Chapter 158: Depression

"Brother Liu, is Sister Wu okay?" Yang Meng saw Liu Qi in the outpatient hall.

Liu Qi pointed to it: "What about the infusion in the ward, her child is watching her there." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Yang Meng asked puzzled.

Liu Qi shook his head: "She won't say anything." ”

"Let's go up and have a look. Yang Meng and Liu Qi took the elevator to the ward, and as soon as the two got out of the elevator, a young nurse said to Liu Qi: "You are a family member of Wu Yanfen with four rooms and six beds, right?"

Liu Qi replied, "I'm her friend, what's the matter?"

The nurse said, "The medical expenses are not enough, go and pay the money first!"

Liu Qi was stunned: "I just paid 20,000 yuan when I came, isn't that enough?" Although he didn't say it, he knew by looking at his expression that he was shy now.

Yang Meng smiled and said, "Brother Liu, Sister Wu is our friend, I'll take this money." Anyway, Sister Wu also has medical insurance, so let her return it to you after reporting it. Miss nurse, where to pay? This day, the 20,000 yuan will be gone, otherwise they will say that the hospital is expensive. ”

The nurse said: "Pay on the first floor, this gentleman, in fact, we can't blame our hospital, the patient is in a very bad condition when he is sent, and he can always be rescued in the ICU if he is not simply gastric lavage." So the cost is more, and the cost will not be much later. ”

Yang Meng thought for a while and said to Liu Qi: "Brother Liu, you go in and wait for me, I'll go down to pay the bill, and I'll come up in a while." ”

Liu Qi said: "How embarrassing is this." ”

But it can be seen that he really didn't want to stop Yang Meng.

People are poor, horses are short, horses are thin, and horses are long. Liu Qi is not a rich person, his college girl reaches out to him every day to ask for money, and it is not easy for him to take out 20,000 yuan now. Especially now that the Chinese New Year is coming, it is not easy to come up with money at this time!

There is definitely something wrong with this between Liu Qi and Sister Wu!

In fact, it is very likely that Liu Qi asked himself to come over for money. After all, they are all migrant workers, and they don't have any friends here, and there are few people who can help when they encounter problems.

But it's still a good friend to see through it or not, Yang Meng didn't mention it, after all, it turned out that Sister Wu took care of herself very much, and it was impossible for her to pretend to be confused when she saw this. He ran down to pay the fee, and then took out 20,000 yuan in cash and returned to the ward.

Liu Qi was talking to a doctor at the door of the ward at this time, and hurriedly beckoned when he saw Yang Meng: "Xiao Yang, come over quickly, this is Dr. Chen, Wu Yanfen's attending doctor." I'm a big boss, I don't understand what Dr. Chan is saying, you can listen to it. ”

Yang Meng went over to shake hands with Dr. Chen: "Hello, Dr. Chen. ”

Dr. Chen shook hands with Yang Meng and said, "I don't know what you call it, what is the relationship with the patient?"

Yang Meng replied: "You call me Xiao Yang Xing." I'm her friend. Sister Wu is not a local, there are only her and her daughter here, it will definitely be too late to find someone else for anything, you can tell us if you have something. Sister Wu isn't there something wrong with her? Could it be that she is terminally ill?"

On the way here just now, Yang Meng thought for a long time and couldn't understand how the strong and happy Sister Wu could find a short-term view, and felt that the most likely result was like the one on TV, who was terminally ill and didn't want to drag the child down and then die.

As a result, Dr. Chen said: "Ms. Wu Yanfen's physical problems have almost been solved, and she will be fine after a few days of recuperation in the hospital." The most critical thing now is her psychological problems. ”

"Psychological problems?" Yang Meng frowned and looked at Dr. Chen.

"This is not the place to talk, come to my office. Dr. Chan said.

Yang Meng nodded: "Brother Liu, you accompany Sister Wu first, and I'll come over later." ”

Liu Qi said: "Well, I'll take care of her, just tell me if you understand." ”

After Yang Meng and Dr. Chen came to the office and sat down, Dr. Chen took out a medical certificate and handed it to Yang Meng and said, "Xiao Yang, you just came here and didn't know the situation, in fact, we had a consultation with the patient Ms. Wu Yanfen in the morning, and also asked for help from doctors in other departments, and finally came to a conclusion. ”

"What conclusion?" Yang Meng was a little nervous.

"Ms. Wu Yanfen suffers from depression. Dr. Chan said.

"What?" Yang Meng's eyes widened: "No, right? You said that Sister Wu has depression? She is the strongest woman I have ever seen, the words "women are mothers" are reflected in her to the extreme, usually when we encounter problems, she enlightens us, I feel very cheerful, and I look like I will never be troubled. You're saying she's depressed, aren't you kidding me?"

Dr. Chen motioned to Yang Meng to calm down: "Xiao Yang, don't think that depression is far away from us, in fact, there are at least 350 million depressed patients in the world. ”

Yang Meng calculated, there are more than 6 billion people on the earth, 350 million people are depressed? Isn't this six out of 100 people?

"So many?" Yang Meng's eyes widened.

Dr. Chen nodded and said: "That's it, at least two-thirds of these 350 million people have committed suicide, and 15% of them will directly choose to commit suicide, so to speak, the number of suicides due to depression every year is estimated to be as high as one million, and our country has a large population and many patients with depression, about 200,000 people commit suicide because of depression every year." The most important thing is that only about 2% of the depressed patients in our country can receive systematic treatment, and their depression manifests itself in the eyes of ordinary people, or it is just 'hypocritical', 'nerve' and 'preoccupied'. ”

"But Sister Wu doesn't look like a depressed person! she's not hypocritical!" Yang Meng retorted.

"That's the most terrible fact I'm going to say: more than 70% of people who suffer from depression have hidden their illness from their mentors, and in cases like Sister Wu's, we call them 'smiling depressed'." These people will be very cheerful in front of others, even full of humor, and seem to have good social skills. But behind these things lies their own desperation for life. Believing in our professional ability, Ms. Wu Yanfen does have a relatively serious depression. ”

Yang Meng hurriedly said, "Doctor Chen, you misunderstood, I don't doubt your professional ability. Can you tell me what we should do in a situation like Sister Wu's and how to deal with it? Is this disease a 'heart disease'? Is it our ancestor's 'heart disease still needs heart medicine'?"

Dr. Chen shook his head and said, "The psychotherapy you mentioned is indeed a method of treating depression, but if you rely on this alone, this is wrong, and it will delay the treatment and recovery of depression." You have to understand that depression is actually a disease. ”

"Disease?" Yang Meng didn't understand what Dr. Chen meant.

Dr. Chen nodded: "The reason why people suffer from depression is directly related to the biochemical metabolism in the brain, and the disorders of biochemical metabolism in the brain and the problems of neuromediators in the brain are the causes of depression. ”

"I see. Yang Meng asked rhetorically: "Then how to treat this depression?"

Dr. Chen stretched out three fingers and said, "There are basically three situations, one is taking medicine, one is physical, and the other is psychotherapy, which is why I came to you today." It's about what kind of treatment we give to Ms. Wu Yanfen. ”

Yang Meng hurriedly said, "Doctor Chen, please speak." ”

Dr. Chen said: "Ms. Wu Yanfen has now attempted suicide, which means that the depression is very serious, and you can see that even if she is rescued now, she will remain in a state of catatonic stupor, so our experts here recommend physical therapy for her." ”

"Physical therapy?, how is it treated?" Yang Meng asked.

Dr Chan explains, "Physiotherapy is a combination of electroconvulsive therapy, which you can understand, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, which works by activating the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The results are very good. ”

"Shhh。。。。。。h Yang Meng gasped: "Damn, this is too ruthless, isn't it?"

"There are antidepressants that can improve conditions such as biochemical and metabolic disorders in the brain. However, the results are slower and preferably combined with psychotherapy, which is a costly and long-term process. Dr. Chen thought for a moment and said, "Although Ms. Wu Yanfen's illness is very serious, considering that she has never received any treatment before, this kind of medication plus psychotherapy may also be very effective, but the cost of such a fee may be much more expensive than physical therapy, after all, it is a long-term process." What we're wondering now is, as a friend of the patient, what kind of treatment are you considering?"

Yang Meng didn't want to answer directly: "You still need to think about it, of course it's medication and psychotherapy! I'm not a 'spicy fragrant pot' and my parents, how can I let my friends go to make people electric." ”

The real name of the 'spicy fragrant pot' in his mouth is Liu Shiyu, and he is a professional e-sports player in China, who is very famous in the e-sports circle and has a very high value. But when he was a child, his parents thought he was an 'Internet addict teenager' and sent him directly to the Internet addiction rehabilitation center and was subjected to an electric shock to get him to quit Internet addiction.

I don't know what his parents' mood is when they spend the tens of millions of assets they earn by Liu Shiyu playing games.

"But we have to be prepared for the worst, after all, Ms. Wu Yanfen's condition is very serious, and we can't guarantee that the medication will be effective in her condition, and if that's the case, we still have to do physiotherapy in the end." ”

Yang Meng didn't want to answer directly: "When the time comes, let's talk about the matter at that time, let's take medication now." Psychotherapy we will follow back. ”

"That's fine. Dr. Chen nodded: "Then we can make a treatment plan!"

Yang Meng nodded: "Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Chen." Can I go see my friends now?"

"Of course, we exchange phone calls and keep in touch at all times"

Yang Meng was anxious to see Sister Wu's situation, and hurried back to the ward, but this time he didn't go in.

"What, is that you?" a nurse lady looked surprised when she saw Yang Meng.