In all fairness, Sun Lien himself is selfish. He really didn't want to tell the young parents about the result, even if they had to face the cruel truth sooner or later. And he didn't want to be the direct target of the parents' grief and helplessness — even though they might not have any hostility toward Sun.

"This disease...... Isn't there a cure?" Hu Jia was silent for a while and then asked, "At least there should be a way to control the disease, right?"

Sun Lien shook his head, "There is no way to cure it." It's a dysplasia caused by a genetic defect and there's no cure for it — I think the guidelines seem to have documented that there are some treatments that use telomerase inhibitors or antisense oligonucleotides to activate methylation-silencing alleles, but they're still in clinical trials. ”

The guidelines Sun Lien is talking about are the "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Diseases" issued by the National Health Commission at the beginning of this year. It contains a list of 121 rare diseases, including recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. Unfortunately, most of these rare diseases do not have effective treatments. Most of the time, only "symptomatic treatment" can be carried out, and efforts are made to "control the progression of the disease" and "improve the survival and living standards of patients".

What's the point of such a guide? That's the first reaction of a lot of laypeople who see the content. Vague diagnostic criteria, non-existent treatments, and "unexplained" disease principles all seem to proclaim ignorance and insignificance of human beings.

But Sun Lien doesn't think so.

The first step in solving a problem is acknowledging that it exists. Problems that cannot be solved by clinical medicine must always fall on the cooperation and research of basic medicine and other disciplines. The basis for the existence of these collaborations and research is to "recognize the existence of problems". That is, the patient needs to be diagnosed accurately first. Only when the presence of diseases is diagnosed can other disciplines collect as much information and content as possible to conduct more precise research on these diseases.

Although there is no doubt that these patients and families have suffered great misfortune from an individual point of view, every bit of misfortune suffered by these families will be the driving force for research progress in the "understanding" of these diseases and even the progress of overcoming them.

Medicine is like that, it is a science of hope based on the sorrow of countless individuals.

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On the road, the two didn't talk much, on the one hand, because Hu Jia was indeed a little depressed because of the child's energy, and on the other hand, because Sun Lien, as a driver who was not yet skilled, needed to concentrate on driving on some slippery roads.

After 20 minutes, Sun Lien finally drove to Hu Jia's house. And Hu Jia's parents were already standing at the door with their luggage.

"I'll do it. Sun Lien hurriedly got out of the car, took the luggage in the hands of the two elders, and said to Hu Jia, who got out of the car, "You go to the car door and let your uncle and aunt sit in, and I'll move the things." ”

In fact, Hu Jia's family of three has a lot of luggage. There are four large 28-inch suitcases alone. Coupled with the huge backpack that Hu Jia was carrying, as well as the backpack on Hu's father and mother, even if it was a Volvo station wagon that was famous for its "special loading", it took Sun Lien a lot of effort to load all these luggage.

"Alright. Sun Lien finally finished moving his luggage, got into the driver's seat and fastened his seat belt, "Let's go." ”

The vehicle started steadily, and not far away, Hu's mother first asked, "Little Sun, how did the child you sent over just now?"

Sun Lien looked in the rearview mirror and changed lanes to the fast lane after confirming that there was no car behind him, and replied, "They have been handed over to a professional pediatrician to take over, and the situation should be quite stable." ”

"I heard Jia'er say, Dr. Xiaosun, you are very good in terms of professionalism. Mother Hu leaned back, found a relatively comfortable position, squinted her eyes and asked, "What do you think of this child's illness?"

Sun Lien was silent for a moment and then said, "Although according to the relevant requirements, I can't talk to you about the specific problems of other patients. But I can say that the problem with this child is very ...... It's not optimistic. ”

Hu Mu opened her eyes suddenly, "What does it mean that she is not optimistic?

Sun Lien sighed, "Her fever is actually not very serious, even the pneumonia is still under control - the emergency doctor has put her on a ventilator, at least when we leave, her vital signs are stable." ”

Father Hu asked, "Then what do you mean by saying that the child's problem is not optimistic?"

Sun Lien didn't speak, and Hu Jia interjected, "He thinks that kid has other problems." ”

The car slowly drove onto the highway, fortunately, according to the estimation of navigation, after Sun Lien and his party arrived at the airport, they could leave at least three hours for Hu Jia and them to board the plane. There should still be time.

Hu Jia took Sun Lien's place and answered questions about Little Luna to his parents. Sun Lien's diagnosis of "Angelman syndrome" has not been verified by genetic testing after all, and the prompt in the status bar cannot be directly taken out to talk about things. Just because little Luna likes to laugh, coupled with her love of flat hands and seizures, it is indeed untenable to diagnose "Angelman syndrome". What's more, there is also a question about the privacy of patients that restricts Sun Lien and Hu Jia from answering Hu's father and mother's questions.

"Mom...... We can't really say. Hu Jia was anxious when asked by his mother. She sighed, "There is a law that if we know what the child's illness is, we must not tell unrelated people, not to mention that we are just guessing, little Luna does not necessarily have this problem......"

Father Hu smiled, "We just want to see if Xiao Sun is as magical as you say." His smile sounded sincere, "You find a capable boyfriend, and we can rest assured, aren't we?"

Hu Jia's face was a little red at her father's words, she was a little embarrassed, but she was also very proud and said, "Lien's diagnosis has never been wrong. ”

Sun Lien was a little embarrassed by his girlfriend's praise, and he emphasized, "I have just started to diagnose independently for more than a month. Not many patients were diagnosed. ”

Hu Jia glared at Sun Lien very gently, "How many patients have you treated in a month? There are always a hundred people, right? How many rare diseases and serious diseases are there? Have you missed a diagnosis?" Although it sounds like he is criticizing Sun Lien in terms of content, he is actually praising his boyfriend.

The vehicle slowly drove to Ningyuan International Airport. Hu Jia and his entourage got off the plane with Sun Lien, and Sun Lien wasted all his efforts to move a large pile of luggage from the car. He parked the car in the parking lot of the airport, and after moving a pile of luggage, Sun Lien ran two more times and pushed two luggage carts - he originally wanted to push one cart to move it all himself, but he didn't expect that one cart could not hold all the luggage. So he could only push another car and load the lighter backpack and luggage on it - let Hu Jia push it.

"Alright, just send it here. Father Hu didn't let Sun Lien continue to push the cart, but waved his hand to Sun Lien, and then stretched out his hand to shake him, "Jia'er has studied in London for a year, and they will have a vacation opportunity in May - if you are free then, Xiao Sun can go to London to meet her - of course, we can set off together at that time." ”