NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 120: Join hands with House's team to slay the Cell Demons! (More updates, please subscribe automatically~)

Harmful!
It’s just those few reasons!

Wasn’t this the type of patients that Jiang Ming saw every day when he was in school and hospital?
There are too many cases of this kind in China.

To be honest, House is still using crutches. It is probably due to his temper. He may have dragged himself into this situation.

Most causes of lameness are traumatic:
If you are suddenly stimulated by sudden external force such as falling or car accident while walking or doing activities, the ankle joint and surrounding tissues will become loose and damaged, causing pain symptoms and thus forming a lame state.

This is one of the most common reasons that eventually leads to lameness: pain

The pain caused by hip joint injury makes the patient afraid to bear weight. In the long run, it may cause unstable gait and painful claudication.

Hip joint injury may be caused by a variety of reasons such as hip tuberculosis, temporary synovitis, aseptic necrosis of the femoral head, etc. Inflammatory factors and Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulate the synovium of the hip joint, which may cause local swelling and congestion, and therefore more severe pain symptoms often occur.

If it is temporary synovitis, the patient can be repositioned through manipulation and traction treatment can also be performed. Patients with severe pain can take oral pain relief drugs such as ibuprofen and celecoxib.

But House has now completely passed this stage and his muscles have atrophied.

Patients with aseptic necrosis of the femoral head are usually advised to consider surgical treatment, such as core decompression, total hip replacement, etc. They should pay attention to rest after the operation and go to the hospital for regular check-ups.

But obviously House did not adopt these methods.

House might choose the later surgical method, but he didn't have the technology at that time, so he probably could only take painkillers.

There are 3 other reasons which are less common:

One is hip synovitis:

Inflammatory changes in the hip joint are caused by traumatic injury, joint infection, intra-articular injury and other factors. The main symptoms are hip pain, swelling, limited movement, etc. Patients may experience limping and other difficulties in walking due to severe pain.

This is impossible for House, who is a doctor.

Another thing that is impossible is congenital hip dislocation, scoliosis, or uneven legs like Oden did before, which will cause limping over time, but House is around 40 years old, and if it is these reasons, he can definitely still walk on his own without crutches.

The last reason is somewhat possible. It is like the buttocks injections given to Chinese children by barefoot doctors when they were young. Polio virus infection causes neuronal degeneration and necrosis, resulting in loss of corresponding limb muscle function, which can easily lead to sequelae such as lameness and muscle atrophy.

Nowadays, there are still many rural areas in China where children believe in barefoot doctors' buttock injections, which causes them to become hemiplegic or have muscle atrophy on one side.

The technical term for this is polio.

This is also the reason why Jiang Ming asked House just now.

I don't want him to tell me why he became lame, but I want to know the timing.

If you got it when you were a child, there is a high probability that you used the wrong medicine.

"External force + polio?"

When Jiang Ming first saw House's limp when he was in the Trail Blazers, he thought it was caused by external force.

Because the lame walking posture caused by the other two reasons would be more exaggerated, and it would be impossible to be supported by such a thin rattan stick.

But since a doctor of House's caliber couldn't cure him, the only possibility was that he also had polio, and his muscles were permanently atrophied.

“Jiang, I didn’t believe at first that you could be called a miracle doctor at your age, but now, I think that in the field of sports medicine, you are it.”

This simple sentence made House look at Jiang Ming with new eyes and gave him a thumbs up for the first time in a long time.

This was the first time the two assistants saw Director House give a thumbs-up to someone else.

And it was the first time that House told them the origin of his limp.

It is indeed as Jiang Ming said.
It turned out that when House was 6 years old, he was riding a bicycle and was hit by a rock. His right foot suffered a devastating sudden external force and he was unable to walk at the time.

Afterwards, the doctor at a local private clinic immediately gave him an injection of some unknown medicine in his right foot, which caused necrosis of his right foot and loss of function of the corresponding limb muscles. Eventually, the muscles gradually atrophied, causing him to remain lame.

Now there is naturally a professional term to explain this phenomenon: polio virus infection causes neuronal degeneration.

It seems that House is well aware of what's wrong with his foot and he doesn't completely refuse to get it treated.

Jiang Ming scratched his head after listening to this. It turns out that barefoot doctors are everywhere and unscrupulous doctors can cause a lot of harm to people.

The blonde assistant next to him asked quickly:

"Can it be cured, Director Jiang? You Eastern Chinese medicine practitioners can definitely cure it!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ming shook his head:
"It's no use. The lameness caused by the sequelae of polio cannot be cured for the time being. It can only be alleviated as much as possible through physical therapy, wearing orthotic braces and other methods." Neuronal degeneration and necrosis are irreversible. Jiang Ming cannot make the nerves in his right foot completely restore to normal, not even if a god comes.

So Jiang Ming told the truth.

After hearing Jiang Ming's words, the two assistants did not show disdain or call Jiang Ming a liar, but just sighed.

Because they also know that if it can be completely cured, would Director House not treat it?
House also waved his hand:

"Forget it. You can tell my condition just by feeling it with your hands. This operation will help you no matter what."

Jiang Ming smiled and said:

"Don't worry. Although I can't completely cure you, I can still help you get rid of this thing. You will just walk unsteadily and won't be able to run fast in the future."

After saying that, he pointed at House's rattan stick that was worn to the point of bursting.

Sean also smiled and said, "Don't you know that our director is best at physical therapy? Chinese medicine physical therapy is the best in the world. You will know after you feel it."

Seeing House's surprised expression, Sean took out the acupuncture kit he carried with him:
"We can definitely do what our director said. Come on! Let's try it now."

Jiang Ming checked his phone and saw that there was no news from Zhang Mingji, so he used the conference room as an infirmary and cleared all the blood circulation points in House's leg above his right foot.

It would have been better to focus on the right foot, but the plaster is on now and it can’t be wasted. It’s still time to treat it tomorrow.

After being pricked with these needles, House felt shocked and comfortable for the first time. He felt that his atrophied muscles could finally move.

“Is this Chinese medicine?”

The fat on House's face was visibly reduced, and his smile was warm and innocent.

"This is just an aid. Next, you need to walk more without crutches and lean on the wall every day to activate the muscles in your right foot."

“Exercise therapy is the key.”

Jiang Ming guessed that House must have been unwilling and had not undergone exercise therapy because he was very busy as a doctor, which resulted in his muscles being permanently atrophied. He could only receive chronic treatment until he could finally get rid of the crutches completely.

"Okay, we will help the director with exercise and rehabilitation!"

"As expected of the director of the NBA team medical department, there's something!"

The two assistants clapped their hands in the seal-like manner, while House's face twitched. He wanted to laugh but it was unnatural. It was obvious that he hadn't laughed happily for a long time.

That day at 12pm.

When Xu Yong arrived at Princeton University Hospital, the originally inefficient American hospital quickly arranged for him to be hospitalized.

After 2 days.

House's response was exceptionally strong. After his right foot had been treated with plaster, Chinese medicine soaking, and acupuncture, he finally felt a hint of "life", and the vitality of a normal person was beckoning to him.

Although it may continue to shrink and deform in the future, he will be much more comfortable without the rattan stick. Who would like to be the last one to go to the operating room every time, and have to disinfect the rattan stick and keep supporting it during the operation?
Therefore, he directly told the dean that the best operating room should be used for Xu Yong's surgery. Moreover, he was originally responsible for verbal commands in the team and rarely performed the surgery himself.

But this time, he, Sean and Jiang Ming jointly performed the surgery themselves!

There is only one goal: to completely remove the tumor, clean up the malignant cells, and finally stabilize Xu Yong’s previously normal spine!

The Pioneer Chinese Medicine Department joins hands with the House team to slash the cell demons with one blow!!!
10 hours later.
With House and Sean soaking wet, Xu Yong's osteosarcoma was completely removed. After Xu Yong was pushed out, Zhang Mingji, who was waiting at the door, saw Jiang Ming's double eyelids drooping for the first time.

So tired!
Three young doctors are so tired, which shows how difficult this operation is!

"The operation was successful."

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Jiang Ming took off his mask and personally explained to Zhang Mingji: "He will receive medication and radiation therapy here with Director House for the next month. He will be discharged after a month when no cells remain. I wish Xu Yong good luck!"

Sean also made a cross on his chest:

"God bless you."

House, who was supported by two assistants, still looked arrogant:

"Don't worry, if he recovers, maybe he can come back to your country to watch the Olympics."

(Thanks to the novelist 丶丶 for the 100-point reward, thank you!)
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