White armor

Chapter 499 The Red Rope on the Ankle
"You take a look? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?" The young man sighed, "I felt uncomfortable after taking a look. They said that thing randomly selects a person."

"..."

"..."

Luo Hao and Fang Xiao were speechless.

"When I was a kid." The young man started gossiping. Luo Hao smiled, shook his head, and then interrupted him. "Xiao Pang is your boss's child, right? How old is he this year?"

"8 years old, so cute. If it wasn't so cute, it wouldn't be targeted by people. I hope Old Yang is still useful and can drive that thing away. It's really evil, how could I attract such a thing." The boy said vaguely.

Judging from his expression, he no longer intends to work here.

The so-called "that thing" is a mental attack with magical properties, and the boy is afraid of it from the bottom of his heart.

"Let's have barbecue. Is your beef Longjiang beef?" Luo Hao asked.

"Yes, the boss goes to stock up early every morning, and everything is fresh." The boy said absentmindedly.

"There seems to be a river over there in Longjiang County."

When the young man heard Luo Hao's question, he suddenly perked up, his eyes widened, "Hey, let me tell you, that river has no name, it is a tributary of the Nenjiang River. I live next to that river, and when the flood hit in 98, a cat over 20 years old suddenly died in my family."

"Gone?"

"Yes, that year the old cat suddenly ran away, and a few days later there was a flood. The water came up to the edge of the kang, and the house almost collapsed. After the water receded, the old cat ran back on its own."

"..." Luo Hao sighed. He asked one, three, and five, and the waiter said two, four, and six.

Really, I can’t even ask about the medical history clearly.

"Let me tell you, these things are spiritual. A few days ago, when we were playing basketball, the Linji team had a shaman dance before the game started. I always saw it when I was a kid. It became less and less in the past few years, but now it's more and more. The economy is bad, and more and more people are doing this. Mr. Tony, who used to cut my hair, is gone. When I asked, he said his horse had left."

Luo Hao sighed. This young man really didn't speak the truth.

"Professor Luo, just ask whatever you want to ask. They are usually bored and just like to talk about random things." Fang Xiao could see Luo Hao's helplessness.

"Did the boss's little fat boy go to the beach?"

"Ah?" The boy was startled. "Is it the ghost in the river who wants to find a scapegoat? No, no, we have a river here too. The fat kid always goes there to play, and nothing has happened to him."

"Okay, let's barbecue." Luo Hao said with a smile.

"Are you?" The waiter saw that Luo Hao looked dignified and seemed to know something.

"Master Qi from the Taoist temple in Funiu Mountain in the provincial capital is my senior brother." Luo Hao said.

"!!!"

The young man didn't know why, and his face showed an expression of admiration. But Fang Xiao knew that he looked at Luo Hao helplessly. Professor Luo really liked to joke.

Taoist Priest Qi does have a good relationship with Professor Luo, but it is definitely not the case that they are his master or his senior brother.

"Wait until Lao Yang leaves and call me so I can take a look."

"Are you sure?" The young man's eyes sparkled.

"No, I haven't seen the situation. Who can say that they are sure? It's just one more person to take a look, just in case it works."

"Yeah, yeah! The more powerful a person is, the more he speaks like you! Wait a moment, I'll grill the meat for you." The young man spoke much more respectfully.

Luo Hao was not a foodie, but the meat was so delicious, it almost melted in the mouth as described in the books. Even someone like Luo Hao couldn't help but feel happy.

"A lot of people came to this year's Ice and Snow Festival, so our business will be better."

"Oh, don't mention it. A few years ago, my door was almost broken by people trampling on it." The young man said, "Other families are afraid that business is not good, but my boss is afraid that business is too good. He is busy!"

"Hahaha."

"I'm so busy that I feel dizzy. My boss said that we will close the store when the Ice and Snow Festival begins."

"Such a unique personality?" Luo Hao was surprised.

"It's enough to earn some money. If it's destined to be yours, you'll get it eventually. If it's not destined to be yours, don't force it. The boss always says that if you make money, you have to be alive to spend it. Otherwise, what's the point of earning money?"

Tsk tsk, Luo Hao clicked his tongue twice.

This is what relaxation is.

"Is your business usually going well?"

"Of course, the Longjiang Wagyu beef raised by my boss's brother must be authentic. During the Ice and Snow Festival, everyone came here, and we couldn't supply the goods, so we might as well just close the store. We have a small store, but we have to save face, and we won't do anything deceiving."

So that's it, Luo Hao smiled.

Not to mention curing diseases and saving lives, just based on this sentence, I have to help out today.

They ate and talked. Luo Hao didn't drink and Fang Xiao didn't persuade him. He drove and didn't drink either.

The meat is so delicious that you can chew it on your tongue.

After half an hour, the sound of King Wen's drum disappeared. The young man kept looking towards the backyard. When he saw that everyone had left, he crouched down and came to Luo Hao.

"Grandmaster……"

"My last name is Luo, you can just call me Doctor Luo."

"Oh oh oh, Dr. Luo, Old Yang is gone." said the young man.

"I'll go talk to the boss first." Fang Xiao wiped his mouth with a tissue and stood up.

"Let's go together and take a look. By the way, do you have acupuncture needles at home?" Luo Hao asked.

The young man shook his head, looking confused.

"Sewing Needle, help me find one."

The young man didn't know what Luo Hao was going to do, but he had bright eyes and could see Fang Xiao's respect for Luo Hao. He didn't doubt it, turned around and ran to the inner room to get a needle and gave it to Luo Hao.

Fang Xiao didn't ask any questions and just lifted the curtain and walked into the backyard.

This shop is the farmer’s own store, with business in the front and people living in the back.

A small courtyard with a well in the middle.

There was a brazier at the door of the main room. The fire in the brazier had not been completely extinguished, and sparks were flying upwards.

"Boss, boss." The young man ran over to greet him quickly.

Fang Xiao approached, "Boss Wei, what's going on?"

A sturdy man with a dark face squatted beside the brazier, a cigarette in his mouth and a blank look in his eyes.

When he heard Fang Xiao calling him, he looked up at Fang Xiao but didn't say anything.

"He said something happened at home, I came to take a look."

"Oh." Boss Wei squatted, staring at the sparks in the brazier with a conflicted expression.

"How is the child?"

"It is said to be an old ghost from Ailao Mountain..."

"!!!"

"!!!"

Luo Hao was speechless.

The old ghost from Ailao Mountain? What the hell are you doing?

The old ghost over there in Nanyun must have eaten too many mushrooms, so he followed you back to the Northeast.

It's freezing cold, what do they want from you? Because you have a lot of snow in winter? Or because your Siberian cold wave tastes good?
"Stop it, let me take a look."

"Director Fang, it's useless. It's not a real illness."

"It won't hurt to take a look, why are you so stubborn?" Fang Xiao got angry and shouted outside the house, then went into the house.

Luo Hao followed Fang Xiao quietly.

But before Fang Xiao could go in, the proprietress came out holding the child.

"Hello, Director Fang." The proprietress greeted politely, but her eyes were red and it seemed that she had just cried.

"I told you not to go to Ailao Mountain, but you insisted on going, you bastard. Now something's happened. If anything happens to the child, I'll drag you and jump into the well!" the proprietress scolded.

She was only polite to Fang Xiao, but she was not polite at all to Boss Wei. She kicked him and almost kicked the big and strong Boss Wei into the brazier.

Luo Hao concentrated and saw a red line on the child's left ankle, which was wrapped around several times and the color was dark.

Now the red string is no longer moving, quietly wrapped around the child's ankle.

No wonder people are scared. That’s it. Anyone who sees it will be scared.

The child must have been tired from all the tossing and turning and fell asleep in the woman's arms.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, I heard Lao Yang playing the drums, what's wrong?" Fang Xiao asked.

"They said it's not local, it was brought back from Ailao Mountain." The proprietress replied with a sad face, "Old Yang said he would go back and discuss it. It will probably take half a month to heal."

Fang Xiao turned around and saw Professor Luo's mouth curled up with a hint of a smile.

"Professor Luo?"

"It will definitely be fine in half a month." Luo Hao said confidently.

"what?!"

The boss and his wife were both stunned.

Fang Xiao was also stunned. What is this? A parasite? I have never seen this kind of parasite before.

Are parasites so powerful that they can move beneath the skin?

Aren't parasites all in the internal organs? I have seen hydatid cysts myself, but I don't know how to treat them, so I told the patient to go to the capital.

What the hell is this.

For a moment, Fang Xiao felt that what Professor Luo Haoluo said was wrong, as he had never heard of parasites that moved under the skin.

"Really!" Boss Wei asked in a deep voice.

Although it was a question, there was no questioning tone in his voice, and he obviously wanted a positive answer.

"That's about right. If you want to see what's going on now, I can do that too."

"what?!"

Seeing that Boss Wei and his wife were stunned, Fang Xiao immediately introduced them, "Professor Luo, the junior apprentice of Taoist Master Qi from Funiushan. He usually works in the hospital and occasionally goes to Funiushan."

"!!!"

"!!!"

"Is there any alcohol? Strong liquor is fine too." Luo Hao asked without explaining.

The boy immediately took out the homemade liquor and lit it.

Luo Hao disinfected it over the fire, then took the sewing needle and gently tapped the child's ankle.

Fang Xiao stared with wide eyes as the proprietress held the child tightly, telling him not to move.

But the child didn't seem to feel any pain and fell into a deep sleep.

Fang Xiao watched Professor Luo Haoluo's wrist tremble, as if he was performing surgery with a guide wire, and then the tip of the needle with something coming out from the child's ankle.

Gan!
There really is something there! ! Fang Xiao was stunned.

"Look, it's a bug. Just now it was moving under the skin and looked a bit scary. When it's almost done, it will lie down and look like a red rope." Luo Hao explained as he pulled the bug out.

Each worm is not big, about 1cm.

Luo Hao pulled it out and looked back.

"Bowl, find a bowl." Fang Xiao said quickly.

The young man was stunned. He really didn't expect that the young man could pull a worm out of the fat boy's ankle.

The worms are alive and move.

After not being able to react for a moment, Fang Xiao then kicked the boy on the butt and said with a smile, "Hurry up and get something to hold the bugs."

"Big bowl or plate, what do you think?" the waiter asked cautiously.

"No, whatever."

The young man ran to the front and brought back a large bowl.

Luo Hao put the parasites in a bowl and said, "Director Fang, tell them to send the parasites to the hospital tomorrow. If the hospital here doesn't have the right equipment, send them to the provincial capital for inspection to see what kind they are and what medicine they need."

"Okay!" Fang Xiao agreed without saying anything.

What a parasite! Fang Xiao felt a little ashamed of his thoughts. Professor Luo was always called Xiehe Luo Hao. How could anyone dare to put the word Xiehe in front of his name?

The sewing needle poked into the fat boy's ankle again, and another parasite came out.

Fang Xiao vaguely understood what was going on. In connection with what Professor Luo had asked before, he guessed that the fat boy had gone to the beach to play, and there were parasites in the sand by the river, so he got infected.

"Professor Luo, what kind of disease is this?" Fang Xiao pretended to be eager to learn, but in fact he was just curious and gossipy.

“Cutaneous larva migrans.”

Cutaneous larva migrans, Fang Xiao repeated it several times in his mind. Although the name was unfamiliar and he had never heard of it, he no longer doubted it.

“It’s a zoonosis caused by hookworm larvae.

Hookworms mainly live in the small intestines of dogs and cats, where they develop and grow into adults. When the feces of an animal infected with hookworms is buried in the soil, the eggs can develop into larvae in 2 to 9 days.

"Didn't we go to Ailao Mountain on the 11th? It has nothing to do with them." Luo Hao smiled and put a small hookworm into the bowl.

"Hookworms? I remember they were all in the digestive tract." Fang Xiao asked while trying to please others.

Being a supporting actor is a science, and Fang Xiao happens to be good at it.

"This is because after the hookworm larvae enter the human skin, they move under the skin and form tunnels, which constantly cause an inflammatory response, forming single or multiple trails that can move up to 1cm a day."

"As for the migrating, it's probably because there are more hookworm larvae, so it looks like it's migrating."

"The medical community has known about this disease for more than a hundred years. The most common cause of the disease is foot lesions caused by stepping on contaminated soil, like Fatty, but it may also affect any other part of the body, such as the buttocks, thighs, abdomen or tongue."

"I was at You'an Hospital, which is the Second Infectious Disease Hospital. It was renamed a few years ago. I saw a patient in You'an Hospital with red lines all over his tongue. He couldn't even eat."

"Fuck me!"

Although Luo Hao spoke simply and without detailed description, Fang Xiao already had a sense of the picture.

The patient's tongue was stretched out and there were red lines running down it.

This thing appeared right in front of him. Not to mention feudal superstition, Fang Xiao felt that he had to kneel down and kowtow to the patient, begging him to stop bothering him.

Even though Fang Xiao was an old doctor, he was still scared to death.

"Can it be cured?" Fang Xiao asked.

Luo Hao suddenly paused and looked at Fang Xiao.

Fang Xiao knew what was going on and leaned closer. "Hookworm larvae cannot completely penetrate the skin. Larvae that cannot enter the human muscle tissue or intestines have difficulty continuing to develop into adults within the stratum corneum of the skin and eventually die. Patients usually recover within 5 to 6 weeks."

"Self-limiting disease?" Fang Xiao saw Professor Luo Haoluo lower his voice and answer in a voice that only he could hear, so he also asked in a low voice.

"Yeah, it just looks scary. What Old Yang said is not wrong."

"..."

Fang Xiao was speechless.

Professor Luo is such a bastard. If it were anyone else, he would definitely want to tell the world that Old Yang is a charlatan.

But Professor Luo whispered to himself that it was obvious that he wanted to leave some food for Old Yang.

It is best not to provoke this kind of rural charlatan. What if he is a five-guarantee household? He has no weaknesses and gets angry and goes to the hospital with a knife to find Professor Luo.

No, if he can’t find Professor Luo, he must be looking for himself.

Fang Xiao's mind flashed, and he instantly realized that Professor Luo had gone through so much trouble for his own good.

Oh shit!

Fang Xiao cursed in his heart and decided to learn from Professor Luo's bad temper.

Only by staying alive can you live longer. As for showing off, it doesn’t matter. We still have robot dogs.

"Director Fang?"

Boss Wei looked at Fang Xiao pitifully.

He was curious, but didn't dare to ask.

"I'm treating your child. How is Lao Yang doing now?" Fang Xiao asked.

"Generally, there is not much income. There are fewer and fewer children nowadays. Young people go to the city to work, or they graduate from college and never come back. There is not much work for him."

really!

Although Professor Luo didn't say it, everything is under control.

Fang Xiao nodded and said, "I've helped. I'll go take some meat and have a look later."

"Yeah, yeah." Boss Wei nodded repeatedly.

"But don't go too far. It's hard to talk about cause and effect." Luo Hao said calmly, "Just express your gratitude."

"Good good."

No matter how young Luo Hao was, he would no longer think so once he saw him using the sewing needle in his hand to pick out the worms from under the skin of the little fat boy.

After a few minutes, Luo Hao picked out all the bugs and put the bowl aside.

“Where do I wash my hands?”

The young man respectfully brought over the washbasin, and even added hot water to it, making the water temperature just right.

"Take albendazole orally for 3 days and add antihistamines to relieve itching." Luo Hao gave the doctor's orders.

He told Fang Xiao that the choice of antihistamine to use should be based on local conditions.

Luo Hao didn't know what was used here and was too lazy to explain more.

"Okay, okay." Fang Xiao said yes repeatedly, "Professor Luo, leave the rest to me. Do you have any other medical instructions?"

"No, the child is fine. He will be fine after a good sleep." Luo Hao wiped his hands dry and rubbed the little fat boy's head with a smile, "Go back, don't let the child get cold."

After all, it snowed, and although the temperature rose and the snow melted, it was still a bit cold.

"Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for your hard work." Boss Wei nodded and bowed repeatedly, with a look of gratitude on his face.

"It's okay. I just happened to say I was coming to your house for dinner and I saw it." Luo Hao smiled. "It's just a simple thing. It's not hard."

Have a meal!

Boss Wei quickly shouted to the waiter, "Go and get my medicinal wine."

"Boss Wei, Professor Luo doesn't drink."

"That won't do!" In order to express his gratitude, Boss Wei prepared to have a drink with Luo Hao.

"You don't understand, don't scare me." How could a reckless person like Fang Xiao be scared by a glare? He said contemptuously, "The master has said a lot, don't make yourself uncomfortable. It was originally a good intention, but in the end it did something bad."

Boss Wei was stunned.

"We've finished eating, so don't bother me." Luo Hao said with a smile, then turned and left.

Boss Wei saw the two off to the car and watched them leave.

Until the car disappeared into the night, Boss Wei was still a little dazed, as if he had a dream.

"Professor Luo, have you been to You'an Hospital?"

"Well, I went there for an internship and saw some patients with parasitic diseases. However, the method of picking out parasites with a needle was not taught in You'an Hospital." Luo Hao remembered something and the corners of his mouth raised higher and higher.

"Ah? It's not the hospital's method? Fuck! It's the method used by Boss Xia, the military doctor and veterinarian, to treat military horses!" Fang Xiao immediately agreed.

Luo Hao sighed, Fang Xiao was really smart, it was a pity that he was a little old. If he was ten years younger, he would have called him to his medical team.

With Lao Meng around, Fang Xiao is dispensable, and he is also a well-known figure in Changnan City, so there is no need to bring him back to work with him.

"Director Fang is amazing. He was able to guess it." Luo Hao praised.

"I'm just guessing. This is how the army treats horses." Fang Xiao seemed to remember something. "When I was in school, the school was in Beishan. To the west was the military horse farm. They made liquor there. We called it the military horse farm liquor."

"At that time, in order to practice my drinking capacity, I took two kilograms of alcohol at the beginning of the school year. At first, I could drink it for a month, but later I could only drink it after a few days."

"A little fever at the military horse farm? Are you also a graduate of veterinary medicine?" Luo Hao was stunned.

"Yes!"

It turns out that I go to the same school as my uncle Lin Yuming.

Yes, there are four medical universities in the province, and their graduates must be distributed over a large area in the province, so it is normal to meet my uncle’s old classmates.

"I saw a parasite once on a military horse, but I didn't understand it and didn't remember it. Just now I was thinking that the parasite didn't move under the skin. You said my memory is so bad, no wonder I saw you pick out the parasites with a needle so skillfully."

"I can't say I'm proficient at it. I've become a lot less skilled at it." Luo Hao said, "This disease was common a few years ago, but it's becoming increasingly rare. After all, living conditions have improved. Who would have children running around barefoot?"

"It could be just a naughty child." Fang Xiao said, then suddenly froze and thought for a long time, "Professor Luo, what is the name of this disease?"

"Cutaneous larva migrans." Luo Hao took out his phone. "I'll send it to you. Actually, there's no need to research this disease. Just know its name. The symptoms are so typical that you'll know what it is after just one look."

"Can I choose?"

"No need, I just had an itchy hand." Luo Hao smiled, "If it's normal, just give me albendazole orally for 3 days and add antihistamines to relieve the itching."

"The larva's corpse...was wrapped and absorbed by the machine?"

"Well, that's probably the case. Some of the substances that are not absorbed form subcutaneous nodules, which doesn't affect your life. It's nothing." Luo Hao said.

Fang Xiao felt a little emotional. Although Professor Luo looked young, he actually had rich clinical experience.

After returning to the hospital, Luo Hao did not leave in a hurry, but went to the department to see the postoperative patients first.

The patient's blood pressure had returned to 90 mmHg, he was conscious and speaking clearly, and there was no sign of cerebral edema. Luo Hao was relieved.

This disease cannot be cured by modern medicine. Luo Hao gave the patient's family some advice and told him how to take care of himself in the future before leaving.

Fang Xiao sent Luo Hao to the Peugeot 307. The robot dog nimbly jumped onto the back seat and looked at Fang Xiao with red eyes, which made him feel uneasy.

"Director Fang, goodbye!" said the robot dog in a mechanical voice.

(End of this chapter)