I can see health

Chapter 222 The Origin of Vampires
The woman in the black turban just went away.

Although her walking posture was very floating and she looked weak, she still walked forward without looking back.

On the side, the young man who called 120 just now saw this, and quickly called 120 again to cancel the ambulance.

"This man... is so strange." Ke Yue raised his brows.

"She is sick." Zhou Wei said.

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Ke Yue glanced at Zhou Wei, she looked at Lu Chen who was beside her without saying a word, and asked in confusion, "Lu Chen, what do you think?"

Lu Chen looked at the back of the woman leaving, and said, "I vaguely remember seeing a similar case, but I can't remember it at the moment."

"Could there really be a vampire disease?" Zhou Wei asked in surprise.

Lu Chen nodded, "It's not a vampire, but it should be similar to a vampire. I haven't figured out what it is yet. Go back and look it up, maybe you can find it."

"Just by looking at the patient, you can find out what's wrong with her?" Ke Yue whispered.

Lu Chen paused, stopped, and said slowly, "Have you noticed that this patient's symptoms are actually very typical."

"The paleness of her face is definitely caused by anemia. And her teeth, scars, these things are all characteristic, I suspect it is caused by some kind of toxin."

"Well, it's really strange to hear you say that." Zhou Wei nodded.

"You'll be an afterthought." Ke Yue said with a smile.

Lu Chen and the others stayed in the temple for a while, then went down the mountain to have lunch, and then went back to the hospital by car.

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Back to the bedroom.

Lu Chen recalled the patient he met in the morning, and turned on the computer to search for relevant literature.

Depending on the specific symptoms, to search for the disease.

In the afternoon, Gu Xinyue sent Lu Chen a WeChat message.

"The PPT is finished, take a look."

The information is very concise, in line with Gu Xinyue's work style.

Lu Chen opened the ppt.

The style of ppt has changed from the previous black and white to a beautiful and dynamic pattern.

"Lao Gu, I really have you!" Lu Chen said, "It's great!"

Gu Xinyue said: "You're welcome, just remember the breakfast for a month."

"Haha, no problem." Lu Chen smiled.

Gu Xinyue is still very reliable. After his hard work, this ppt is still very beautiful.

This time, without hesitation, Lu Chen forwarded the ppt to Li Yao.

Teacher Li Yao still needs to continue to give comments to the ppt. After revisions and confirmation, Lu Chen can give a speech at the conference.

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After forwarding the ppt to Li Yao, Lu Chen continued to search for literature on "vampire".

Finding literature is a technical task!
the most important is.

Most of the domestic literature in China is fake articles, or fake articles for the promotion of professional titles, which have no scientific research value at all.

If you want to find useful literature information, you can only go to foreign language literature websites!

After all, it's not his mother tongue. Although Lu Chen has literature reading skills books, foreign literature is definitely not as good as Chinese literature.

"Hey, when will Huaxia have its own top journals!"

Lu Chen was thinking in his heart while checking the documents.

Master the top magazines, then you have the right to speak in scientific research!

The academic circle has a deep relationship with scholars.

When it comes to top journals, it is important to publish papers. Apart from the excellent content of the article, the most important thing is whether it has anything to do...

Viewed most of the day.

Lu Chen finally checked a foreign language document.

Among them, the patient's symptoms partially overlapped with those of the woman he met in the morning.

"Patients drink blood, fear the sun, fangs, pale,..."

This is just like a "vampire"!

When Lu Chen turned his attention to the diagnosis of the case, her condition froze for a moment.

Porphyria?
what is this?
Lu Chen had only heard the name of this disease once or twice.

As for porphyria, what it is and what its symptoms are, he has no idea.

Lu Chen continued to read the explanation of porphyria in the literature.

Porphyrins are photosensitive pigments that accumulate on human skin, bones and teeth.

Porphyria, due to the lack of enzyme activity in the heme biosynthetic pathway, causes an abnormal increase in the concentration of porphyrin or its precursors, such as delta-amino-r-levulinic acid (delta-ALA) and porphyrinogen (PBG) High, and accumulate in the tissue, causing a class of diseases caused by cell damage.

Most porphyrins are benign in the dark and cause no harm to the body, but when exposed to sunlight, they transform into dangerous toxins that devour human muscles and tissues.

Therefore, porphyria patients, like the legendary vampires, can only live in a dark world and cannot see light.

For most patients with porphyria, blood transfusions and hemoglobin are effective in relieving symptoms and are still the mainstay of treatment.

"I see." Lu Chen's frowning brows slowly relaxed, "No wonder"

There is also a metaphor used in the text.

People with porphyria in ancient times could suck or drink blood to make themselves feel better - which is likely the origin of vampire stories.

In most vampire legends, garlic, like the cross, is depicted as the slayer of vampires.

"Why do you still hate garlic?"

Lu Chen continued to look down.

People with porphyria also have a deep aversion to garlic.The simple reason is that certain chemicals in garlic exacerbate their condition, causing pain and other symptoms.

"Looking at it this way, the patient's pale complexion can also be explained." Lu Chen thought to himself.

The vast majority of people with porphyria are severely anemic, and not least because they usually live in the dark.

More importantly, the porphyrin in their bodies will affect the hematopoietic function and destroy the production of hemoglobin.

Often, people with porphyria also have large patches of pigment—often purple—on their bodies.

At this time, Lu Chen thought of the patient's fangs and the scars on his face.

Unexpectedly, there are also explanations for dentures and scars in the back of this article.

One of the main manifestations of porphyrin, which turns into a toxin that devours muscle and tissue when exposed to sunlight, is that it erodes the lips and gums of patients, exposing them to sharp, wolf-like teeth.

Rotting gums always look bloody, which inevitably brings to mind a blood-sucking vampire.

In addition, porphyria sufferers have corroded ears and noses due to toxins and scarred skin, making them look extraordinarily old.

Read the full article.

Lu Chen's heart suddenly opened.

This document from the United States carefully records all the symptoms, signs, and even diagnostic methods of porphyria.

It seems that the patient has a high probability of porphyria!

"Congratulations, the system upgrade completion rate is +1!"

Can this increase the completion of the system upgrade?
Lu Chen was quite surprised. He should be guessing that the woman's diagnosis in the morning was porphyria, and the system gave the degree of completion!

While Lu Chen was delighted, he kept sighing in his heart.

He has read a lot of Chinese documents, and there are very few documents that record porphyria in such detail, almost none!

The number of people in Huaxia is large, and there must be a lot of patients, but no similar evidence can be found in the literature.

On the contrary, it is foreign language literature, and you can find detailed literature.

"Sigh." Lu Chen shook his head, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.

At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly wanted to meet the woman in the black scarf again and tell her his reasoning diagnosis.

This woman must have sought medical treatment many times, and finally came to the temple to pray when she had no choice.

(End of this chapter)