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Chapter 864 Nine Fragrance Insects

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the patient's family members finally arrived at the Fourth Hospital.And Sun Lien has been waiting here for a long time.

Worried about the language barrier, Sun Lien specially invited his "good brother" Dr. Brunn, whom he had just recognized, to come over as an interpreter.In the entire fourth courtyard, Sun Lien only knew two people who could speak Cantonese.And no matter how good he felt about himself, Huang Wenhui, the chief director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, would not make a special trip to the comprehensive diagnosis center to act as an interpreter for himself.So it's up to Dr. Brunn.

But Dr. Brunn agreed very happily - he was also quite curious about how this case would develop later, especially what the patient ate.

If it's delicious, you might as well give it a try.

Sun Lien met the family members of Chen Binghui and another patient named Lin Guohao in the office.

"I'm Chen Binghui's elder brother." The family member who hung up on Sun Lien's phone twice shook hands with Sun Lien. He pointed to the people beside him and said, "This is Lin Guohao's son, and he is my colleague."

Although Lin Guohao and Chen Binghui have never met each other, there are still some connections between their relatives.This is something Sun Lien never thought about.

"Hello." Sun Li'en shook hands with both of them, and then motioned them to sit down, "It should be the doctors from the Second Hospital who notified you at the beginning. But they felt that they couldn't handle this case, so they all transferred to our comprehensive diagnosis center."

"I heard about it." It seems that Chen Binghui's brother seems to be the one with more "leadership".In the process of answering Sun Lien's inquiry, he mainly answered the question, "How is my brother doing now?"

"The situation...is not very good, but it is relatively stable." Sun Lien thought for a while, and then replied in a more gentle way, "The patient now has obvious limb tremors, but his vital signs are still stable."

"That is to say, at least there is no danger to life?" Chen Binghui's brother looked a little more relaxed, "How about Lin Guohao?"

"His condition is similar to that of Chen Binghui." Sun Lien replied, "Consciousness is not clear, limbs tremor, but vital signs are stable."

The conditions of the two patients were unexpectedly consistent.Even the test results are not that bad - but Lin Guohao's situation is a little more complicated, he has very obvious liver damage - γ-glutamyl transpeptidase is as high as 583U/L, creatine kinase is 533U/L, and Serum potassium is only 3.0mmol/L.

Lin Guohao's situation is undoubtedly more serious than Chen Binghui's. His γ-glutamyl transpeptidase is nearly ten times higher than the reference value, and his creatine kinase is also more than three times the reference value.What's more terrible is his ALT and AST indicators. Although the index of ALT36u/L is still normal, the index of AST is as high as 75. If the AST/ALT ratio is greater than one, it indicates that Lin Guohao may have extensive liver damage, and generally in this case, the prognosis of the patient is not very good.

But the reason why Sun Lien did not clearly say that Lin Guohao was in critical condition was also because of the ALT indicator.When the ALT index is abnormal and the AST/ALT index is greater than one, this prompt has clinical significance.But when the ALT indicator is normal and the AST rises sharply... this indicator is not so accurate.

Although the patient has liver damage, the doctors are not sure how serious Lin Guohao's liver damage will be.They don't even know that Lin Guohao's liver damage has reached the peak, or there will be continued damage, and they don't understand why Lin Guohao and Chen Binghui have the same symptoms, but Lin Guohao has liver damage.

All in all, the mystery is still big.What Sun Li'en needs most now is to get the full cooperation of the two family members as soon as possible.

"According to the previous information investigation, we probably know that both patients bought some kind of food for drinking from the same person." Sun Li'en roughly reported the current situation and asked the two family members questions, "Patient Didn't you eat any rare appetizers in your hometown before? Well...and only once."

Chen Binghui's brother and Lin Guohao's son looked at each other in confusion, and then began to communicate with each other in the local dialect.This time, even Dr. Brunn couldn't understand what the two were talking about.

After a while, the two of them said with some uncertainty, "The appetizers they usually eat at home are nothing special. If they only ate it once...could it be Jiuxiang Chong?"

Nine incense worms?Sun Li'en heard a term he had never heard before, and immediately regained his spirits—this was indeed in line with his initial assumption, that it was rare, difficult to obtain and unusual.

Eating insects is not an uncommon eating habit in China.In fact, people in many countries and nations have this unique eating habit all over the world.

Insects are a very accessible source of protein, and they're also a high-quality protein -- an equivalent weight of insects contains far more protein than meat of the same quality, and is much lower in fat and cholesterol.

But Ningyuan is not a traditional "insect-eating" area.Song Ansheng also does not have such eating habits.

"Nine Fragrance Insect...what is it?" Sun Li'en straightened his thoughts, and then asked, "What kind of insect is it? Do you have a picture?"

"That's it." Chen Binghui's brother rummaged through his mobile phone for a while, and then showed Sun Lien a picture—in it was a white porcelain dish with dozens of black crustaceans about the size of a thumb.

Sun Li'en frowned and recognized it for a while, then asked, "Is it... a stinky fart?"

Sun Lien himself is not an expert in insect research, but he has seen stinkbugs before.When Sun Lien was young, like many other children, catching small bugs in the grass or woods was also an important recreational activity.

And this black crustacean looks strangely similar to the stinkbug that Sun Lien caught when he was a child—this is a small bug with a very bright metallic color on its body.It is about two centimeters tall and has purple and green spots on its back.If caught, the stinkbug will spray a very smelly liquid from the buttocks.

And this kind of trait has become the favorite toy of children - anyway, children themselves don't think it smells bad, and throwing stinky farts at each other's companions is a unique way to play.

"Yes, this is also called a stinky fart bug." Chen Binghui's brother nodded, "This is also a kind of Chinese medicinal material. In our hometown, people occasionally stir-fry this kind of bug in oil as an appetizer, and it tastes pretty good. "

(End of this chapter)