Li’s Traditional Chinese dicine Clinic.
Since he had opened the clinic,
Li Xu saw no reason to close and continued seeing patients.
However, there weren’t many patients.
By noon, only one patient had co in.
After lunch, he went back to reading in the clinic.
"Xiao Xu, why weren’t you open this morning?"
Aunt Li had arrived.
"Oh, sothing ca up this morning. I didn’t open until after eleven."
Li Xu asked, "Aunt Li, are you not feeling well?"
Aunt Li shook her head, sat down in a nearby chair, and sighed heavily. "My health is great. Ever since I started taking your dicine, I don’t get night sweats and I don’t have to get up to use the bathroom as often. What I’m worried about is my grandniece. Ai... That afternoon, I told my niece, and she took Wenwen to the hospital for a checkup. The result was AIDS. What terrible karma is this..."
Li Xu listened in silence.
Zheng Wenwen had been careless and contracted the disease.
’What could he say?’
"Xiao Xu, your dical skills are so amazing. Is there a way to treat AIDS?"
Aunt Li’s face was full of hope.
Li Xu shook his head. "Aunt Li, AIDS can’t be cured. There’s no cure in traditional Chinese dicine, either."
Although there were many ancient traditional dical texts in Dragon Country,
and though he had just obtained the *Comntary on the Art and Literature Record*,
which recorded many thods for treating won’s diseases,
there was no information related to AIDS.
This was because the disease didn’t exist in ancient tis.
In ancient tis, there was sothing called "flower-willow disease."
People who frequented brothels were susceptible to it.
However, flower-willow disease and AIDS were not the sa thing.
Flower-willow disease was a common na for syphilis.
It was a disease caused by infection with *Treponema pallidum*.
In its early stages, syphilis is highly sensitive to penicillin and can be cured.
By late-stage syphilis, it causes lesions in organs throughout the body. While penicillin treatnt can still eliminate the pathogen, it cannot repair the organ damage.
Overall, however, syphilis is treatable.
AIDS is different.
AIDS did not originally exist in human history.
The AIDS virus originated from primates in Africa, specifically chimpanzees.
In the 1920s, so person or people in Africa engaged in sexual contact with chimpanzees.
These individuals then had sexual contact with other humans,
leading to the spread of the HIV virus among the human population.
The HIV virus attacks the body’s immune cells, particularly CD4-positive T-lymphocytes, causing a decline in the body’s immunity. This leads to immunodeficiency, and eventually, severe opportunistic infections and tumors.
Therefore, there is no complete cure for HIV. It can only be managed by taking antiretroviral drugs long-term to suppress the virus, preserving as much of the patient’s immune function as possible to prevent various severe opportunistic infections and tumors.
In this regard, large, reputable hospitals have more comprehensive treatnt plans and dications.
They should be trusted.
Naturally, Li Xu wasn’t going to take on a case he couldn’t handle.
"I see."
Aunt Li was very disappointed and began to ramble, "Ai, after Wenwen’s mom found out, she cried for two days straight. Wenwen is only in her twenties, and now this... Who’s going to want her in the future?"
Li Xu remained silent.
’This isn’t about whether soone will want her anymore.’
’Her future quality of life is destined to be poor.’
’She’ll be dependent on dication for years.’
’And her organs could fail at any ti...’
After talking for a while, Aunt Li apologized to Li Xu again. "Xiao Xu, I’m so sorry about this. Don’t worry, I’ll keep looking for you. I’ll introduce you to a healthy girl."
"Don’t..."
Li Xu quickly stopped her. "Aunt Li, you don’t need to worry about it. I already have a girlfriend."
"Ah, so soon? Who is she?"
Aunt Li was stunned for a mont, then guessed, "Could it be that young lady who helps out? Hmm, she’s quite pretty, and she’s a nurse. You two would make a good match..."
Li Xu didn’t explain.
’Let Aunt Li misunderstand. It’ll save from her randomly setting up with people.’
"I’ll be going now."
Aunt Li stood up to leave.
As she did, she accidentally bumped into the desk.
The desk was knocked askew.
One of the drawers slid open,
revealing a very realistic anatomical practice model.
Aunt Li turned her head and saw it.
"..."
She glanced at the practice model, then looked up at Li Xu.
’Li Xu was panicking internally.’
On the surface, however, he was perfectly calm.
He silently closed the drawer and said in a flat tone, "It’s a dical model."
"Oh, oh."
Aunt Li was also embarrassed. She walked away, muttering, "So he doesn’t have a girlfriend after all..."
"Sigh."
Li Xu sighed. He had almost died of embarrassnt.
’But when I think about it, it’s not a big deal,’ he thought.
’He was a doctor.’
’Isn’t it perfectly normal to have a practice model?’
He opened the drawer again.
After checking that no one was outside, he began practicing his massage techniques on it under the desk.
’This way, he wouldn’t be out of practice if he ever needed the skill.’
...
Feng City Guanghe District Hospital of Traditional Chinese dicine.
As a district hospital of traditional Chinese dicine, it didn’t get many patients, especially since the city also had the City People’s Hospital and the City Hospital of Traditional Chinese dicine.
Inside the slightly dated outpatient building, patients sat in twos and threes on the long benches of the waiting area.
Wang the Third sat on a chair outside the internal dicine departnt, clutching a blood test report he had just picked up.
His forehead was burning hot, his cheeks were flushed an unnatural red, his lips were chapped, and he felt groggy and disoriented.
"A high fever of 39 degrees..." he muttered to himself, his hands trembling slightly.
The doctor in his village said his cold was strange. Even after several days of IV drips, the fever wouldn’t break, which was why he’d been told to co to the district hospital for a checkup.
After resting for a mont, he saw a patient leave the consultation room.
Wang the Third pushed himself up from the chair and walked into the room on unsteady feet.
Miaoli was an internal dicine physician at the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese dicine. She had graduated a year ago and passed the exam to work here.
The work wasn’t busy, which made for a relatively relaxed job.
She had only seen five patients all morning.
It was much less hectic than at the City People’s Hospital.
She was very satisfied with her current situation.
Seeing a patient enter,
Miaoli put down her phone and gestured. "Have a seat."
Wang the Third handed her the blood test report. "Doctor, the results are back. Could you take a look? My fever just won’t go down..."
Miaoli took the report. Her brow furrowed as her eyes scanned the data—
Lymphocyte count: Significantly elevated
Lymphocyte percentage: Far above the normal range
Neutrophil count: Abnormally high
White blood cell count: Clearly increased
Platelets: Low
"A typical viral infection," Miaoli said, putting down the report. "Have you had any injections?"
"Yes, back in the village."
"What did they give you?"
"It was an antiviral... sothing called... Ribavirin, and an anti-inflammatory," Wang the Third recalled.
Miaoli was taken aback. "Ribavirin?"
’That’s a common antiviral drug. It should have been effective.’
"How many days did you receive it?"
"Two days. No effect at all." Wang the Third coughed a few tis. "The village doctor said he’d never seen such a stubborn cold and told to get checked out here at the district hospital."
Miaoli had a growing feeling that sothing was wrong.
’Ribavirin is very effective against common flu viruses. Usually, the fever breaks after one day of treatnt. How could it be completely ineffective?’
"Alright, I’ll switch you to a different antiviral, and we’ll supplent it with so traditional Chinese dicine..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Wang the Third suddenly swayed, his eyes rolled back, and he slid right off the chair!
"The patient’s fainted!" Miaoli shot to her feet. "Get him to the ER, now!"
A nurse rushed in at the commotion. Together with Miaoli, they lifted Wang the Third onto a gurney and wheeled him toward the ergency room.
The other patients in the hallway quickly made way, so whispering among themselves, "What happened to that old man? He seed fine just a mont ago..."
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