Chapter 370: Western medicine directly treats the lesion, while traditional Chinese medicine treats and recuperates
The next day, Zhou Can took Su Qianqian, who was blushing, to Tuya Hospital for a check-up.
After the results came out, Zhou Can's mood became particularly heavy.
Her glomerular filtration rate is 62 ml/min, which means that her condition is very close to the third stage of the international staging system.
Internationally, chronic renal failure is divided into five stages, and the main indicator to be considered is the glomerular filtration rate.
In stage II of chronic kidney disease, the glomerular filtration rate is between 60 and 90 ml/min. If it is lower than 60 ml/min, it means that it has progressed to stage III.
It has only been two years, and she has been taking medicine on time, but her condition has still progressed so quickly.
This really caught Zhou Can off guard.
According to Zhou Can's original idea, if he could wait for five or six years, by then his surgical skills would have reached a very high level and he would have a well-coordinated surgical team, and he would personally perform a kidney transplant on Su Qianqian.
And a kidney transplant is only the worst-case scenario.
Because even if the kidney transplant is successful, the recipient will still have to endure the pain of rejection, and this rejection is lifelong.
People who have undergone organ transplants need to take anti-rejection drugs for life.
This is why Zhou Can considered kidney transplantation as the last resort from the beginning. He would only consider kidney transplantation when there was no other choice.
Because the risks of organ transplantation are too great, the conditions in all aspects are extremely harsh.
Just because you have money doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
Organs transplanted from someone else's body are definitely not as useful as your own organs.
This is like a man who marries a virtuous and gentle wife, but does not know how to cherish her. He flirts with other women outside and eventually, because of the beauty and passion of his new love, divorces his original wife and marries his new love.
It wasn't until I got married that I realized my original partner was the best.
There are many fools like this who used to live a good life. But they divorced their original wives and married new lovers. Then, because of career failure, they squandered all their savings. Some were even worse, and their new lovers cheated them of all their wealth. When they were no longer useful, they were kicked out by their new lovers and ended up on the streets, becoming negative examples with their tragic endings.
The same goes for organ transplants. They are equivalent to the body's original wife, working hard and giving everything for the functioning of the body.
Even if they are sick, they still work and make silent contributions without any regrets.
However, even if a transplanted new organ takes expensive anti-rejection drugs, it may immediately get angry if the body gives it a slightly heavier workload or if there is any problem with the body.
Many doctors joke that transplanting a new organ into the body is like marrying a living ancestor with a bad temper.
Therefore, we must take good care of every organ of our body.
Treating them well means cherishing life.
"Dear, are the results of the examination bad?"
Su Qianqian asked nervously.
"It's a little bad, but not too serious. I'll take the results to the nephrology experts and try to develop the most appropriate treatment plan for you."
Zhou Can tried his best to keep her in a good mood and not let her bear too heavy a psychological burden.
Maintaining a happy and relaxed mood is also a key to treating diseases.
Took Su Qianqian directly to Director Jiang’s office.
Fortunately, Director Jiang, Director Jian, and an associate chief physician from the Nephrology Department were discussing a case.
"Hey, Xiao Zhou is here! Is this your girlfriend?"
When several people saw Su Qianqian, their eyes lit up.
Even with just a light powder and makeup, she was still radiant and extraordinarily beautiful.
"This is my girlfriend, Su Qianqian. I brought her to the hospital for a checkup today. I'd like to ask the chief physicians to help take a look."
After Zhou Can finished speaking, he introduced three chief physicians to Su Qianqian.
Su Qianqian greeted them with a smile.
"I'm still waiting to give the patient medicine, so I'm leaving first!"
Deputy Chief Physician Chen had come to see Director Jiang to ask him questions. When he saw Zhou Can bringing his girlfriend to see him, he immediately said goodbye and left.
This can also be regarded as giving time and space to Zhou Can's girlfriend.
"Ms. Su, don't be shy, please take a seat!"
Director Jiang asked Su Qianqian to sit down and talk.
After seeing Su Qianqian's examination results, his expression did not change much, but his brows became much more serious.
"Director Jian, how do you think her condition would be better?"
Director Jiang handed the inspection results to Director Jian and asked for his opinion.
Director Jian took it and looked through it carefully.
"Her disease is progressing very quickly! Normally, if it is well controlled, it will take at least five years for it to progress to the third stage. Are you taking your medicine on time?"
Chronic renal failure is actually not as scary as imagined.
Especially for someone like her who discovered the disease early, she can completely control the disease through a reasonable diet, a regular schedule, and taking medicine on time, which can greatly delay the progression of the disease.
"I have always taken my medicine on time, and I go to the hospital for a check-up every month or so." Su Qianqian said, and took out the medication list from her bag.
After reading it, Director Jian nodded slightly.
"The medication is taken according to the regular course of treatment, there is no problem. Do you like to eat salty or sweet food in your daily diet? Do you have a regular sleep and rest schedule?"
"I don't have a regular schedule because I'm usually very busy with work. He always controls my diet, not allowing me to eat this or that, so it shouldn't be a problem."
She glanced at Zhou Can dimly.
"Haha, I forgot that your boyfriend is also a doctor, and he is a very good young doctor in our nephrology department. With him in charge, there shouldn't be any problem with your diet. Then it's a problem with your work and rest schedule. High work pressure, staying up late, and too little sleep will increase the burden on your kidneys. Miss Su should reduce her work intensity appropriately in the future."
After Director Jian understood the basic situation, he turned to look at Director Jiang.
"Her medication can be adjusted and optimized, but I don't think it will necessarily achieve satisfactory results."
"Western medicines are basically the same, and the doctor who prescribed them for her was not bad. Our optimized prescriptions can only have some positive therapeutic effects. It is unrealistic to say that we can directly stop the progression of the disease."
Director Jiang nodded in response.
They can't lie to Zhou Can about this.
"You two are both top experts in nephrology. Don't you have a better solution?"
Zhou Can's heart sank to the bottom.
This was not the first time he had felt powerless in the face of the ruthless disease.
"Well...if you are willing to try, I suggest you ask Mr. Chen Guoli to prescribe some Chinese medicine for treatment and see the effect. Judging from the trend of her condition over the past two years, if she continues to take Western medicine, she will have to consider a kidney transplant within two years at most."
Director Jian pondered for a moment before giving a suggestion.
He has extremely rich experience in diagnosis and treatment. What he said would probably come true if we should consider a kidney transplant within two years.
The condition worsened, like a snowy avalanche.
At first, it was just some minor movements, but as time went on, it became more and more unstoppable. The disease progressed faster.
Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, Director Jian would actually suggest Su Qianqian to give up Western medicine and choose traditional Chinese medicine.
To be honest, Zhou Can studied Western clinical medicine and has some basic knowledge of Chinese medicine.
In his heart, he never had a favorable impression of traditional Chinese medicine.
The market’s choice proves everything.
Traditional Chinese medicine has declined to the point of .
"Director Jian, my girlfriend's condition is rapidly progressing, and is about to reach the critical point of entering the third stage. Please don't be offended by what I have to say, but is Chinese medicine really reliable?"
Since it concerns his girlfriend's safety, Zhou Can must ask.
"Xiao Zhou, I can tell you responsibly that Chinese medicine is even better than Western medicine in treating many chronic diseases. I also know Mr. Chen Guoli, who is one of the few authentic Chinese medicine practitioners in the province and has a very high level of skill. Mr. Chen is one of the descendants of the Menghe School of Medicine. He is usually low-key and devotes himself to studying medicine and pharmacology, so not many people know his name. Among the patients I have diagnosed, there is one who was diagnosed by me that he would not live for more than three months. After receiving Mr. Chen's treatment, he has now lived for more than six years."
Director Jiang also has high regard for Mr. Chen.
Zhou Can knew nothing about traditional Chinese medicine.
He only knew some basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, and didn't even know how to take a pulse. He had never heard of the Menghe School of Medicine.
"Is the Menghe School of Medicine powerful?"
As soon as he asked the question, he knew he had asked a stupid question.
Fortunately, Director Jiang and Director Jian both had a good impression of him and treated him as a half-successor. They were not surprised or angry.
"Wuzhong's famous doctors are the best in the world, and Menghe's famous doctors are the best in Wuzhong. Do you think the Menghe School of Medicine is powerful?"
Director Jian seemed quite dissatisfied when he saw that Zhou Can knew nothing about the history and inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine.
"Xiao Zhou, remember, as descendants of the Chinese nation, we should not underestimate the precious Chinese medicine heritage left by our ancestors, even if we don't praise it. You are the most talented young doctor I have ever seen, and your achievements in the medical field in the future will surely be amazing. Because of this, your influence in the Chinese medical community in the future will surely be huge. I hope you can look at Chinese medicine rationally, objectively and fairly."
"Although it has declined, it was once glorious. It is because of the existence of traditional Chinese medicine that the Chinese people have been able to maintain the world's largest population and create a world population miracle. In history, there have been several major epidemics that have killed countless people in the West, Africa and other places. Only China has repeatedly overcome the terrible plague with the help of the humble traditional Chinese medicine."
Director Jian said these words with deep emotion.
Zhou Can even saw a special sentiment in it.
This is a combination of family and country feelings, bloodline feelings, and traditional Chinese medicine feelings.
Zhou Can has also felt the deep affection for traditional Chinese medicine from other chief physicians.
Zhou Can doesn't have a deep understanding of traditional Chinese medicine.
But he had learned some history and knew that there had indeed been many plagues in human history. The development and prosperity of traditional Chinese medicine's typhoid fever was closely related to febrile epidemics.
In ancient times, scientific and technological civilization was backward, medical standards were backward, and in densely populated environments, once a plague broke out, nine out of ten houses would be empty and countless people would die.
The population density of China, especially in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins, is a sin to the world.
The land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River and the prosperity of Nanjing are not given for nothing.
In the West, just one plague caused the extinction of people in many places.
In the thousands of years of Chinese history, the number of plagues encountered is countless, but each time the plague was controlled and eliminated.
Traditional Chinese medicine has made great contributions.
Zhou Can realized the error of his thinking and apologized sincerely.
"Director Jian, I'm sorry. I underestimated Chinese medicine. Especially when it came to my girlfriend's safety, I subconsciously excluded Chinese medicine, which was wrong."
Seeing Zhou Can apologize, Director Jian's expression eased a lot.
Director Jiang also spoke up for him, "Xiao Zhou despises Chinese medicine because he doesn't know enough about Dr. Zhou. This is human nature and the current situation. Nowadays, when people get sick, the treatment methods are basically Western medicine, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, radiofrequency and other therapies, which are all Western medicine methods. Naturally, everyone only knows Western medicine and does not know Chinese medicine."
This is an indisputable fact.
Looking around us, most people receive treatment from Western medicine when they are sick. This is also a major trend. And the market is already extremely mature.
For example, if someone has a heart attack, he goes to the hospital and asks the doctor to treat him with acupuncture or Chinese medicine massage, instead of Western medicine.
The doctor promised to tell the family quietly that they should take him to the psychiatric department as the patient is likely to have a mental illness.
"Where does Mr. Chen live? Do you have his contact information?"
Out of trust in the two chief physicians, Zhou Can decided to take Su Qianqian to see Mr. Chen.
It doesn't mean that you must switch to traditional Chinese medicine, but at least you should understand the situation first.
"I'll write down the contact information and address for you! Dr. Chen sees patients at home every Saturday. Tomorrow is Saturday, so you can go directly to see him."
Director Jian wrote down the address and phone number of Dr. Chen Guoli, an old Chinese medicine doctor, and gave it to Zhou Can.
"I guess you still don't believe that Chinese medicine can treat chronic renal failure. Let me tell you this, Western medicine is good at treating symptoms directly, while Chinese medicine is a half-treatment and half-nursing approach. Your girlfriend is in poor health right now, so she is just right for Chinese medicine's half-treatment and half-nursing approach."
After hearing what he said, Zhou Can felt that it made sense.
Su Qianqian's condition progressed too quickly, because her body had been exhausted from long-term suffering. Now she was very weak, and when she fought the disease, she was unable to do so and was defeated.
"Thank you for your advice, we will go there tomorrow!"
After Zhou Can thanked the two directors, he took Su Qianqian out of the director's office.
"Qianqian, are you going to work at the company today?"
"Of course! I still have a lot of work to do!"
She was pulled over by Zhou Can for examination, and her work had to be put off until later.
According to Zhou Can's suggestion, he hoped she would stop working now.
Treat your illness and recuperate with peace of mind.
But she would definitely not agree.
"Then let's do this. I'll go over to accompany you after work tonight. I'll take the morning off tomorrow and take you to see that old man Chen for medical treatment and medicine."
Zhou Can said to her.
"Well! Then I'm leaving!"
She knew nothing about medicine and chose to trust Zhou Can completely.
She would treat him the way he said.
Zhou Can sent her to the underground garage, and Wei Fang sat in the car waiting.
"See you tonight!"
She hugged Zhou Can and then turned and got into the car.
Watching his girlfriend leave, Zhou Can's heart was filled with concern and worry.
I hope I can gain something from Mr. Chen tomorrow.
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The next day, Zhou Can and Su Qianqian got up early and drove to Mr. Chen's residence.
In an old residential area in Hexi.
"The more capable a person is, the simpler their life will be. I didn't expect Mr. Chen to live in such an old neighborhood."
Zhou Can and Su Qianqian got out of the car and walked towards Room 101, Building 12.
Wei Fang went to find a place to park.
As soon as I entered the community and walked a short distance forward, I saw a long queue.
Are all these people patients who come here to seek treatment?
