Chen Mu sighed, then continued, "So during the time when these two hemorrhoid patients had difficulty moving, Du was very enthusiastic in bringing them to the school hospital."

"In addition..."

"When the two patients later went to the hospital for hemorrhoid surgery, Du also accompanied them enthusiastically, so..."

"These two accompaniment visits gave him a direct understanding of how hemorrhoid surgery is performed and treated. Consequently, Du developed a certain resistance to going to the hospital for hemorrhoids."

Su Bingbing: "I only know that many people, even when their tooth nerves are exposed, still resist going to a dentist."

Su Bingbing: "I didn’t expect the proctology department of a top-tier hospital to have this level of intimidation for patients."

Chen Mu smiled bitterly, "The reputation of proctology among hemorrhoid patients, compared to the power of dentistry in the eyes of those with toothaches, is at least on par, if not more so..."

—

"I can testify to that, as someone who has had hemorrhoids and undergone the surgery, after I recovered, I really didn’t want to go back to the proctology department."

"I think the proctology department is scarier than the dental department."

"The main thing is the digital rectal exam, and there are often many female doctors. Having this kind of illness really makes me feel disgraced..."

"Actually, it doesn’t matter much about the doctor’s gender; it’s mainly the embarrassment of the illness’s location, which causes shame regardless of whether the doctor is male or female..."

"If only one or two doctors are doing the examination, it’s not too bad. I remember during my digital exam, the chief physician came with a large group of interns, more than a dozen people watching. By the time I left, even I, a grown man, ended up crying."

"But, even in the hospital, patients have rights. If you don’t like being watched, you can tell the hospital to have the interns leave."

"I originally intended to refuse, but a female doctor commented that the hemorrhoids were textbook standard, just like in the books. Suddenly, I felt a bit proud, even kind of lifted my hemorrhoids a little..."

"Ah... This..."

"..."

—

Su Bingbing: "But his current situation should be more serious than his two roommates, right?"

Thinking of this.

Su Bingbing continued, "Dr. Chen, haven’t you thought of contacting the patient’s two roommates to persuade him to go to the hospital for surgery? Only those who’ve recovered can realize how much the hospital’s surgical treatment helps..."

Su Bingbing only got to this point.

Chen Mu was already grinding his teeth, "Speaking of which, this patient still refusing surgery has an inextricable relationship with those two roommates!"

Chen Mu: "Before the patient himself fell ill, these two roommates, after having their hemorrhoids removed, gained a common language in the dormitory—talking about how terrifying hemorrhoid removal is..."

Su Bingbing: "..."

Chen Mu: "The patient was already imagining the worst upon hearing other patients’ cries outside."

Chen Mu: "Yet Wolong and Fengchu in the dormitory insist on discussing daily how terrifying and embarrassing hemorrhoid surgery and subsequent check-ups are. The patient heard such talk for over an entire semester."

Su Bingbing: "..."

Bringing up these past events.

It was clear that Chen Mu was really gritting his teeth.

Chen Mu ground his teeth and continued, "Saying this in the dormitory is one thing, but these two wouldn’t stop discussing the details of hemorrhoid treatment every day in the dorm group during winter and summer breaks."

"Because of these two, the patient received enough psychological scare even before developing hemorrhoids."

Su Bingbing: "..."

—

"Goodness, Du was so warm-hearted, helping them when they were sick, and this is how they repay him!"

"Is it possible that those two didn’t expect a third hemorrhoid patient to appear in the dormitory?!"

"Forget not expecting a third; they probably didn’t expect someone with hemorrhoids worse than their own."

"Yeah, the previous two only needed hemorrhoid surgery, but this one needs prolapse surgery."

"That’s odd, though. Dr. Mu’s diagnosis didn’t mention hemorrhoids; does this patient really have them?"

"..."

—

After another long sigh.

Chen Mu continued, "Later, this patient initially came to me for treatment due to hemorrhoid problems."

"Because he was overly resistant to going to a top-tier hospital for hemorrhoids, and at the time, his condition wasn’t considered severe, I treated his hemorrhoids with traditional Chinese medicine, using acupuncture and medication."

Su Bingbing looked worried, "Was it ineffective?"

Chen Mu shook his head, "Quite the opposite, before the semester break, his hemorrhoids had temporarily receded."

"But in between, we faced a summer vacation."

"After returning from summer vacation, although the patient didn’t have a hemorrhoid relapse, he began showing signs of prolapse."

Su Bingbing: "So is there a relationship between the later prolapse condition and the patient’s previous hemorrhoids?"

Chen Mu nodded and continued, "Hemorrhoids, in essence, are formed by the enlargement, varicosity, or repositioning of the venous plexus under the mucous membrane at the end of the rectum, or thrombus formation and connective tissue proliferation under the skin of the anal canal."

"When the condition is serious, it can lead to anal canal narrowing and constipation."

"To not exaggerate, at least more than half of the severe hemorrhoid patients have constipation issues."

—

"I thought it would just hurt when pooping, I didn’t expect it could directly cause constipation?"

"Do more than half of hemorrhoid patients have constipation? Isn’t Chen exaggerating a bit..."

"Hands up! As a hemorrhoid patient, I can confirm Chen’s words aren’t exaggerated. Many of my fellow sufferers deal with constipation."

"Initially, many people didn’t want surgery, but ultimately couldn’t stand constipation and ended up opting for hemorrhoid surgery."

"Just had hemorrhoid surgery, still lying face down, giving a thumbs-up to the guy in front. It was the severe constipation that gave me the courage to go for surgery."

"Constipation might not be the most serious illness, but only those who’ve had it can understand how unbearable it is, sobbing..."

"..."

—

Chen Mu: "Actually, this is essentially my oversight as well."

Chen Mu: "Before the break, I didn’t remind the patient that although his hemorrhoids were temporarily resolved, there still could be constipation issues."

Chen Mu: "Because his intestinal motility had already decreased to a certain degree, constipation might have become a habit for his intestines."

Chen Mu: "During that phase, if the patient experienced constipation, he could have taken probiotics, lactulose, or senna leaf in moderation to alleviate it."

Chen Mu: "During the holidays, after realizing this, I tried reaching the patient, but he hadn’t renewed his campus card before leaving. Without any other contact besides his campus card’s phone number, I assumed since he was with two hemorrhoid patients, he would consult them if constipation occurred."

Upon saying this.

Chen Mu sighed once more.

Whenever he thinks about Du’s condition, Chen Mu inevitably regrets.

How to say it...

Before that, Chen Mu really hadn’t considered it.

This student wasn’t just any hemorrhoid patient; he was a very stubborn kind of hemorrhoid patient...

Du’s holiday constipation.

That was the beginning of the entire tragedy...