"Very good, urine protein 2+, creatinine 123μmoi/l. In just two courses of treatment, creatinine dropped from 700 to 100+."
"The damaged kidney function has been repaired. There is still some inflammation, but it is not a big problem. As long as you continue to take medicine, I believe it will return to normal soon."
Doctor Tang looked at the biochemical test results in his hand and was full of praise.
These reports belong to patients participating in clinical trials and were just released today.
After careful comparison with the examination results of the past few weeks, Dr. Tang confirmed his diagnosis.
"In the first course of treatment, 80% of patients with early renal failure had their creatinine levels dropped to 400+, which was reduced by half. Some even suffered from acute renal failure patients with creatinine of 1,000+."
"Compared with dialysis patients in the control group, the effect is very obvious, and the patient's condition has been greatly improved."
"Although it has not completely returned to normal, it has slowly entered the stage of renal failure from the stage of renal failure."
"Of course, there are still 20% of patients who have not recovered significantly due to long-term damage to their kidney function, and their creatinine is still between 600 and 700. Judging from the overall results, the treatment results are very optimistic."
"The effect was even more obvious in the second course of treatment. Almost all patients who had improved in the first course of treatment had their creatinine levels dropped to 100+."
"These patients have changed from kidney failure to nephritis. As long as they pay attention to their health and stop doing things that damage kidney function, they should return to normal values within a month, which is less than 100."
"90% of the remaining patients have improved, and their creatinine has dropped to less than 400. This situation is understandable, because their condition is relatively serious and may require several courses of treatment to return to the ideal value."
"Even so, the condition has changed from renal failure to impaired renal function. As long as you take other drugs, you can control the condition. Compared with the previous situation where you were helpless and had to do dialysis to save your life, it is much better."
"At least they don't need dialysis treatment, they just need to take their medicines normally."
"In summary, after two courses of treatment, 80% of patients with mild renal failure have basically returned to normal."
"There are still 17% of severe patients whose condition has improved significantly and no longer needs dialysis treatment."
"Of course, this is also related to the fact that they are young, young adults, and do not have serious underlying diseases."
"The remaining 3% of patients are either seriously ill or weak, and their renal failure has become irreversible. There is really nothing they can do and they can only be transferred to the dialysis room."
When Dr. Tang saw this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
He couldn't help but think of several patients admitted some time ago.
The girl with kidney failure who was delayed by her illiterate mother at the age of 18 was very ill when she came here. After two courses of treatment, she no longer needs dialysis. She also had to pay more than 10,000 yuan for trial medicine. Subsequent treatment should not be possible. question.
The underage high school student could only eat in the cafeteria during the clinical period and cut off excessive protein intake. After two courses of treatment, he quickly returned to normal. After seeing such obvious effects, his parents finally realized that he had overdosed. The dangers of supplements, no longer insist on it.怚
The 22-year-old college student got his kidney function back after quitting a lot of high-sugar carbonated drinks. This trial of the drug must have impressed him deeply. I hope he can learn from it and maintain healthy eating habits after being discharged from the hospital.
There is also the 32-year-old migrant worker who works overtime for a long time, eats and drinks too much, and has extremely irregular work and rest. After experiencing a real life and death crisis, he must have learned about life from it and started to cherish his life.
As he thought about it, the corners of Dr. Tang's mouth slowly rose, revealing a long-lost smile.
"It seems that the effect of Sanqing, a drug for treating chronic kidney disease, is really miraculous. It has a significant effect on glomerular damage and is enough to become a basic first-line drug."
"Those patients with chronic kidney disease should be able to be saved as long as they are not in the middle and late stages of old age and frailty."
"Kidney failure patients can finally be saved."
When he thought about this, he couldn't help but get excited, and at the same time there was a trace of regret in his excitement.怚
"Unfortunately, this drug came too late, and so many patients in the dialysis room cannot use it."
"It is a miracle drug for patients with mild renal failure, but for those with severe uremia who have been on dialysis for many years, even this drug cannot save the day."
Dr. Tang couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, stood up abruptly, and walked to the dialysis room.
There are patients he has dealt with for many years, all of whom are passing by, waiting for the final moment.
He wanted to take a look and tell these old acquaintances that technology was developing rapidly, and there were now drugs that could save kidney failure.
As long as you continue to wait, maybe in a few years, a turning point will appear, and there is still hope in life.
Dr. Tang quickly walked out of the inpatient building, walked through a path, and walked into an open door.怚
As soon as we entered here, we saw some strange people.
Their faces were dark and they walked staggeringly. Their exposed arms were covered with scars and bulging flesh balls. Varicose veins were lying on them like earthworms. There were needle holes all around. The whole arm looked unrecognizable. It's so hideous that people dare not look directly at it.
These people with numb eyes and looking like drug addicts are uremic patients.
They suffer from an immortal disease and have to rely on machines to maintain their lives for the rest of their lives.
I have to come to the hospital 2-3 times a week, all year round, even on holidays, otherwise my life will be in danger.
Apart from kidney transplantation, there is no way to save them.
But when a kidney can be matched, the odds are not much higher than winning the lottery.怚
Even with lifelong dialysis, each person can only live an extra ten or twenty years. Ordinary families cannot afford such expensive expenses.
This is also the reason why the mortality rate from uremia remains high every year.
Most people have passed away due to financial conditions or complications before they even wait until their last days.
Everyone here, no matter how happy they were before, will be dragged into debt.
Due to long-term dialysis, every family could not make ends meet and soon became destitute.
The elderly parents of many patients have to travel around at an age that should be a blessing, earning a meager income to pay for dialysis.
An ordinary day for most people, but for them, it is a burdensome day.怚
For these patients, they can endure the physical pain through gritted teeth, but it is the mental pain that is the most grinding.
As soon as I open my eyes every day, I watch life slipping through my fingers day by day. This kind of torture is already the lightest.
Compared with illness, loneliness is the biggest complication, always destroying their lives invisibly.
Once you get sick, your relatives, friends, wife and husband will become increasingly alienated and eventually leave one by one.
Only the closest family members are left, and seeing the backs of relatives working harder and harder, I can only watch from the sidelines, unable to do anything. This is the greatest pain.
Living under depression for a long time has turned them into groups of lonely travelers.
They lived a humble life and used all their strength to fight against the disease unyieldingly.怚
There was nothing left except that faint glimmer of hope.
"Doctor Tang, you are here."
"Here he comes."
"have you eaten?"
"how are things?"
When the patients on the road saw Dr. Tang, they stopped one after another, with a glimmer of light in their eyes, and greeted him warmly as if they were seeing an old friend.
Most patients just nodded and that was all they had to do.怚
Some patients still have some strength to squeeze out a flower from the wrinkles on their face to express their joy.
There are also new patients who have precious vitality left in their bodies, so they can wave and ask a few questions.
The smile on Dr. Tang's face is as warm as the spring breeze, and he responds enthusiastically to the patients he knows well.
"Old Song, how are you feeling? You must come for dialysis on time."
"Your son's grades are not bad. If he survives for another year, he will graduate next year and find a good job. You can feel relieved."
"Xiao Bei, how are your parents doing lately?"
"No matter how tiring the work on the construction site is, you have to urge them to eat on time. Breakfast can no longer be skipped."
"These are the clothes Nurse Li bought for you. You look very energetic and you are a handsome young man again."
"Uncle Zhang, why did you come by yourself today and your daughter didn't accompany you?"
"Ah, she gave birth to a son. Congratulations. You have three generations living under one roof. It's really enviable."
"Oh, the dialysis room is full. You are waiting in line. It's okay to wait. Just wait."
A middle-aged man with dark skin and a face full of vicissitudes of life suddenly grabbed Dr. Tang's hand. Pain and confusion were intertwined on his face, and he complained as if to vent his sorrow.
"Dr. Tang, what should I do? I still can't accept that I have uremia. I am still young, only in my 40s. My son is still studying, so I have no job. Now I am living on subsistence allowance every day, and my wife has run away. .""
"This is what I will do in my life, but what will he do? Woohoo~"
As he spoke, the man collapsed completely and burst into tears in public.
The patients next to him didn't seem to be surprised by this, and they didn't have any strange expressions. They just sighed.
Dr. Tang was not surprised. Scenes like this happen every day. Most patients cannot accept this sudden change of fate when they first come in. They will have to wait until a year or two before they slowly accept the reality. Finally face it calmly.
Every time he came here before, he would meet several collapsed patients, some beating the wall like crazy, some crying in their arms, and some crying silently.
Every time he faced the patient's soul torture "Can I still be saved?", he was unable to answer and could only respond in silence.
In this way, the mood will become as depressed as that of the patient, and it will not be relieved for a long time, and even affect the mood after get off work.
As time went by, he did not dare to come often.怚
But today, everything is different.
He knows what these people need most.
Hope, hope, hope.
He couldn't give it before, but now he can.
Dr. Tang hugged the collapsed middle-aged man and gently patted him on the back, just like a kind old father.
After a few minutes, the patient's emotions were vented and he gradually regained his composure.
He took the tissue handed to him, wiped the tears on his face, and apologized awkwardly.怚
"Dr. Tang, I, I don't know why, I received a call from my son's school today, telling me that I have to pay for medical insurance. I can't even get out a few hundred yuan. I kept thinking and thinking, feeling that I was so useless, and then I It’s a bit out of control.”
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Doctor Tang smiled understandingly and comforted: "It's okay. Everyone has their own difficulties when suffering from this disease. You still have a son by your side. At least you have a companion. It's better than those who are alone." Some. You think so."
The man's eyes lit up instantly and he nodded: "That's right, my son is very sensible. He can already make egg fried rice when he is only ten years old, and he never lets me worry about his academic performance."
"Now that I see him every day, I have the strength to live. I must persevere, watch him grow up, marry him a wife, and wait until I have my grandson in my arms before leaving." He wiped the tears left in the corners of his eyes. His eyes slowly became firm.
"Believe me, keep at it, and you will be able to wait until that day." Doctor Tang patted his shoulder and said.
He then turned to everyone and said slowly: "After most of you come in, you will definitely think to yourself, it's over, you can't leave here for the rest of your life, you can only suffer and wait for death."
"If you are lucky, your family will stay with you for dialysis. If you are not lucky, you can only endure it silently."
"But I have good news for you today."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone pricked up their ears and turned their eyes to look at him together.
"Perhaps, in the not too distant future, your illness will be cured."
"In the past two or three months, I have been participating in a clinical trial of a new drug."
"This drug was developed by Sanqing Group. It is a drug for the treatment of chronic kidney disease and can effectively treat early-stage renal failure."
“Although it can no longer do anything for you severe patients who have been on dialysis for several years, for those mild and moderate patients with renal function damage and early renal failure, after two courses of treatment, 90% of the patients were cured and freed from the disease. The tragic ending of being put on a dialysis machine.”
"What I want to tell you is that no matter how painful it is, you must still have hope."
"Technology is developing at a rapid pace. Yesterday it was a terminal disease. In a few years, it may not be the case."
"Even cancer was untreatable a few years ago and could only wait for death, but today cancer is no longer an incurable disease."
"Think about your loved ones, think about your future, and have hope for life."
"The world is getting better every day, but this goodness can only be understood more deeply after experiencing disappointment and despair."
Doctor Tang's face was calm, but what he said was earth-shattering, causing an uproar in the entire dialysis building.
The patients were completely excited and rushed towards him, forming a circle.
Countless questions popped out of their mouths.怚
"Really?"
"Sanqing's medicine should be genuine. I'm taking its generic medicine now, and it's no worse than imported medicine."
"There is such a magical medicine, why can't we use it?"
"I wish I had known that I would have gotten sick a few years later than I did today."
"Dr. Tang, I think I can still be saved. I've only been on dialysis for a year. Can I apply to join that clinical trial?"
"That's right, let's try treating a dead horse like a living horse. I think no matter how bad it is, it won't be much worse. Even if you take medicine and die, I will accept it."
"Stop talking nonsense, it's better to listen to the doctor. This medicine can't save us now. Maybe there will be a new medicine that can cure uremia in a few years."
"Haha, I'm 90 years old, and I probably won't be able to wait any longer. You are still young, so live a good life one by one and stop crying."
Amid the commotion, an old man with all white hair sat on a chair, suddenly burst into tears of joy and laughed heartily.
This laughter infected other people, and slowly, bursts of laughter filled the entire waiting room.
The eyes of the patients, who were like walking corpses, gradually regained their vitality. They were no longer cloudy and numb, and a layer of light shone faintly on their faces. The whole person took on a new look and regained their vitality.
Doctor Tang looked at the patient's changes and sighed.
He thought to himself while answering the patient's questions in detail.
"This is the so-called hope. What a powerful medicine. Although it cannot kill human flesh and bones, it can make patients live more humane lives."
Soon, he finished dealing with the patients outside and walked into the dialysis room inside.
In the spacious room, both sides were densely packed with beds, with patients lying on them.
In the past, when he came here, the patients were silent. Except for the flickering of the dialysis machine and the occasional figure of the nurse passing by, the atmosphere in the whole room was extremely depressing.
But now, every patient's eyes widened, and their eyes followed his figure.
They all asked the same questions as the patients outside.
Doctor Tang smiled and explained patiently again.
