My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 821 - 329: Lost Mother—What’s Saved Might Be a Whole

The elderly lady has very high qualities.

With such a parent guiding her so patiently, it’s no wonder the child can be so outstanding!

The nurses outside had already begun their shift change, but Zhou Can’s figure hadn’t appeared yet.

The elderly lady comforted her granddaughter verbally, but was secretly becoming anxious inside.

The little girl was already asleep beside her grandmother.

The nurses instructed the grandmother and granddaughter not to leave the ward because they were worried their illness might be contagious.

The grandmother and granddaughter have been abiding by this.

It was already dinner ti, and they seed forgotten in this corner.

The corridor outside was already lit.

Just as the elderly lady was getting anxious, a tall figure appeared outside the door, then opened it and walked in.

"Dr. Zhou..."

The elderly lady stood up excitedly, and her granddaughter woke up in shock.

"Uncle Zhou is here! Finally! I thought you’d forgotten about us!"

The child was innocent and said whatever ca to mind.

Though Zhou Can was wearing a mask, crow’s feet appeared at the corners of his eyes, and they narrowed into a slit, indicating he was smiling.

"Hehe, how could I forget my patient? I’ve been waiting for the test results. Without identifying the exact cause, I wouldn’t dare administer dication rashly!"

Zhou Can smiled and handed several test results to the elderly lady.

"After multiple rounds of biochemical tests, your granddaughter has now been diagnosed with a new Bunyavirus infection, which is sowhat contagious. It’s primarily caused by tick bites. Bunyavirus naturally infects many vertebrates and arthropods, including mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies, and can infect mammals, birds, and mosquitoes."

"This disease mainly spreads through blood infection. However, it can also potentially spread through respiratory infection, though the probability is very low."

At the end of the shift, the little girl’s etiological test results finally ca out.

From her blood specin, serum was first obtained, and then the new Bunyavirus was isolated from the serum, resulting in a confird diagnosis.

Diagnosing this disease was not easy.

Because of this, Zhou Can received a 100-point pathology diagnosis reward. He was making efforts to advance towards Level 6 pathology diagnostics.

If he could frequently obtain such high experience points rewards, his pathology diagnostic skills might upgrade to Level 6 within a few years, reaching the standard of a chief physician.

By that ti, he would truly possess expert-level proficiency.

100,000 experience points might seem astronomical, but diagnosing one or two such high-difficulty cases daily would only require 1,000 diagnoses to reach chief physician level.

Moreover, diagnosing ordinary cases adds 1 point to experience points per case.

Occasionally encountering high-difficulty case diagnoses, he could earn a 10-point experience reward.

Therefore, the actual promotion speed would be faster.

However, reaching chief physician level, especially in the most challenging pathology diagnostics, could realistically take two to three years on the fast end, or four to five years on the slow end. Compared to ordinary doctors, his speed is as if riding a rocket.

Upon hearing Zhou Can’s diagnosis, the elderly lady couldn’t help but wonder, "Xiao Ya only ever travels between school and ho. How could she possibly be bitten by ticks in such a simple life? These insects are supposed to be in the wilderness!"

She didn’t question Zhou Can’s diagnosis but was puzzled as to where the ticks ca from.

Note that this is the provincial capital.

The hygiene environnt is quite good.

"That’s exactly what I need to ask you. You fainted once before, didn’t you? From so symptoms you showed, I’m suspecting you might have the infection too. I want to ask, are there any pets at ho? Like cats, dogs, pigeons, and such."

Zhou Can thought of the possibility that pet animals at ho transmitted it to humans.

Cats and dogs are most likely to harbor ticks.

In rural areas, they call it grass louse or mountain tick, with a flat, spider-like body.

They move much slower than spiders but are scarier.

Because they can secrete a neurotoxin that paralyzes the bitten person, biting into the skin without you noticing, and burying their head deeply into the flesh to suck blood. They gorge themselves on blood, swelling up enormously, like a drum.

If not discovered in ti, they bite deeper and deeper.

Forcing the body out can easily result in the head breaking off and embedding into the flesh.

Thus, if bitten for a while and you can’t pull it out, never force it out. Seeing a doctor is the safest approach.

Otherwise, its head embedded in the body can easily lead to viral infection.

"Uncle Zhou, my grandmother has a pet white dog. It died from illness a few days ago. Grandma was really sad."

The little girl provided an important clue.

Zhou Can’s eyes slightly brightened; it seed likely that the transmission ca from the dog.

The pet dog, often held or living with humans.

Without careful deworming, ticks breed, lay eggs, and can appear in the sofa or even the bed. Eventually, the hoowner gets bitten by ticks.

No wonder the elderly lady’s eyes were swollen from crying.

Originally, I thought she was crying from worrying about her granddaughter’s condition. Now, it seems possible she cried because her pet dog died.