Doctor Zhao, help!

Chapter 221 Sports Genius Disease

These are spider fingers!
Zhao Sheng judged it immediately when he saw that the thumb of the young man's right hand was stretched out under the cover of the other four fingers.

The fingers are clenched and the thumb extends beyond the edge of the ulna of the hand. This is a very typical "spider finger" in medicine.

Combined with the fact that the young man was tall but thin, and his hands were abnormally wide, Zhao Sheng instantly suspected that the young man had a very rare disease.

The young man is obviously taller than an ordinary person. His limbs, fingers, and toes are slender and uneven. His arms are stretched flat and the distance between them is greater than his body length. His hands hang down past his knees. His upper body is longer than his lower body. This is a very typical "Spider-Man" performance.

"Doctor, what's the matter?"

The tall young man saw Zhao Sheng's expression suddenly becoming serious, and he immediately asked in confusion.

"Doctor, I've been injured before. Give me a checkup. If it's broken, just give me a splint to fix it."

After a pause, the giant boy said to himself again.

As a basketball player, he also has a lot of experience in injuries. He has seen how to deal with injuries many times.

"Do you usually feel uncomfortable in any way?"

Zhao Sheng then asked the young man.

"No, doctor, look at my height and my hands, what could be wrong with me?"

"Doctor, just order a X-ray for me to check."

The giant boy said anxiously again.

It was the basketball team's vacation time now. During his vacation time, he was playing basketball with others on the basketball court and injured his finger. If he returned to the team after the vacation, he would definitely be disciplined by the coach.

Therefore, he wanted to reduce the swelling on his finger as soon as possible, so that when he returned to the team, he would not see that the finger was injured.

In fact, his basketball skills are average. If it weren't for his unusual height and wide hands, he wouldn't have been selected for the provincial basketball team.

"Do you often have dry lips and out of breath?"

Zhao Sheng shook his head slightly and asked the giant boy again.

"It's a little bit, but the team doctor said it's because I grew too fast. After a few years, my body will adapt and it will be fine."

The giant boy nodded and explained.

"Have you ever heard of athlete genius disease?"

Seeing the giant guy like this, Zhao Sheng decided to speak out.

The athlete genius is Marfan syndrome, which is an autosomal dominant connective tissue disease with familial aggregation. The incidence rate is about 1/5000~1/3000, with no regional, national or gender differences.

The main cause of the disease is a defect in the cellulogen gene, which leads to lesions in cardiovascular, skeletal, eye and other systems.

The most typical manifestation of Marfan syndrome is skeletal deformity, which is specifically characterized by long tubular bones throughout the body, slender fingers and toes, and a spider-like appearance. Pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, spinal deformity, etc. are common.

Cardiovascular symptoms may include aortic aneurysm, mitral valve insufficiency, mitral valve prolapse, aortic regurgitation, etc. As the disease progresses, myocardial ischemia-like symptoms may occur, such as pale complexion, dry lips, difficulty breathing, etc.

It can be said that the symptoms and signs of the giant boy fully meet the diagnostic criteria for Marfan syndrome.

"Huh? What kind of genius disease?"

Hearing Zhao Sheng's words, the giant boy looked confused.

He knows that he is a genius. The coach said that his physical condition is that he was born to eat basketball. This can be regarded as a physical genius.

But the connection between genius and illness was beyond his knowledge.

"It's Marfan syndrome. Many athletes have died because of this disease." Zhao Sheng said seriously.

Next, Zhao Sheng explained the cause, pathogenesis and main risks of Marfan syndrome to the giant boy.

"Doctor, I just feel a little out of breath sometimes. Is this nothing?"

Hearing what Zhao Sheng said, the giant boy said with a pale face.

He was originally an ordinary person, but since he entered high school, his height began to skyrocket, and his hands also underwent great changes. This made him like a duck to water on the basketball court. In a high school joint basketball game, he even attracted attracted the attention of the provincial team basketball coach.

Although technically his talent was not very good, because of his natural physical condition, the coach still selected him into the provincial team, and thus began his counterattack life.

Now Zhao Sheng suddenly told him that the talent he was proud of was just caused by a rare disease?
"The biggest risk of Marfan syndrome is that it will cause cardiovascular disease. I suggest you do a comprehensive cardiovascular system examination to rule out hidden dangers in the cardiovascular system."

Zhao Sheng said seriously.

Most people with Marfan syndrome die from sudden cardiovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, aortic dissection, etc.

This is an almost unsolvable problem, because the physical abnormalities caused by Marfan syndrome will make a person have very good athletic talents. Because of this talent, patients with Marfan syndrome usually become athletes.

After becoming an athlete, you must perform high-intensity training. This high-intensity training will increase the burden on the cardiovascular system and further progress the disease.

To put it bluntly, high-intensity training for athletes will accelerate the death of patients with Marfan syndrome.

If you don't become an athlete, you can live a few more years, but you can only live a mediocre life.

Being an athlete will speed up your death. This is an unsolvable problem.

"Doctor, it can't be that serious, right?"

The giant boy murmured.

He couldn't accept what Zhao Sheng said at all. If he followed what Zhao Sheng said, if he wanted to live a few more years, his sports career might end here.

"Doctor, medicine is so advanced now, there will be a way to cure me, right?"

After a pause, the giant boy looked at Zhao Sheng with hope and said.

Seeing the giant boy's hopeful eyes, Zhao Sheng felt a little unbearable.

The average survival age of patients with Marfan syndrome is 32 years old. If you pay attention to it, do not exercise strenuously, and take good care of your body, you may be close to or even exceed the average survival age of 32 years old.

But if you have this disease and still want to be an athlete and receive high-intensity training every day, then this survival age will be greatly shortened.

The giant boy is now. If he continues his career as a basketball player, it is really hard to say how old he can live.

"You can discuss it carefully with your family."

Zhao Sheng thought for a while, but still couldn't come up with any words of comfort.

Because any words of comfort you say now will be like a sharp knife inserted directly into the giant boy's heart when he faces the cruel truth.

"Doctor, please take a look at your finger first."

The Giant guy doesn't seem to want to face this problem right now.

It can be a day if it can be delayed.

What if I'm lucky and never get sick?

The giant boy thought in his mind.

(End of this chapter)