Acute laryngitis can be divided into four levels according to the severity of the condition.
The child's face was pale and gray, and he had fallen into a coma. The breath sounds on lung auscultation almost disappeared, the heartbeat was irregular, and the heart sounds were dull and weak - the most critical level four symptoms.
Even in the emergency room of the hospital, for severe cases such as this, the trachea must be immediately opened to open the airway, and then symptomatic hormonal drugs and aerosol treatment must be used.
But this was on a train and there was no condition to cut the trachea.
What's worse is that the train has just passed through Golmud, the last city along the way, and then there is a vast no man's land.
In this vast and magnificent land, there is not a single hospital that can provide medical support to children.
The trains entering Tibet are all equipped with oxygen supply devices. Under each seat, there is a tube for inserting oxygen.
The child had put on an oxygen mask, but it didn't have much effect.
His lips were obviously cyanotic and his condition was very poor.
"That's the situation." Yuan Xiangqian said with a frown: "This time we are just outing, and we didn't bring emergency medicine - I have asked Xie Baoshu to go to the crew to make a broadcast and ask if any passengers have brought hydrocortisone. Glucocorticoids like that.”
"But the main reason I called you here is to ask, is there any way to quickly relieve symptoms from Chinese medicine?"
When he was speaking, the mother holding the child could not control her tears. She was so choked that she could not even speak. A pair of bloodshot eyes fell directly on Tao Le's face, her face full of pleading. color.
Tao Le held the child's hand, quickly felt the pulse, and then checked the tongue.
The child has fever, red tip of tongue, and floating pulse.
After doing all this, she opened the child's hand again and examined it carefully.
Children under five years old have thin and tender skin, easily exposed veins, and more obvious fingerprints. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine often combines the changes in fingerprints to assist in diagnosis.
The child's fingerprints appear bluish-purple and penetrate through the back of the nail.
Red fingerprints indicate cold syndrome; purple fingerprints indicate heat syndrome.
The index finger is divided into three sections, also known as the three passes, which represent the severity of the disease.
From the tiger's mouth to the fingertips, the first section is the wind pass, the second section is the Qi pass, and the third section is the Ming pass.
If the pattern is at Fengguan, it means the condition is mild; if the pattern reaches Qi Guan, it means the pathogenic factors have entered, and the condition is serious; if the pattern is at Mingguan, it means the disease is deep and the disease is aggravated; if the pattern reaches the fingertips, it is called penetrating nails. , indicating a critical condition.
Tao Le did not hesitate and directly selected Tiantu, Shaoshang, Shangyang, Neiting, Chize, Hegu and Quchi points.
These acupuncture points are often used to treat acute laryngitis due to excessive heat. The effect itself is also good, but it is not as immediate as the golden finger.
The filiform needle was inserted into the Tiantu point, and the golden finger interface popped up:
"Please select a treatment option:
A. Treatment of acute viral pharyngitis. Number of treatments required: 4 times, each time increasing health by 8 points.
B. Treatment complications (third degree laryngeal obstruction). Number of treatments required: 2 times, each time increasing health by 7 points.
C. Treat functional dyspepsia. The required number of treatments is 5, and each time the health value is increased by 3 points.
In addition to acute throat edema caused by this viral infection, the child also has functional dyspepsia.
But that's not the main problem. What urgently needs to be solved now is, of course, the difficulty in breathing caused by laryngeal obstruction.
"B". Tao Le made a choice.
"Start treatment for complications (third degree laryngeal obstruction). Countdown to 2 minutes. 119 seconds, 118 seconds."
Next, Tao Le acupunctured other acupoints in sequence and retained needles.
At this time, the announcement sounded in the train: "Dear passengers, there are now critically ill patients on the train who are in urgent need of hydrocortisone, prednisone, methylprednisolone, or other glucocorticoids."
Before the broadcast ended, the child suddenly took a long breath. Previously, due to upper respiratory airway obstruction, obvious depressions appeared in the suprasternal fossa, supraclavicular fossa, and intercostal space (referred to as the three depression sign), which were visible to the naked eye. Disappeared.
The mother of the child had not yet reacted, but Yuan Xiangqian and Xie Baoshu saw clearly.
"Great, acupuncture is effective!" Xie Baoshu said happily.
Yuan Qianqian's tense face also showed a smile: "Xiao Tao, well done!"
Along with their words, the patient's mother, as well as the onlookers' flight attendants and passengers, also let out a long sigh of relief.
"Doctor, thank you." The mother found her voice now: "Thank you for saving Xiaobao, otherwise, I really don't know what to do!"
Tao Le was not as optimistic as them.
"It just alleviates the symptoms, but it can't cure the root cause yet." She said with a serious expression: "Besides, the altitude is not high now, it will be difficult to say soon."
Tao Le's words immediately made the atmosphere that had just been relaxed become serious.
Yuan Qianqian sighed. As someone who has worked in snowy areas, how could he not understand how unfriendly high altitudes are to acute laryngitis.
Hypoxemia caused by high altitude will not only aggravate the condition of patients with pharyngitis, but can also easily cause other acute complications.
The train was still moving forward slowly. In a few hours we will reach the Kunlun Pass and enter the Hoh Xil no man’s land.
By then, the altitude will stabilize at more than 4,600 meters. After that, the altitude of the Tanggula Mountains will reach more than 5,000 meters. Even normal people will suffer from various discomforts, let alone children who are already sick.
Tao Le had already used his golden finger on this child today, and it seemed that he was now at his wits end.
The golden finger prompt sounded in her ears at the right time: "The treatment is completed, and the patient's health value has been increased by 8 points. Acupuncture has increased the health value by an additional 3 points, and the total health value has been increased by 11 points."
"A total of 8 points of pathogens were absorbed during this treatment, and the equivalent value was converted into life source energy. The current balance of life source energy is 110,359 points. Do you want to infuse it back into the patient? Yes/No."
Tao Le's heart moved. She also remembered that infusing life source energy can also improve the patient's health.
"Yes." She chose.
"Please enter the number of life source energy points to be reinfused into the patient: ____ points. (Note: This patient is a first-level creature. Each infusion of 5 points of life source energy can increase the life span by 1 year, and the maximum life span can be extended to 150 years old."
The child's current health value is 30 points, and the interface has faded from purple to deep red.
Relying on a large amount of life energy balance, Tao Le tried to input 60 points.
[Input back successfully. The current life expectancy of patients has been extended to 97 years. 】
Tao Le opened his golden finger to the child again.
The interface has turned a vibrant green color.
Age: 3 years old, health value: 90.
Tao Le looked at it several times in surprise, but found no symptoms.
This is a very healthy child with no disease at all.
Prior to this, she had also discovered in practice that the recovery of injuries would be accelerated by injecting life source energy back into the body.
Sometimes a disease that initially requires five treatments will be cured without treatment after three or two treatments.
It's just that before, the amount she lost back was not very large, and it was not as intuitive as it is now.
A brand new door opened in front of Tao Le.
It turns out that life source energy can be used simply and crudely.
Or is it that they are originally magical energy with indescribable value?
Tao Le didn't have time to think too much because the child was already awake.
(End of chapter)
