Doctor Zhao, help!

Chapter 159 The first kiss in life

Next, Zhao Sheng performed a heart and lung auscultation on the girl. Strangely, no obvious rales were heard in both lungs. The heart rhythm was consistent and there was no murmur.

"Doctor, does Xiaoya have pneumonia?"

The elegant middle-aged woman asked anxiously.

She had a recurring fever, and anti-inflammatory drugs had no effect at all. Before coming here, the elegant middle-aged woman had been through a hundred fevers. At a hundred degrees, she was extremely panicked.

This website says that if you have recurring fevers and anti-inflammatory drugs are ineffective, it is likely that you have leukemia.

"There are no abnormalities on the chest X-ray and lung auscultation. It does not appear to be pneumonia at the moment."

Zhao Sheng shook his head slightly and said.

"Doctor, what happened to Xiaoya?"

The elegant middle-aged woman asked anxiously. Even the handsome middle-aged man standing next to him, who had never spoken a word, looked uneasy.

Ever since he was a child, he has loved this daughter the most. She is simply the apple of his eye.

In the past two weeks, his daughter had repeated fevers, and medicine and injections had no effect at all. But he was so anxious that he immediately put down what he was doing and accompanied his daughter to see a doctor.

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng also thought about what the girl's problem would be.

At this moment, Zhao Sheng suddenly discovered that the girl's neck had slight bulges on both sides. This bulge was so subtle that you couldn't notice it at all if you didn't look carefully.

"Does your side hurt?"

Zhao Sheng asked the girl.

"It seems a little bit."

The girl thought for a while and said.

Zhao Sheng nodded and then performed a palpation on the girl's neck.

After this palpation, Zhao Sheng discovered that the girl had very slight swollen lymph nodes on both sides, which would have been completely undetectable without special attention and inspection.

"Doctor, what's wrong with Xiaoya?"

The elegant middle-aged woman asked again.

"Let's do an inspection first."

After thinking about it, Zhao Sheng said to the elegant middle-aged woman.

As soon as he touched the slightly swollen lymph nodes on both sides of the neck, Zhao Sheng felt confident, but he still needed examination to confirm the diagnosis.

Moreover, once the diagnosis is confirmed, seeing how the couple cares so much about the girl, Zhao Sheng is not sure whether the family of three will have conflicts because of this, so it is better to confirm the diagnosis first, and then Zhao Sheng can take the next step.

"Doctor, is the situation serious?"

The middle-aged handsome guy also asked anxiously.

"Yes, doctor, if you suspect Xiaoya's illness, please tell us first."

The elegant middle-aged woman was also a little anxious at this time. Zhao Sheng, who did not explain what the situation was and asked her to go for an examination first, made her even more scared.

Is it really leukemia?
"I can assure you that the child's condition is not serious. If treated in time, subsequent improvement will not be a problem."

"But now I have to do an examination and confirm the diagnosis before I can tell you about this. I hope you can understand."

Zhao Sheng pondered for a moment and said.

If it were a patient with other conditions, it would be okay to say it directly, but looking at the appearance of this couple, Zhao Sheng was afraid that if he said it directly, it would cause family conflicts.

"Okay, let's go get checked."

After receiving Zhao Sheng's assurance, the elegant middle-aged woman finally felt relieved and nodded.

Here, Zhao Sheng quickly ordered a series of diagnostic tests, and the couple took the girl for examinations.

After leaving the consulting room, the handsome middle-aged man suddenly said with some dissatisfaction: "This doctor is so serious. Why does he keep showing off? He insists on checking and confirming the diagnosis before talking about it."

"Could it be some kind of infectious disease?"

"If it's really an infectious disease, I wouldn't dare to talk nonsense if I don't understand it clearly."

The elegant woman thought about what Zhao Sheng said just now and his attitude when speaking, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and then continued.

"infectious disease?"

"Xiaoya is doing well in school. How could she be infected with any infectious disease?"

"Besides, I haven't heard of any infectious diseases breaking out in the school recently!"

The middle-aged handsome guy said very puzzledly.

"Xiaoya, is there any infectious disease outbreak in your school recently? Is it the kind that many students have?"

"You haven't been close to any classmates who have been sick lately, have you? Like a cold or something?" After a pause, the handsome middle-aged man asked his daughter again.

"It seems...no..."

When the girl Xiaoya heard this, she suddenly thought of something. A trace of panic flashed in her eyes, but she quickly covered it up.

The carefree middle-aged handsome man naturally didn't notice the girl Xiaoya's panic look, but the elegant middle-aged woman who was her mother noticed it.

Something's wrong with my daughter!

This is the first instinct of an elegant woman as a mother.

two hours later.

The couple took the girl back to the consulting room.

"Doctor, the test results are out, show me."

The handsome middle-aged man handed the inspection report sheet to Zhao Sheng and said.

"it is good."

Zhao Sheng took the checklist and read it carefully.

VCA-IgG antibody is positive, EB antibody is positive!
Seeing that the results of both tests were positive, Zhao Sheng confirmed his suspicion instantly.

Epstein-Barr virus VCA antibody IgG is an antibody against the capsid antigen of Epstein-Barr virus. A positive Epstein-Barr virus VCA antibody IgG indicates that you are currently infected with or have been infected with Epstein-Barr virus in the past.

Okay, let’s live together!

Fever, pharyngitis plus tonsillitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, elevated blood count, and positive EB antibody.

These symptoms and test results piece together a diagnosis of the disease.

Infectious mononucleosis!

At this moment, Zhao Sheng was able to confirm that the girl had this disease. Next, it was a matter of how to say it.

"Doctor, how are you?"

"The examination has been done, so it's time to give an accurate answer."

The middle-aged handsome girl's father said impatiently.

"Now it can be confirmed that the child has infectious mononucleosis, which is an acute infectious disease mainly caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection."

Zhao Sheng didn't play off any further and said directly.

"Ah? Viral infection? It's so good, how come you are infected with Epstein-Barr virus?"

The girl's father was very shocked when he heard this.

This viral infection sounds scary.

"In school, we always ask Xiaoya to wear a mask! Besides, hand sanitizer and other things are always prepared."

The girl’s mother, an elegant middle-aged woman, also said very puzzledly.

"General respiratory viruses are indeed spread through the respiratory tract and droplets, so wearing a mask can greatly reduce the chance of infection."

"But for EB virus, it mainly exists in oral secretions and salivary glands. Mouth-to-mouth transmission is the main way of EB virus transmission."

Zhao Sheng explained patiently and said.

“Oral-to-mouth transmission?”

"Doctor, what does this mean?"

The girl's father said very puzzledly when he heard this.

He can understand airborne transmission, blood transmission, and droplet transmission.

What is the method of mouth-to-mouth communication?
"Oral-to-mouth transmission is transmission caused by the exchange of saliva. To put it simply, it is kissing, or chewing food and then feeding it to each other and sharing it."

"Generally, this mode of transmission only exists between adults and infants."

Zhao Sheng explained again.

"Then how did our Xiaoya get infected with this virus? Chewing food? How could such a big person do this?"

"Wait a minute, doctor, did you just say kissing?"

"kiss?!"

"Kissing who?!!!"

The girl Xiaoya's father understood instantly. He turned around and looked at his daughter in shock. His eyes were wide open, as if his whole heart had been shattered.

(End of this chapter)