On the night of Lantern Festival, Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu made many happy memories.
But the next morning, there was another call. Inside this suite, they received the latest bad news. Abnormal Tourette Syndrome had broken out among female children. The method of transmission was still unknown. Currently, the epidemic was concentrated around Eastern State. Various hospitals had admitted 75 children and they would all scream 'Gu Jun' whenever they acted up.
On the other hand, Kedou did not show any signs of relapse, so it was unclear whether there was any connection between the two.
'This is the 'little new year present'? Gu Jun was infuriated by the news. His head felt like it was going to split. Who was this person?
"Eastern State, Eastern State …" Of course, he could contact them. "Someone wants me to go back there …"
Speaking of which, it had been a long time since he had returned to Eastern State.
The two left the hotel before 7 pm, ending the short but sweet couple. They returned to Shen Hai Phecda Base and returned to the turbulent outside world.
"I listened to bedtime stories before I acted up." While she was in Lu Zi's car, Wu Siyu thought of something. "Could they be stories about monsters eating people?"
"The story told by the smiling buddha?" Gu Jun groaned as he resisted the headache.
"Many fairy tales have this kind of plot." Wu Shiyu gave a few random examples, Little Red Riding Hood had a wolf eating a man, The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats had a wolf eating a goat, The Giant Who Swallowed the Princess had a giant eating the princess … "Hmm, I wonder if those are what the parents told them."
Wu Siyu might have guessed it right. The investigation found that most of the patients had heard or read this kind of story in the week before the onset of the illness. The specific reason was unknown, but it seemed that it was definitely related. This might be the pathogen.
Phecda immediately issued a notice requesting parents to stop telling such dark stories because it was harmful to children's physical and mental health. Children with Tourette Syndrome should seek medical attention immediately. Cartoons with violent elements were also temporarily banned from the airing. There was no confirmation on when they would be restored.
Now that Phecda had announced something, even if the reason was not stated, the people could guess that something had happened. Therefore, they paid special attention to it.
After Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu returned to the base, the first thing they did was head to the safe house to check on Kedou. The child was safe and sound.
But at this moment, the number of sick children admitted had already exceeded 100, and all of them were little girls aged 5 to 8 years old.
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In the Third People's Hospital of Nanxiang City, the medical staff were busy. After a day, 15 children had been treated here. Some tests also had results. No conventional pathogens were found in the samples of the patients. The disease didn't seem to be contagious.
The MRI images ruled out brain abnormalities in the children; normal TSH levels ruled out hypothyroidism; normal serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels ruled out Wilson's disease … It was also not streptococcal infection, drug-induced tics, head trauma, encephalitis, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc.
Physiologically speaking, it was Tourette Syndrome, so it was difficult to treat.
There was a hypothesis that Tourette Syndrome was an autoimmune disease of the nervous system. It was caused by dysfunction in the frontal lobe and thalamus.
This was once again beyond the current level of human medical knowledge. Even a neurologist like Prof Ma Jun at Phecda's Medical Department could only prescribe some anti-psychotic drugs and norepinephrine drugs to the patients.
Humanity's scientific knowledge was very advanced, but at the same time, it was lagging behind.
When it came to the brain and nervous system, be it Gu Jun or a little girl of 5 or 6 years old, they were helpless.
The neurologists and pediatricians at Nan Xiang City's Third People's Hospital were also at their wits' end. Whoever could effectively treat Tourette's disease would be able to treat many neurological disorders. This was not just a matter of winning a Nobel Prize or two, it would create a whole new world of medicine that no one could imagine.
Regardless, they were busy for the whole day. They tried their best to think and come up with ideas.
Liu Guo Lin also pulled himself together. After being reprimanded by Director Zhang in the morning, he was not ashamed. He just felt that he could not continue living like this. Even if he was to be socialized, he had to struggle to be socialized slowly. He had to do something, do something good.
Perhaps it was his motivation, or perhaps it was their heartache for the sick children, Yu Chunhui and Zhang Wenjun were especially motivated that day.
Doctor Zhang led the three of them. They were so busy that they did not have time for lunch, they only had a few pieces of bread. Now that it was evening, the number of sick children increased and the work could not stop. However, the hospital director saw that everyone was tired, so he told them to take a break and go for lunch. There were colleagues taking turns.
Therefore, the four of them and a few other colleagues headed to the hospital canteen.
"The interval between the patient's tics is quite long." Doctor Zhang was still thinking along the way. His chubby face was in deep thought. "It happened once this morning and it's been almost 12 hours, but it hasn't happened again … Even though Tourette Syndrome patients do not have a rhythm, the interval between the tics shouldn't be so long."
The path to the canteen was a forested path. They had been busy the whole day, so it was quite refreshing to walk past the lush greenery.
"Doctor, we know too little." Yu Chunhui really wanted to relax. "We won't be able to figure anything out."
"Sigh, we have nothing better to do!" Doctor Zhang grumbled. "Those who have daughters should think about their daughters, those who have children should think about their relatives' children …"
"Sigh, why are they picking on girls? These girls are so unlucky. "Zhang Wenjun sighed." I wonder what kind of trouble they've gotten themselves into. "
Just as Liu Guolin was about to say something, he suddenly noticed the shadows of the trees around him swaying. He instinctively looked up and saw a shadow rapidly falling from the sky. His heart suddenly jumped … Beside him, Director Zhang, Yu Chunhui, and Zhang Wenjun were stunned. Some screamed in fear, while others wanted to run …
The accident came so suddenly and so fiercely.
Another group of medical staff who were walking in the distance cried out in shock as they watched a huge tree with lush branches collapse with a loud bang.
There was no typhoon or rain. The old tree seemed to have rotted in the middle. It toppled over and crushed the group of people who were passing by.
One of the nurses was so scared that she almost collapsed to the ground. Even though she had dealt with so many patients and rescues, she was still in a daze.
She saw that the doctors in white coats were pinned down by the big tree. The fat middle-aged man was pierced by many thick branches, and blood was flowing everywhere. It seemed like he was not going to survive. A female doctor's waist was crushed by a tree trunk, and another young male doctor's head was cut off by a big branch … Translator's Thoughts Dess Dess
She recognized the young male doctor, Liu Guolin, he was from the pediatrics department.
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