Rheumatology, Rheumatology

Many people who don't know rheumatology often think that rheumatism is a traditional Chinese medicine concept, just diseases such as cold legs, rheumatism and bone pain.

But Wang Ruoxiang knows that it is not, "rheumatism" is actually a translated word, borrowing the rheumatism of traditional Chinese medicine, and then there is an explanation of traditional Chinese medicine.

"Rheumatism" originated from the ancient Greek medical system "Rheuma", which means "bodily fluids that are harmful to the body". In the 4th century B.C., the Complete Works of Hippocrates wrote on the anatomy of the human body that the bodily fluids of the human body were called rheumatism due to clammatism and coldness that caused diseases such as the limbs and internal organs and the joints.

In the 17th century, Guelom di Bayu, the "father of modern rheumatism", introduced the concept of rheumatism into clinical practice and defined it as a disease of the locomotor system.

Nowadays, rheumatism refers to a group of diseases that affect bones, joints and their surrounding soft tissues, such as muscles, bursa, tendons, ligaments, fascia, nerves, etc.

Like diffuse connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, etc., the pathogenesis of these rheumatic diseases is mostly related to the autoimmune system. Modern medicine still has limited means for this, and most of the time it can only be treated with analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs, so there are traditional herbal medicines in various countries that are recommended for the combined treatment of rheumatism.

Among the medical teams participating in today's meeting are the top rheumatologists like Professor Lu Qiqing.

It's a meeting about anomalous things, and it's a medical conference about this strange disease.

"We've done clinical interviews with some of the patients, especially how they're feeling," said Dr. Jonah Glasser of the FBM, who is currently the worst hit in Citigroup, with patients everywhere in places like New York and Los Angeles, "and got some answers that were like a classical rendition of rheumatism." ”

Classical, Dr. Glaser's use of this adjective made Professor Lu and Wang Ruoxiang puzzled.

The conference screen played images of the clinical consultations, starting with an adolescent patient, 16-year-old Kevin Greer, who was the first patient to be diagnosed in Los Angeles, Citigroup, with the most severe condition of his right upper limb and ossification all over his body.

"At first, the patient said that there was just a very strange ache in the body, which turned into severe pain after ossification." "We think this is the first stage after the onset of the disease, but in the second stage, which is where the patient is now, he feels like he has an abnormal flow of water in his body. ”

Abnormal water flow? The front-line members in the Qing'an conference room were even more puzzled, even Professor Lu Qingqi and medical experts from many countries learned of this situation for the first time, and it seemed that only Citigroup patients had developed to the second stage for the time being.

Kevin Greer is shown in a small, pale-walled ward, which is poorly furnished to the point of being a prison cell in order to keep the patient in touch with as little as possible in order to identify pathogens. The boy's face was very pale, his right hand turned black, and there was a fear in the pain and hesitation.

He didn't have any bandages on him, it didn't work, he didn't have surgery, he didn't take anything other than pain and anti-inflammatory drugs.

"What's the matter with bodily fluids you're talking about? Can you elaborate on that? Dr. Glasser, who had gone in for a consultation, asked.

"There is a stream of water...... There's ...... flowing through me," Kevin Greer replied blankly, "yes, how to put it...... Damn, oh my God...... It was definitely not blood in my veins, or the water I drank into my stomach...... My whole body was turning into stones, but the gaps that hadn't changed yet, between the stones, something was flowing, I felt like water, I could even hear it, like the sound of a river, the water was very fast......"

"Can you give us a more description of this water, or bodily fluid, about its color? Shape? Smell? These aspects? ”

"I don't know...... I do not know...... I just felt like they were flowing so fast, like a flood, and I felt like I was going to be swept away, so my body was turning to stone, and only like a stone, like a boulder of a pyramid, wouldn't be washed away......"

Hearing this, Wang Ruoxiang's brows furrowed, and she noticed what the patient said, "a boulder of the pyramid."

These strange feelings of patients are usually not unprovoked, and often point to the truth of the matter.

Petrification, megaliths of the pyramids, pyramid of Khufu, 2.3 million megaliths......

Is this ritual to use the human bones of these patients to build a huge, "real" pyramid of corpses?

At the same time, Tongye, Xiao Xu, Lou Xiaoning and others had their own thoughts, and they all noticed the stone, but Chang Qianhang noticed something else......

"The Flood...... Flood! Chang Qianhang exclaimed in a low voice, his haggard face became even stranger, thinking about something, and said to everyone who looked at him: "Ancient civilizations have legends about the Great Flood, and almost all of them regard the Flood as a catastrophe, a catastrophe of the world's destruction. This is because most of the ancient civilizations originated next to rivers, and in the event of a flood, their homes were often destroyed. However, there is one place where there is no account of the flood disaster in Egyptian mythology. ”

This is the so-called specialization of the surgical industry, and many doctors have been surprised, which is beyond their common sense.

The Egyptian civilization is one of the oldest civilizations of mankind, why was there no flood disaster? Because the land is in the desert? No floods? What about the Nile?

"Ancient Egypt and ancient Kushi are all Nile civilizations." Chang Qianhang continued, "The people of the Nile civilization are not afraid of floods, they are afraid of no floods. It is precisely because of the regular flooding of the Nile every year that they bring water to them, bring the fertility of the land, and bring good harvests. If the Nile does not flood in any year, they will die of hunger and thirst. So the Nile civilization saw the flood as a gift from God, which is different from the ancient civilizations in the rest of the world. The flood and the sun are the two major sources of life that make up the Nile civilization. ”

Wang Ruoxiang's brows furrowed even higher, and an inexplicable chill flashed in her heart.

After the locust disease, Tongye had such expectations for her, expecting her to come up with some medical hypothesis to dispel the fog with clues.

Now she has a hypothesis, "I wonder if the enemy is creating a 'great flood' from these patients to gather into a river and gather into a great flood." It was the end of the world for us, but for them, it was the coming of God, who would come out of the pyramids to meet their God and welcome the coming of the new world. ”

For a while, the conference room was silent, and everyone shuddered.

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