Chapter 3: The Doctor's Perplexity

From the beginning of the blood test, the doctor asked Sanger to take out one of the arms of Little Jugu. Next, the arm was strangled with a rubber tube and blood was drawn from the small jugu aorta. When the nurse wiped the crook of Xiao Zhugu's arm with an alcohol cotton, she found that Xiao Zhugu's skin was not only rough, but also like a rubber when she pricked a needle. If you don't exert a little effort, you can't pierce it: "Alas, Dr. Zhang, this child's skin can't be pierced, how can I draw his blood!" The little nurse frowned, picked up her mobile phone, and called the attending physician.

Doctor Zhang Yishan hurriedly arrived: "Xiao Li, what's the matter, can't you draw blood?" He asked the nurse Xiao Li eagerly.

"Yes, Dr. Zhang, the child's skin looks no different from that of a normal child. However, the tip of the needle is bent and cannot penetrate the child's skin. You see, his aorta is very clear. It's just as if the tip of our needle is not pierced on human skin, but on a polymer rubber band that cannot be pierced. Nurse Li Qunfen said as she gestured. "Dr. Zhang, I think it's better for you to try it yourself, otherwise, no one will believe what I say. Li Qunfen shook her head, showing a very helpless look.

"Oh, is that the case? I'll give it a try!" Immediately after, the nurse handed over a syringe and a needle with an alcohol cotton on it. Nurse Li Qunfen used tweezers and a piece of alcohol cotton, and slowly picked up Xiao Zhugu's left arm with one hand and wiped it gently. Then, he said to Dr. Zhang, "Come on, Dr. Zhang, get ready!" Dr. Zhang took out the syringe from the small cart pushed by Li Qunfen, and skillfully installed the needle with tweezers. He tried it repeatedly, because it was a one-time medical treatment, and it had to be foolproof.

I saw Dr. Zhang prick the needle into the aorta of the bend of Xiao Zhugu's arm: once, twice, three times: "Well, what's going on? Why can't it penetrate the skin? A few months old boy, his skin is so bad? Even the doctor's needle can't be pierced?" Everyone gathered around after listening to Dr. Zhang's series of questions. Dr. Zhang shook his head, and he began to doubt life. Because, based on what he has learned, it seems that until now, there has been no record of medical students. Needless to say, it is a child who is a few months old, even an adult, who has never heard of the skin that even a doctor's needle can't pierce. Of course, only people who have heard of losing vital signs have skin that cannot stick a needle.

Since it was a few months old, Dr. Zhang did not dare to continue to use larger movements. There is always a way, the key is that it is a bit inappropriate to be mandatory for Xiao Zhugu's age. Blood tests were drawn, temporarily blocked. It's okay to move on to the next check-up joint. So, Dr. Zhang decisively said to Sanger: "Otherwise, suspend the routine blood test first, and I will take you to the ENT department to check and see if there are any new discoveries." Siza and Sanger nodded, and they didn't know what it was like, a sour feeling. The couple felt that the doctor's whispering behind their backs, including the look in their eyes, always made them uncomfortable.

Following Dr. Zhang, Sange, he came to the weighing place with Xiao Zhugu in his arms, and found that Xiao Zhugu's weight was: 9.14 kilograms, body length: 71 centimeters, head circumference: 44.9 centimeters, chest circumference: 44.93 centimeters: "Well, this child's height, weight, head circumference and chest circumference are normal. It's no different from a normal person. Let's go, let's go to the ENT department again. Sanger and Siza continued to follow Dr. Zhang. After all, they were not familiar with the district hospital, and Siza had a big belly.

When they came to the ENT department, Dr. Zhang took them into the studio of ophthalmologist Quan Zhilong, who was the chief physician: "Come, you hold the child and get close to my mirror." Try not to move his head, sideways or up and down. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to see his eyeballs in the mirror. He for a while, and asked Sanger to hold little Zhugu and make several movements. That is, a different sense of direction, to test: "Alas, the diameter of the child's eyeball is 25 millimeters, and the whole lens is two centimeters more than normal. When Sanger and Siza heard this, their hearts beat even harder: it seems that little Zhugu really has something wrong with him, so he was abandoned by his family! The two looked at each other and nodded to each other. That means: Thankfully, we're going to get it checked out. In the right choice for the two of them, the two of them were complacent.

At this meeting, Dr. Quan Zhilong beckoned to Dr. Zhang: "Lao Zhang, come and take a look, under normal circumstances, our human eyes are composed of two parts: the eyeball and the eye appendage. The eyeball part is made up of the wall and contents of the eyeball. The ocular appendage is composed of eyelids, conjunctiva, internal organs, and extraocular muscles. According to my judgment, this eyeball of Xiao Zhugu does not look like a human lens. To be precise, it's not exactly like our human lens eyeballs. I can't conclude what kind of body it is.

So far, we haven't found a lens shape like today's child. To know the internal mechanisms of his eyeball, an eyeball imaging must be done. That is, in his blood, a fluorescent agent is injected, and then an eye film is taken. Only then can you see carefully. But eyeography is not the only way, and it is not 100% accurate. It's just that he is still a child, and we, the hospital and the doctors, do not dare to take this risk.

Do you see it under my magnifying glass, what is it called: Oh little Zhugu, the eyeball is larger than normal, not to mention, its crystal shape is also different from our normal people. Moreover, the spherical internal structure is not the same, and the preliminary inference is also different. I suggest, wait and check again. Now, I don't dare to jump to conclusions. Seriously, based on what I've learned, I really haven't encountered it yet. I don't dare to say that there is no one who will come after me, but there is no one before, I dare to promise. After speaking, Quan Zhilong shrugged at Zhang Yishan and spread his hands. Say, I can't help!

Sanger listened to Dr. Kwon Zhilong's words, and the whole person almost couldn't stand still. When Siza saw this, she walked over and shook Sange and said, "Sanger, it's swollen! Isn't this something we both expected, you are nervous?" Sanger almost cried: "Oh my God! Siza, aren't we both looking for trouble? Why is little Zhugu so sick? Do you know how much it will cost to cure him in the future? Astronomical amounts!" It can be seen that Sange began to regret picking up little Zhugu.

Doctor Quan Zhilong, listening to the conversation between the couple and the couple, was a little inexplicable: "What's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with the child?" Seeing Quan Zhilong ask himself in turn, Sanger shook his head and said: "Doctor, the child's ailment, even your doctors have never seen it, so you say, who else can we find for treatment!" Zhang Yishan finally understood what Sanger meant, he smiled and patted Sanger on the shoulder and said: " You misunderstood what our doctor meant, just now, what Dr. Quan Zhilong said and what our head nurse Li Qunfen said mean the same thing: that is, what we found in this child is something that has no medical information to check before. Neither in theory nor in practice, no one has experienced it firsthand. But that doesn't mean that what we haven't found before is a lesion now. It's like living things have their variants, their variants. Including human beings, there is also his diversity. There are also differences between people, bodies, physiological functions, and different races. But it's not a disease, you know what I mean, right?" Sanger, looking at Zhang Yishan, felt that what he said was too profound! So, he shook his head at Zhang Yishan.

Quan Zhilong was in a hurry: "Hey, let me say this to you, deformity, do you know what deformity is?" Sanger nodded: "No, where it shouldn't grow, grow a piece." It's not of much use, but it doesn't affect people's normal lives. It is not a major problem for the normal development of the human body. Unless, in appearance, that is, beauty feels affected. For example: Someone has six fingers and so on!" Quan Zhilong smiled and patted Sanger on the shoulder and said, "That's right! Our doctor, no one told you that this child is sick! However, we have learned something abnormal from him. For example, Xiao Zhugu's eyes are larger than normal. Do you say that big eyes are diseases? Of course you can't think so. Because, such a human body abnormality is just a measure of our normal human body values. For example, a normal person's visual acuity test is between 1.5 and 2.0. But in the South Pacific, there is an island nation where normal human vision is 8.0. Can we say that they are lesions? Also, some people with special functions, they have a way of thinking beyond normal people. It's the top of the human race, even the people who are called wizards, they can't do it, they can do it, can you say they're sick?"

Hearing this, Siza nodded and smiled, and Sanger let out a long breath and smiled: "Oh, I see! I thought the boy had an incurable disease! You said, we picked him up when we were grazing." In case there is a real physical problem, then our family, wouldn't it be to pick up a burden and come back. Illness is a bottomless pit, and it is a monster that swallows gold and absorbs silver. Because you pick up a sick child and drag your whole family down, you will feel guilty for a lifetime. ”

"Hey, Sanger, I see you're getting outrageous. In the future, you are not allowed to say that, who to scare? Poor and rich, everyone will not live the same life. Even if we pick up a sick child, as long as he still has a breath, we will all be saved: because, the embodiment of human nature! Otherwise, what is the difference between you and animals? Because you are studying at the District Animal Husbandry University, I don't know how you passed your graduation thesis. After saying that, she glanced at Sanger angrily, so frightened that Sanger no longer dared to talk nonsense.

At the moment when the two of them were arguing, Zhang Yishan and Dr. Quan Zhilong, including Li Qunfen and others, all gathered in the dermatology department. There were a lot of doctors around, and everyone was talking to each other. Everyone is curious, Sanger hugged Xiao Zhugu, and took Siza for fear that the doctors would hide something related to Xiao Zhugu from him. Before I knew it, I also leaned over. No one paid attention to the two of them, and both of them, of course, didn't want anyone else to see them. Because, only when the doctor does not know that they are present, can the doctor's factual evaluation of Xiao Zhugu be truly heard.

"Doctor Zhang, there's something wrong with this kid! What kind of person's skin can't even penetrate our doctor's needle. What kind of human skin is this, I see, it's pure and stainless steel! At first, the nurse who drew blood came to tell me, and I really didn't believe it. It wasn't until I tried it myself that I was blown away. In fact, with a little effort, the needle may be able to penetrate it. We don't dare to push hard, for fear that our parents will not be happy. Even so, it doesn't make sense? How can a little boy who is seven or eight months old have such indestructible skin?

Normal human skin is basically in a weakly acidic state. The effect of the skin on the human body, according to the knowledge we have learned, has the following seven advantages: First, it plays a barrier role in protecting the internal organs of the human body. In other words, whoever wants to harm my internal organs has to ask me if my skin agrees. Of course, it also prevents the loss of nutrients from the skin itself, its internal structural tissues, including electrolytes, water loss, and so on.

Second, there are many nervous senses distributed inside our human skin. Among them, sensory nerves, motor nerves, as well as nerve endings, special receptors, and so on. They are all distributed in the epidermis, dermis, and inside the subcutaneous tissues of our human skin. Forming a broad system of perception of things outside the skin. For example, sensations such as touch, cold, heat, pain, pressure, and itching can all cause neurological conditioning in our human skin. Once human skin loses sensation, I really, I can't imagine what it will be like. You see this child, the moment our needles pierced his skin, how I felt that he was numb and unconscious. None of us even heard the opportunity to cry. I don't just want to ask: little baby, auntie pricked you, don't you hurt?

Third, people with a little common sense know that human skin can also play a role in regulating the temperature of the human body. That's because the human body is in the process of absorbing external substances and replenishing its own nutrients. Due to the absorption and digestion of the heat generated by the metabolism of substances, it is necessary to reduce the body temperature inside the body through the constriction of blood vessels in the human skin, the erection of hairs, and perspiration. So, let's say, the skin of the human body is like a radiator made in human life. Of course, human skin can also dissipate excess heat from the human body through physical reactions such as radiation, convection, conduction, evaporation, etc. However, on the skin of the child, named Little Zhugu, we don't seem to find any pores on the skin. Not even a single hair was found.

Fourth, human skin has a non-negligible absorption effect. It is through the stratum corneum of our skin, the sebaceous glands of pores, and the mouth of the sweat ducts to absorb external substances that have an effect on our human body and provide energy services for the body. This process is generally called by us in medicine: percutaneous absorption and osmotic absorption. Using the skin to absorb material nutrients outside the human body is one of the indispensable functions for maintaining our human health and health. And Xiao Zhugu's skin is like a thin eraser, soft and hard. There are no sweat ducts, no stratum corneum, and no pores and skin glands. To tell you the truth, my feeling is that the skin on little Jugu's body is not his own. The reason why I say this is because it gives us the feeling that he is not conscious.

Fifth, human skin has a certain secretion and excretory function. Through the excretion of the skin, a part of the human body's substances, of course, can reduce the burden on our human internal organs. In particular, it relieves the burden on kidney function. For example, sweat glands secrete sweat, sebaceous glands excrete sebum, and a lipid membrane on the skin surface is formed to lubricate the skin and moisten the hair on the skin. From the small vermilion skin, we can't find these. Touching his skin with my hand gives me the feeling as if I am not touching the skin of a small child. Rather, it was touched on a piece of cold iron sheet. At least, as I feel, it is.

Sixth, the proudest thing about us humans is that the skin has an immune effect. The surface layer of the human skin contains immune response cells. Among them, there are keratinocytes, Langerhans cells, lymphocytes, and macrophages. These cells, specifically involved in the immune process, should be: keratinocytes, secrete various interleukins and other cytokines to participate in the regulation of skin immune function, so as to activate the target cells. Next, Langerhans cells bind to the antigen and pass the antigen information to the immunocompetent cells to initiate the immune response. If little Zhugu does not have these conditions on his skin, I really don't know how he will survive on earth in the future.

Seventh, the skin of some animals is many times more effective than that of us humans. In medicine, it is nothing more than the example of human skin. Because, our human skin, it has a certain biochemical and metabolic function. Once, our body's metabolism is impaired, and skin metabolism will also be affected. Human skin epidermis 7-deoxycholesterol can be synthesized by ultraviolet irradiation to synthesize vitamin D. Promote the absorption of calcium by the human body, so that human beings can eliminate the formation of rickets. But my intuition tells me that little Jugu's skin is not like our human skin. But it's ...... like us humans. ”

Zhang Yishan looked at Li Qunfen curiously and asked, "Oh, tell me, what does it look like?" Everyone's eyes suddenly looked at her in unison: "It's like a solar panel made by us humans." Amid the laughter of the doctors, Zhang Yishan turned around and saw Sanger and Siza. He hurried over to Sanger and said, "Well, let's put the difficult examination last." What is good for you, we will check first. You two, is my suggestion feasible?" Sanger did not dare to speak.

Siza smiled and said, "Hengzhu, it's not easy for us to come to the hospital. If it weren't for Dr. Zhang, who led the two of us back and forth, hey, just looking for this and that department, I guess I wouldn't have been able to walk in one day. When you come to the hospital, you listen to your doctors. It's up to you, and we'll let you arrange. With that, she tugged at Sanger's clothes. Sanger didn't dare to speak until this time.

"Doctor Zhang, if you don't do this first, that department is not busy, let's go to that department for examination first. In this way, there will be no delay. After the little Zhugu was checked, I had to go to the obstetrics and gynecology department to check the fetal position. It seems that there is no going back today! Staying in a hotel here is no more than three or two hundred per night. Sanger wanted to go back that day.

"Okay, the ECG is easy and fast to do, why don't I take you to do an ECG for Xiao Zhugu first?" Dr. Zhang was resolute, only to see that he was holding a large handful of invoices in his hand, which department to go to, which one to use, he knew at a glance.