"Okay."

Liu Meng nodded, but although she looked as usual, the situation in front of her would not be easy if she changed to any doctor.

After returning to the office, Zhao Heng turned on the computer, boarded the national literature network, and began to search for treatment cases of patients with Naegleria flexneri infection.

However, after searching for a few articles and reading them, Zhao Heng's mood was not relaxed at all, because he found that the only few patients abroad who were infected with Naeglera fowleri and survived were all diagnosed with infection at a very early stage, and then applied a large number of drugs to deal with cerebral edema.

One of the most remarkable treatment effects was in a hospital in the United States, where the attending physician used the broad-spectrum microbial inhibitor miltefosine in combination with other drugs to control the swelling of the infected patient's brain and save a patient, providing hope for the treatment of Amoeba Negri infection.

Mitefor?

Seeing the name of this drug, Zhao Heng couldn't help but fall into thought.

This milteforo, whose full name should be called milteforoxin, is an alkyl phosphocholine drug, in general, it is used in the treatment of conventional skin cancer, milteforoflexin can enter the cell membrane and block the cell signaling process to induce a special functional disorder and further growth of tissue tumors.

Moreover, milteforcin has a certain activity against various parasite species.

This is a treatment that Zhao Heng has never thought of, using drugs to treat cancer to treat Naegleria fowleri infection.

So will this idea work?

Zhao Heng couldn't help but wonder in his heart, this is only one case of curing with Miti Fuxing, maybe it is crooked?

With this doubt, Zhao Heng then took a closer look at the case.

Seeing the back, Zhao Heng found out that the only patient who was cured with miltefucin was because the patient himself had early skin cancer, so this miltefucin was used to treat cancer, but after the infection of Naegria fowleri, the attending doctor accidentally found that this miltefucin seemed to be effective in the treatment of parasites, so the dosage was increased, and the patient was in the early stage of infection, so it was cured.

Maybe give it a try?

Zhao Heng thought.

There's no other way around it now, anyway.

Thinking of this, Zhao Heng walked out of the office and came to the hospital bed of the boy infected with the brain-eating amoeba.

At this time, because of the effect of surgical anesthesia, the boy had not yet woken up from the coma, and he looked just pale from the appearance of madness when he was admitted to the hospital.

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But Zhao Heng knew that under this calm, there was an undercurrent hidden, and once the patient had a major seizure, it might not be far from death.

"Doctor."

Seeing Zhao Heng coming, the girl who was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed and guarding her boyfriend stood up.

Liu Meng was also observing the boy's signs in real time at the moment, and when he saw Zhao Heng coming, he nodded to him.

"How's it going?"

Zhao Heng asked Liu Meng.

"The data of breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure are normal, but the EEG shows that the patient's cerebral cortex activity is very intense, and if this vigorous activity of the cerebral cortex continues, it will cause irreversible damage to the patient's consciousness."

Liu Meng said.

"Strenuous activity in the cerebral cortex?"

Hearing this, Zhao Heng's expression froze, and there was vigorous activity in the cerebral cortex, which indicated that the parasite had reached its peak in the reproduction of the brain, and had begun to secrete and release endotoxins, causing extremely strong hallucinations in the patient.

This mechanism of action is somewhat similar to spider hunting, directly injecting anesthetic toxins into the prey's body, so that the prey is in a state of paralysis, and then enjoy the prey.

To put it bluntly, the process of parasites parasitic on the human body is somewhat similar to the hunting phenomenon in nature.

But there is a difference, parasites like roundworms, to a certain extent, have reached a certain symbiosis with the human body, while parasites like Naegria fowleri protozoa, which completely use the human body as a breeding ground, to put it bluntly, are to make people die.

"Yes, this hour, this vigorous activity in the cerebral cortex, has been going on."

Liu Meng nodded again and said, now she can say that she is paying attention to this patient's situation around the clock.

"Well, I see, Dr. Liu, you continue to pay attention to his condition."

Zhao Heng nodded and said to Liu Meng.

At this time, the girl couldn't help but ask Zhao Heng with some eagerness: "Doctor, what's wrong with him?" What kind of insect can't be cured? ”

Since hearing the news of the diagnosis, the girl's heart has been in a very anxious state, especially after looking up this terrifying parasite called "brain-eating amoeba" on the Internet, her anxiety has reached its peak.

On the one hand, she feels helpless because her boyfriend's current life and death are unknown, and on the other hand, she is also worried about whether she is also infected with this very terrifying parasite.

"Don't worry, the hospital has organized a team of experts and is studying treatment options, and we are also working on it."

Zhao Heng said comforting the girl.

"Your test results are back and you're not infected with the parasite."

After a pause, Zhao Heng said again.

Hearing that she was not infected, the girl was obviously relieved, but when she saw her boyfriend lying on the hospital bed who did not know whether she was alive or dead, she couldn't help but ask with some hesitation: "... Doctor.. Will his life be in danger? ”

"Be mentally prepared for this, and we'll do our best."

Zhao Heng said very seriously, this kind of thing is very cruel to the family to say it, but as a doctor, I don't know how many times I have said this kind of thing.

"I see, thank you, doctor."

Hearing this, the girl didn't know how to react, and her brain was blank at the moment.

She is only twenty years old, and she doesn't know how to face this kind of lover's life and death.

Coming out of the ward, Zhao Heng came directly to the dean's office, because he stumbled upon Miti Fuxing that it was possible to cure a patient infected with Naegrea fowleri, Zhao Heng now came directly to consult Liu Shangming, after all, before becoming the dean, Liu Shangming can be said to be the absolute authority of the oncology department, and Liu Shangming must also know about this drug for the treatment of cancer.

As soon as Zhao Heng walked to the door of the dean's office, he saw Liu Shangming and Gao Jun sitting inside, looking like they were discussing something.

"Xiao Zhao?"

Seeing Zhao Heng coming, Gao Jun first looked a little puzzled.

"Come on in."

Liu Shangming saw Zhao Heng coming, and immediately said.

Zhao Heng walked into the office and sat on the sofa.

At this moment, he looked at the appearance of the dean Liu Shangming and the teacher Gao Jun, which was not much better than just now, it seems that this time the matter is indeed very tricky, so that the two people who have experienced the big battle are now helpless.