"Doctor, believe me, I'm really in pain!"

The old lady pinched her left thumb again and said with tears in her eyes.

"Old man, don't worry, let's talk slowly if there is something."

Zhao Sheng said comforting the old lady.

The old lady's emotions were so excited.

Next, under Zhao Sheng's appeasement, the old lady's mood stabilized, and under the narration of the old lady and her son, Zhao Sheng knew what happened to the old lady.

It turned out that this old lady had repeatedly pulled out her nails six times because of the pain in her left thumb.

The old lady's son had taken her to see her many times before, and some doctors diagnosed her with paronychia, which is the inflammation of the nail groove formed by the skin along the sides of the fingers (toes) and the surrounding tissues, often caused by tearing barbs, biting nails, eating fingers, excessive manicures or ingrown nails.

The old lady had already pulled her nails six times before she came.

After each nail pulling, the pain in the old lady's left thumb was relieved for a while, and she could sleep for a few days, but it didn't take long for the pain to start hurting again.

Therefore, every time the old lady in order to relieve the pain, she underwent a treatment that can be called torture.

You know, nail extraction, even with anesthetic anesthesia, is still very painful and brutal.

First of all, you need to poke a hole in the nail with the tip of the scalpel, and then stick it into the tissue forceps along the poking hole, then the tissue forceps are propped up on both sides, and then the nail is fixed with the forceps, and the nail is rolled vigorously to pull it out at once.

The whole process, even if there is anesthesia, but the effect of anesthesia is not great, or in other words, the process of anesthesia into the fingernails is itself a very painful act.

The whole process was very painful.

The so-called ten fingers are connected to the heart, in ancient times, pulling out armor was one of the ten tortures.

This old lady can endure six nail pulls, this kind of willpower is simply too tenacious.

Moreover, because repeated nail extractions could not be completely improved, and the doctors in the hospital diagnosed her with cervical spondylosis, it is suspected that the 2nd to 7th nerves in the neck, that is, the sensory nerves innervating the fingers, are compressed, which caused the pain in the fingers.

But when I did a CT of the neck, I didn't find anything.

Later, there was really no way, the old lady's son also took her to see a psychiatric department, and the psychiatrist doctor diagnosed her with neurosis and hypochondriasis, that is, she may not be sick in the first place, but she always felt that she was sick.

In addition to going to the hospital to see, in my hometown, all kinds of things like the dancing god and the goddess are looking for things, not to mention.

The goddess of the hometown actually said that the old lady stepped on a scorpion essence in her previous life, and then her fingers hurt in this life, and now the only way is to directly chop off her fingers and burn them to pay off the debts, so that they can get completely better.

Because of this ridiculous nonsense, the grumpy old lady's son almost smashed the goddess's house, and there was a lot of trouble for this matter.

It can be said that the old lady's medical experience can be said to have experienced ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, a handful of bitterness and tears.

"Doctor, we've all seen all the departments we can think of, what do you say?"

The old lady's son sighed when he saw the old mother like this, and while comforting the old mother, he said to Zhao Sheng very helplessly.

The son took the old mother to treat the disease, which was a matter of course, and there was nothing to say.

But this left and right, left and right, there is no effect at all, what to do, this old lady son really doesn't know in his heart.

"Doctor, why don't you chop off my finger, I'm old, and my finger is useless."

When the old lady heard her son's words, she immediately said again.

"Old man, don't mention anything like chopping, I'm in the hospital here, even if it's an operation, it's only amputation, and there is no such thing as chopping up."

"Don't worry, I'll check it out for you,"

Zhao Sheng also said helplessly.

Open and close your mouth [chop off your fingers], when he is a gangster!

After speaking, Zhao Sheng wanted to pull the old lady's left hand over a little, and wanted to take a closer look before speaking.

At this time, the accident happened.

In the process of pulling the old lady's left hand over, Zhao Sheng accidentally touched the nail of the old lady's left thumb.

This touch is incredible!!

"Ouch yo yo!"

"Ouch yo yo,。。 Doctor.. It hurts. ”

The old lady fryed the pan at once, screaming miserably from her mouth, and her whole face was wrinkled.

Next, the old lady withdrew her left hand and kept blowing on her left thumb, as if this would relieve her pain.

"Mom, the doctor will examine you, you bear with it, ah?!"

The old lady's son looked at the old mother like this, and he was also a little unbearable.

He was only angry that he didn't see a clue when he looked left and right, and he didn't take his old mother to see a doctor.

Come to think of it, it took six times to pull out the nails, and with the other miscellaneous times, it must add up to more than ten times.

This hospital is not next to my own home, and every time I see a doctor, it is a long journey and a lot of energy.

Seeing that the old lady was in pain like this just by touching it slightly, Zhao Sheng couldn't help but be a little surprised.

He had thought that the old lady might be a neurosis or a mental illness such as hypochondriasis.

But the real pain reaction in front of me is not caused by mental illness.

If you pretend to be, you can't pretend to look like this.

After a while, Zhao Sheng saw that the old lady's pain seemed to have eased a lot, and then he began to ask, "Old man, when did this finger ache start?" ”

"It's been almost two years, doctor, that's when I went to the market, and then bought piglets, I thought that after this piglet was raised, I could be a New Year's pig, and Zhang Laosan, who sold piglets, had to ask me for 500 yuan a head, I said that your pig is small, 400 lines can't work...

The old lady began to talk about it.

waited until the old lady said that the little pig was bought home and ready to bathe the little pig that Zhao Sheng interrupted the old lady's words.

"Old man, after that market trip two years ago, your fingers hurt, right?"

Zhao Sheng interrupted the old lady's words, wiped the sweat in his heart and said.

"Yes."

The old lady nodded.

"Doctor, do you think I have swine fever, it's that after I bought the piglets, my fingers began to hurt."

After a pause, the old lady began to speak on a whim.

"Old man, people will not suffer from swine fever."

"Every time it hurts, how long does it last, and when does it get worse?"

Zhao Sheng continued to ask.

"It hurts all the time, it hurts when you sit, it hurts when you lie down, it hurts when you touch it, it hurts if you don't touch it!"

The old lady said very aggrievedly.

Hearing the old lady's description, Zhao Sheng fell into deep thought.

Finger pain refers to the sensation of pain in the phalanges or joints of the fingers, most often accompanied by swelling of the fingers and limited movement.

Clinically, the causes that may cause finger pain are not complicated, generally including trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, etc.

So, what is the cause of this old man's left thumb pain like this?

(End of chapter)