I Can See Health: Chapter 222 Origin of vampires
Chapter 222 The Origin of Vampires
The woman in the black turban just left.
Although her walking posture is very floating, she looks weak and windless, but she still walks forward without looking back.
On the side of , the young man who called 120 just now saw this, and quickly called 120 again to cancel the ambulance.
"This person... so strange." Ke Yue raised her brows.
"She is sick." Zhou Wei said.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Ke Yue glanced at Zhou Wei, she looked at Lu Chen beside her without saying a word, and asked suspiciously, "Lu Chen, what do you think?"
Lu Chen looked at the back of the woman leaving, and said, "I vaguely remember that I saw a similar case, but I can't remember it for a while."
"Is there really such a disease as vampires?" Zhou Wei asked in surprise.
Lu Chen nodded, "It's not a vampire, but it should be similar to a vampire. I haven't thought of what it is yet. Go back and check, maybe you can find it."
"Just by looking at the patient, you can find out what is wrong with her?" Ke Yue whispered.
Lu Chen paused, stopped, and said slowly, "Have you noticed that this patient's symptoms are actually quite typical."
"The paleness of her face is definitely caused by anemia. And her teeth, scars, these things are characteristic, I suspect it is caused by some kind of toxin."
"Well, it's really strange to hear you say that." Zhou Wei nodded.
"You'll be right behind the scenes." Ke Yue laughed.
Lu Chen and others stayed at the temple for a while, then went down the mountain to have lunch, and then drove back to the hospital.
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Go back to the bedroom.
Lu Chen recalled the patient he met in the morning, so he turned on the computer and searched for relevant literature.
Relying on the specific symptoms to search for the disease.
In the afternoon, Gu Xinyue sent Lu Chen a WeChat message.
"The PPT is done, take a look."
The information is very concise, in line with Gu Xinyue's style of doing things.
Lu Chen opened the ppt.
The style of ppt has changed from black and white to a beautiful and dynamic model.
"Old Gu, I really have you!" Lu Chen said, "It's great!"
Gu Xinyue said: "No thanks, just remember breakfast for a month."
"Haha, no problem." Lu Chen laughed.
Gu Xinyue is still very reliable. After his hard work, this ppt is still very beautiful.
This time, Lu Chen did not hesitate and forwarded the ppt directly to Li Yao.
Mr. Li Yao will continue to give comments to the ppt. After revisions and confirmation, Lu Chen can give a speech at the conference.
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After forwarding the ppt to Li Yao, Lu Chen continued to search for literature about "vampires".
Finding literature is a technical job!
the most important is.
Most of the domestic literature in Huaxia are water articles, or fake articles for promotion, and have no scientific value at all.
If you want to find useful literature information, you can only go to the literature website in foreign languages!
After all, is not his native language. Although Lu Chen has a literature reading skill book, reading foreign literature is definitely not as good as Chinese literature.
"Hey, when will China have its own top journals!"
Lu Chen thought to himself as he checked the documents.
If you have mastered the top journals, you will have the right to speak in scientific research!
The academic circle has a deep relationship with academics.
In top journals, important papers are published, in addition to the excellent content of the article, the important thing is whether it has anything to do with…
Checked for most of the day.
Lu Chen finally checked a foreign language document.
The patient's symptoms partially overlapped with the symptoms of the woman he met in the morning.
"The patient is addicted to blood, afraid of sunlight, fangs, pale,..."
This is like a "vampire"!
When Lu Chen turned his attention to the diagnosis of the case, her condition was stunned.
Porphyria?
what is this?
This disease, Lu Chen has only heard the name once or twice.
As for porphyria, he didn't know what disease and symptoms it was.
Lu Chen continued to read the explanation of porphyria in the literature.
Porphyrin is a photosensitive pigment that accumulates on human skin, bones and teeth.
Porphyria, due to the lack of enzymatic activity in the heme biosynthesis pathway, causes abnormally elevated concentrations of porphyrin or its precursors, such as delta-amino-r-ketovaleric acid (delta-ALA) and porphyrinogen (PBG) A class of diseases caused by high levels and accumulation in tissues, causing cell damage.
Most porphyrins are benign in the dark and cause little harm to the body, but once exposed to sunlight, they are converted into dangerous toxins that devour human muscles and tissues.
Therefore, porphyria patients, like the legendary vampires, can only live in the dark world and cannot see light.
For most porphyria patients, blood transfusion and heme can effectively relieve symptoms and are still the mainstream treatment methods.
"So it is." Lu Chen frowned slowly, "No wonder"
The text also uses a metaphor.
Ancient porphyrias could smoke or drink blood to make themselves feel better—probably the origin of vampire tales.
In most vampire legends, garlic, like the cross, is depicted as the vampire's nemesis.
"Why do you still hate garlic?"
Lu Chen continued to look down.
Porphyria sufferers also loathe garlic. The simple reason is that certain chemicals in garlic can worsen their condition, causing pain and other symptoms.
"Looking at this, the paleness of the patient's face can be explained." Lu Chen thought.
The vast majority of people with porphyria suffer from severe anemia, not least because they usually have to live in the dark.
More importantly, the porphyrins in their bodies can affect hematopoiesis and disrupt the production of heme.
Often, people with porphyria also have large patches of pigment—often purple in color—on their bodies.
At this time, Lu Chen thought of the patient's fangs and the scar on the skin on his face.
I didn’t expect that later in this article, there are also explanations for dentures and scars.
Porphyrin, which is converted into toxins that can eat muscle and tissue when exposed to sunlight, is one of the main manifestations of it eroding the lips and gums of patients, exposing them with sharp, wolf-like teeth.
Rotten gums always look bloody, reminiscent of blood-sucking vampires.
In addition, due to the effects of toxins, porphyria sufferers can erode their ears and noses, and their skin will be scarred, making them look extra old.
See the full article.
Lu Chen's heart froze.
This document from the United States carefully records all the symptoms, signs, and even the diagnosis of porphyria.
It seems that the patient has a high probability of porphyria!
"Congratulations, system upgrade completion +1!"
Does this make the system upgrade complete?
Lu Chen was quite surprised, he should be guessing that the woman's diagnosis was porphyria in the morning, and the system gave the degree of completion!
Lu Chen kept sighing in his heart while rejoicing.
He read a lot of Chinese literature, there are very few literatures that record porphyria in such detail, almost none!
Huaxia has a large population base, and there must be a lot of patients, but no similar evidence can be found in the literature.
On the contrary, it is a foreign language document, and you can find detailed documents.
"Alas." Lu Chen shook his head, feeling a little disappointed in his heart.
At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly wanted to meet that black hooded woman again and tell her his reasoning diagnosis.
This woman must have asked for a doctor many times, but in the end she had no choice but to come to the temple to pray for blessings.
(end of this chapter)