hospital examinations after being infected with opportunistic pathogens.

Sun Lien squinted his eyes and looked at the patient in front of him. His expression was indeed desperate and painful.This really doesn't look like an actor invited by the treatment team - such a good acting skill, the price must not be cheap.

"Don't worry." Sun Li'en thought for a while, poured a glass of water from the water dispenser on the side, and handed it to the other party, "Aren't you hot wearing so many clothes?" He tried to change the subject, first Relieve the tension of the other party, and then ask the doctor slowly.

"I'm afraid of catching a cold." Lin Qiang said in a low voice, "With my disease, as long as I catch a cold, it may kill me, so I have to wear more clothes."

Sun Li'en didn't say anything, but walked to his place, wrote down the words "mental compulsion" in his notebook, and wrote a question mark behind it.

"It sounds like you know exactly what disease you have." Sun Lien followed the other party's words and continued to ask, "Then can you tell me how you got this disease?" If the other party has a mental problem , then looking back at the "medical history" should be able to know what the root cause is.And this will also make it easier for Sun Lien to judge whether he needs to be transferred to the psychiatric department for treatment.

Lin Qiang's expression changed slightly, and then he lowered his head and said, "I... When I was on a business trip two years ago... I picked up a small card at the hotel once."

Lin Qiang directly admitted that he had high-risk sexual behavior.And no protective measures were taken during the whole process.And about two weeks after that risky sex, he started feeling all over the place.The feeling of fatigue became more and more serious, and a rash appeared on the body. At the same time, problems such as low-grade fever, swollen lymph nodes, muscle twitching, joint pain, and even white hair on the tongue coating appeared.

"There is a rash, and white hairs can still grow on the tongue coating?" Sun Lien stopped writing, and looked at Lin Qiang who was opposite him thoughtfully, "Are you still in this state now?"

Lin Qiang shook his head, "These symptoms happen occasionally, not all the time." He suddenly seemed a little excited, "Many of our patients are like this...I, I really don't know what to do."

"A lot of patients?" Sun Li'en raised his eyebrows, "I guess you should have a post bar or a WeChat group, where you can inform each other about your symptoms and illnesses, right?"

For the first time, Lin Qiang showed an expression other than frightened and tired, this time the expression was called "Surprise". "How do you know?" He opened his eyes wide and looked at Sun Lien in disbelief, "Have you heard of this disease?"

Sun Li'en shook his head, "Unfortunately, I haven't heard of it." He intentionally staggered the topic, so as not to expose his point of view of "not believing that the other party is sick" if he continued to ask. "Do they all have these symptoms? Or do some people have other symptoms?"

"No, everyone is like this." Lin Qiang said very firmly, "They all behave the same way, and everyone gets sick easily."

That's where it gets interesting.Sun Li'en rubbed his chin, the development of the disease most of the time there are differences.The same disease occurs in different patients, and the symptoms shown are generally not exactly the same.For example, influenza A is also caused by the H1N1 virus. Some people will have high fever, muscle pain, cough, sore throat, and even turn into pneumonia with sepsis, respiratory failure and even multiple organ damage.But not everyone with a cold will have exactly the same symptoms at the same time.On average, about 1-10 out of every 10 patients with influenza A require hospitalization, and out of every 25 hospitalized patients, about [-]-[-] people will be sent to ICU for treatment.Since everyone's physical fitness is different, the drugs taken during the period and even the degree of rest are also different, so there must be differences in the symptoms displayed.

Some patients with A flow do not even have severe symptoms from beginning to end.

Differences in symptoms due to physical differences are common to almost all diseases.This is one of the main reasons doctors exist.If the symptoms of each disease were exactly the same, there would be no need to go to the doctor.You only need to buy medicines by yourself according to your symptoms.

It is precisely because of the different tortures that most patients experience in the face of the same disease that the profession of doctors has meaning.

But from Lin Qiang's description, Sun Li'en could not see any difference in the symptoms of these patients - all of them had low-grade fever, swollen lymph nodes, muscle throbbing, joint pain and even "white hair on the tongue coating". So much so that Sun Lien's own first reaction was "don't believe it".

So coincidental and so consistent at the same time.After pondering for a moment, Sun Lien asked, "How long have you been in this situation? Have you been to other hospitals before?"

"I've seen it." Lin Qiang nodded again and again, and he took out a stack of papers and notebooks that looked worn out from the bag beside him. "These are all data."

From the data, in the past two years, Lin Qiang went to six hospitals and registered more than 50 times.More than 4 tubes of blood were drawn, and all inspection data were readily available.The six hospitals conducted a total of five absolute CD280 cell count tests on Lin Qiang. The value fluctuated slightly, but it was always between 330 and [-].

"The last inspection was half a year ago." Sun Li'en quickly scanned through all the reports, then put down the receipts in his hand and asked, "You have been to a hospital almost every three months in the past... two years Check. Why did you suddenly stop seeing a doctor in the past six months?"

Lin Qiang's expression froze all of a sudden, as if all his strength had been taken away, he leaned halfway on the back of the chair and sighed, "The six hospitals are all well-known hospitals in China, and they all said that I am not sick... Check What else can I do if I don’t come out? I’m ready to die.”

"But now you are sitting in front of me again." Sun Li'en said with some awkward words on purpose, "Actually, you still want to survive, right?"

"Of course!" Lin Qiang nodded, pleading more on his face, "Dr. Sun, you are my last hope..."

Sun Li'en tapped the notepad in front of him with a pen. Just to be on the safe side, he couldn't help but glance at the status bar above the opponent's head.

"Lin Qiang, male, 32 years old, chronic fatigue syndrome (16842.33.22)"

Sun Lien pondered for a while, "Since you have come to this place, you should also know that my place is not a hospital in the conventional sense. Some examination methods may need to be performed in a different place or at a new time." He wrote Nonsense, while observing Lin Qiang's expression, "I have to discuss the specific arrangements with the leader of the experimental group first, please sit here and wait for me, I will be right back."

Lin Qiang nodded, as if hope was rekindled.

Sun Li'en walked out of the "consulting room", closed the door gently, then tiptoed to the office beside him, and was very polite to knock on the door.But before his hand touched the door, he heard Wu Youqian's voice in the office, "The door is unlocked, come in."

Sun Li'en opened the door and walked into the office. Wu Youqian's desk was still the kind of executive desk with wood veneer.It's just that there are several wide-screen monitors on it, which are displaying the pictures in the consulting room and the center of the computer room under calculation.

"Sit." Wu Youqian seemed to have known the purpose of Sun Lien's visit for a long time, he pointed to the seat and let Sun Lien sit down, "You found an excuse to run out, so you know what you know?"

"Some immature conjectures." Sun Li'en replied, "Dean Wu, this person is indeed sick, he is not an actor you invited, right?"

"A patient introduced by the Third Military Medical University." Wu Youqian did not answer directly, but explained the origin of this patient, "They did a lot of examinations on this patient, but the contents of those examinations were nothing special."

Sun Lien laughed twice, "So many cases that experts can't figure out, finally handed over to me to try my luck?" He glanced at the flashing "calculating" screen and asked, "The old man figured out the answer Already?"

"Old Stuff" is the code name and nickname for the AI ​​under study.It is said that the reason is that when the old thing was running for the first time, there was a problem with the system time setting, so that he had been running for more than 800 years just after he was born.Therefore, it is dubbed "old stuff" by many network engineers and maintenance personnel.

Sun Li'en's job is to keep competing with the old stuff, so as to promote the rapid progress of the old stuff.

"From the perspective of progress, it will take about ten hours to calculate the result." Wu Youqian glanced at the screen, shook his head and said, "If you have something to say, just say it directly."

"I don't think the patient himself has any substantial organ lesions or infections." Sun Lien expressed his own judgment, "He is too consistent with this group of diseases. Compared with unknown viral infections, I am more inclined to the ones fueled by the Internet. 'Mass hysteria'."

Wu Youqian glanced at Sun Lien again, "How sure are you?"

"Half and half." Sun Lien didn't say anything dead, but suggested, "I think you can try placebo therapy, but you can't use ordinary sugar tablets or starch tablets as placebos, and you may need something with obvious effects and strong hints. Placebo."

Wu Youqian was silent for a while and then suggested, "You can try it with indigo carmine injection."

(End of this chapter)