My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points-Chapter 442 - 201: Determining the Cause of Illness, Crying is Actually a Good Thing_2

Chapter 442: Chapter 201: Determining the Cause of Illness, Crying is Actually a Good Thing_2

Zhou Can had already thought of further tests to administer.

If such a trivial issue could stump him, then the three months spent in the Intensive Care Medicine Department would have been in vain.

Studying and practically operating the human body’s three major systems allowed him a deep understanding of each one.

"I think this method is worth trying."

Director Xiao’s eyes were exceptionally bright.

Zhou Can’s diagnostic reasoning and even his experimental methods were unconventional.

"Prescribe the medication for the patient right away and see how the treatment goes."

Director Jia directly wrote a prescription and handed it to Qiu Hong for implementation.

...

As the consultation was about to end, Qiu Hong returned excitedly.

Her face was filled with smiles.

"Director Jia, after medicating the patient and stabilizing their brainwaves, we allowed them to eat. Forty minutes later, the patient’s intestinal motility was still normal, and miraculously, there was no more diarrhea. The family was overjoyed, praising our hospital as the most renowned in the province and lauding you and Dr. Zhou for your superb medical skills, calling you ’Divine Doctors’!"

Qiu Hong spoke with pride on her face.

The preliminary tests had essentially proven that the patient’s enteritis was indeed related to severe psychological stress.

Now, no one questioned Zhou Can’s diagnosis.

When they looked at Zhou Can, their eyes were full of admiration and respect.

Shocked wasn’t quite the word for it, as Zhou Can had already made significant contributions more than once before.

There were several other difficult cases that had been ’diagnosed and cracked’ by Zhou Can.

"The credit for this case is minor for me; it’s mostly Zhou Can’s achievement." Director Jia was a very straightforward person, never competing for credit with his doctors. "Zhou Can, now that it’s almost confirmed that the patient’s illness is truly a mental disorder, tell us about your treatment plan! I want to hear a plan aimed at a possible cure, not just long-term control with psychiatric drugs."

Director Jia was somewhat his mentor.

When making requests, he totally had the tone of an elder speaking to a younger member.

With Director Jia’s guidance and cultivation, he indeed held that qualification.

From another perspective, this also could be seen as a close relationship between Director Jia and Zhou Can.

"To seek a cure, we must find the reason behind the patient’s severe psychological stress. Based on the family’s description, I suspect that the psychological stress is related to the middle school exams. The patient fell ill during the latter half of ninth grade, close to the exam period. It’s relatively easier to investigate the cause of stress during this period. I want to talk to the family and the patient some more before formulating a corresponding treatment plan. What do you think?" fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

Zhou Can had been intensively studying fundamentals of psychological medicine.

Now, it was proving useful.

He suspected that the cause of the patient’s severe psychological stress was likely related to the middle school exams.

Even if that wasn’t the cause, it should still be relatively easy to investigate.

Be it problems in the parents’ relationship, the child being emotionally affected by an early romance, or the teacher giving severe criticism over something, any of these could cause severe psychological stress in the patient.

Once the patient overcomes this psychological barrier, the disease would cure itself.

"Go ahead quickly, I look forward to the final outcome!"

Director Jia urged Zhou Can to go and communicate with the patient and the family.

...

Outside the brainwave monitoring room, Zhou Can easily found the smiling relatives.

The child’s cause of illness was identified, and the condition was initially controlled with medication, which brought great joy to the family. The worry on their faces had mostly dissipated, replaced by genuine smiles.

"Dr. Zhou, thank you for saving our son, you are truly a savior to our family!"

The relative, upon seeing Zhou Can approaching, excitedly stepped forward to express their gratitude repeatedly.

"Treating your son’s disease, I was just assisting; the main credit goes to my mentor, Director Jia. I came here to discuss the specific cause of your son’s illness. We aim to completely cure his disease, not just control it with medication."

Zhou Can didn’t pick a particular spot; he simply sat down on an outside bench and started chatting with the relatives.

"Before your child got sick, did you put any pressure on him regarding the middle school exams? Like wanting him to get into a good high school or something similar."

"Yes! Close to the middle school exams, the child’s father emphasized more than once, hoping that the child could get into the county’s top middle school. Since our child is the only one and also performs quite well in his studies, both I and my spouse had high expectations. Could this have also caused my son to have diarrhea?"

The relative was not questioning Zhou Can.

Rather, they found it somewhat astonishing.

It’s no wonder they couldn’t understand.

Without professional medical knowledge, who would think that giving a child some stress about exams could actually lead to diarrhea? In their view, only eating something unclean or being sick could cause diarrhea.

"I can’t be completely sure yet. Can your son communicate normally with you now?"

Zhou Can had previously asked the patient questions during the outpatient visits, but it was impossible to communicate normally.

The patient had tendencies of autism.

At that time, it was thought to be due to a significant physical illness causing autism.

Only now it was understood that it might be due to a mental disorder leading to autism.

"Yes! When there are no outsiders, my son can respond to me rather normally when I talk to him. But our son has been quite introverted since he was young, and doesn’t talk much."

The patient’s mother said.

"As long as someone can communicate normally with the child, that’s a good thing. You can try talking to your child, telling him that getting into a good high school is not that important. Try to resolve his psychological issues as much as possible, allowing him to step out of the mental cage he has set for himself."

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