"What kind of disease is intercurrent enteric typhoid fever?" Fu Yuan, who didn't understand medicine, heard this and asked, "Doctor Chang, what did you mean by 'very strange' at the beginning?" ”

"Enteric typhoid fever is a common disease, and from the perspective of Western medicine, it is caused by typhoid bacilli infection in the patient's intestines. Due to Niu Tao's clinical manifestations at that time, which were somewhat similar to enteric typhoid fever, the initial laboratory tests were mainly carried out for typhoid bacilli. However, we did not find typhoid bacilli in his blood, urine, or stool.

Concurrent enteric typhoid fever is very rare, and I have never encountered it in all my years of medical practice. Moreover, clinically, the manifestations of intercurrent enteric typhoid fever are also different. To put it simply, concurrent enteric typhoid fever is the mutation of typhoid bacilli in the human body, and the mutated typhoid bacillus does not have a fixed form. In other words, there are countless forms of mutated typhoid bacilli. Therefore, it is easy to misdiagnose from the perspective of Western medicine, but the diagnosis of Chinese medicine will be relatively accurate. ”

"Why did the old Chinese medicine doctor say 'maybe', isn't he sure?"

Indeed, based on Niu Tao's clinical manifestations, no one dares to draw a positive conclusion. Eventually, we suggested that Niu Tao go to the old Chinese medicine doctor for treatment. ”

"Where is that old Chinese medicine doctor from, and which hospital is he from?"

"The Affiliated Hospital of China University of Traditional Chinese Medicine." Just when Fu Yuan wanted the contact information of the old Chinese medicine doctor, he heard Chang Hao say: "Although Niu Tao agreed at that time, he didn't leave immediately. He told me that he hadn't seen his family for more than three years and that he wanted to go home first. ”

"So did Niu Tao go in the end?"

"I couldn't contact Niu Tao on the third day after he left. At that time, I thought that he must have gone to see a doctor, because the hospital was not in this province, Niu Tao should have changed his mobile phone number, so he didn't care. It's just that after a long time, there is still no news of Niu Tao, so I contacted the classmate who provided me with the contact information of the Chinese medicine expert, and after contacting the old Chinese medicine doctor, the other party actually said that he had not received a patient named Niu Tao from Jiangjun City recently.

Immediately, I contacted several classmates who stayed in Jiangjun City, but they could not contact Niu Tao either. Since I didn't have the contact information of Niu Tao's family, I wanted to go directly to Niu Tao's house when I returned home for the Spring Festival. But at the end of the year, my parents moved here. ”

Chang Hao recounted this, and then thought of the identities of Fu Yuan and others, it was inevitable that there would be an ominous premonition in his heart, so he hurriedly asked: "Niu Tao can't have happened, right?" ”

"We only found out that Niu Tao was sent to the African branch three years ago and was repatriated because he was unwell. When he returns, that is, after he comes to you, he is completely gone. As for what happened to Niu Tao, we have also been investigating. After a few simple explanations, Fu Yuan asked again: "Doctor Chang, what kind of transportation did Niu Tao take to return to Jiangjun City when he left here?" ”

"The train, I personally took him to the train station."

"Do you remember the exact time?"

"I need to look at Niu Tao's case to be sure."

Because Niu Tao's complicated enteric typhoid fever is a very rare disease, the hospital has kept his medical records. Soon, Chang Hao found Niu Tao's medical records from the archives, and said with great certainty: "Niu Tao came to me for treatment on April 3rd, and he stayed here for a total of seven days, which means that he took the train to Jiangjun City on the morning of April 11th. The train from Wuyuan to Jiangjun City has only one departure every morning, which is very easy to check. ”

Fu Yuan, who got this information, didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly copied a copy of Niu Tao's medical records, and after bidding farewell to Chang Hao, he hurried to the train station. After some searching, sure enough, as Chang Hao said, the ticket information purchased by Niu Tao showed that he took the train that departed at 9:15 a.m. on April 11 two years ago to return to Jiangjun City.

It's just that what makes Fu Yuan embarrassed is that although he can find out the information that Niu Tao bought the ticket, and Chang Hao also got a positive answer from Niu Tao that he did get on this train, the question is how to confirm whether Niu Tao has arrived in Jiangjun City.

Although everyone thinks that it is impossible for Niu Tao to get off halfway, no one is 100% sure.

After all, from the analysis of Niu Tao's behavior of contacting Chang Hao as soon as he returned to China and rushing to the factory-affiliated hospital where Chang Hao is located in Wuyuan City for treatment, Niu Tao should be a person who trusts his classmates and friends. Moreover, at that time, he must still have a sense of guilt for his family - not only did he not make any money when he went abroad, but he came back sick. Therefore, it is not difficult to analyze that Niu Tao, who does not want to disappoint his family, must have the idea of quietly curing the disease first and then going home to see his family. Otherwise, he would not have come to Wuyuan to seek refuge in Chang Hao without telling his family.

In this case, who can guarantee that on the way home from Wuyuan, Niu Tao will not contact other people, and will not choose the hospital where he feels that he has hope to be optimistic about his illness to try?

Analysis is analysis, speculation is speculation, and in the end, Fu Yuan decided to lock the scope of the investigation in front of the Jiangjun City Railway Station two and a half years ago.

You must know that the train from Wuyuan to Jiangjun City stops at as many as seven stations along the way. Moreover, it happened two and a half years ago, and if you investigate them one by one, you can imagine the difficulty. Of course, this is the last thing Fu Yuan and his party want to happen.

"Fu Ju, is there such a possibility?"

"What?"

Although the company that hired Niu Tao did not send someone to escort Niu Tao back to China, they may send someone to pick him up. After all, Niu Tao fell ill during work, and according to Niu Tao's colleagues, it was caused by the lack of adaptation to the soil and water, so according to the relevant provisions of the Labor Law, the enterprise bears a certain responsibility. ”

"It's not impossible. It is impossible for the company not to know the exact time of Niu Tao's return to China, and according to common sense, it should take the initiative to contact Niu Tao. Then, after Niu Tao returned from Wuyuan, they should indeed send someone to contact Niu Tao, at least send Niu Tao to the hospital for a physical examination. ”

After discussing and analyzing with Wei Chen and a few people for a while, Fu Yuan and his party rushed back to Jiangjun City overnight. And on the way, he clarified the direction of the next investigation - starting with the company where Niu Tao worked, and investigating all the hospitals in Jiangjun City, large and small, to see if he could find evidence that Niu Tao went to see him.

As long as it can be proved that Niu Tao did return to Jiangjun City after leaving Wuyuan, then no matter how difficult the investigation of Niu Tao's disappearance is, it will no longer be as clueless as before, but will become traceable.

Regarding the concurrent enteric typhoid fever, I am blind, if there are readers and friends who are studying medicine, please don't care.

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