Chapter 1376 - 861: No Matter How You Calculate It, It's Not a Loss

What do you mean by that?

What do you mean "you can't eat hot tofu if you're in a hurry"?

The doctor who asked the question blinked rapidly a few times, looking a bit at a loss, then a bit stunned as he turned his head and glanced around.

Is this brat implying I don't know how to treat patients?

And the doctor next to him, the one who'd spoken up for Du Heng when he came in, quietly curled his lips into a smile.

Serves you right, totally serves you right.

He's young, his reputation is absurdly big, and he's a traditional Chinese medicine doctor you all look down on. If you don't like him, fine, don't like him. He's just a guest anyway, walks a lap and then leaves.

But you insisted on asking for trouble—who can you blame for that?

Besides, even if you don't like him, you should at least give Dean Tian some face. Don't forget, this Young man was invited by Dean Tian.

Others might be the type to chase fame or fake their credentials, but given Dean Tian's status, would she invite some useless hack like that?

Anyone with half a brain should be able to figure that out, right?

But these two just stubbornly felt this Young man had torn up their dignity and bruised their fragile egos.

The gentleman takes ten years to avenge a wrong; the petty man takes only a day.

What a ridiculously small Heart.

Just as his smile hadn't fully risen at the corners of his mouth, that same Voice suddenly sounded again.

"Doctor Du really lives up to being an expert from the Capital. Your level and vision are truly beyond what we can compare with."

Such blatant flattery left Du Heng astonished; the only Thoughts in Du Heng's Heart were: this bootlicking is utterly unprofessional.

But when he turned his Eye to look, it was the first doctor who'd asked the question speaking, which instantly made Du Heng's Heart grow wary.

A yellow weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken—definitely up to no good.

As he was thinking that, the flatterer indeed went on, "Perfect timing, the person next to me is my Patient. Doctor Du, could you also give me some advice?"

So if it didn't work once, they try again?

Du Heng silently sighed, a bit helpless.

He'd thought they were gearing up for something else, but it turned out to be another case discussion.

But what's so hard about that?

Without waiting for anyone else to speak, and without waiting to give the previous Patient final instructions, the speaker strode straight forward and, on his own, began introducing the Patient in Bed 2.

"Doctor Du, this Patient was admitted by me one week ago."

The doctor speaking took a medical record folder from a Young man behind him, then said softly, "The Patient is 59, diagnosed with primary hypertension and hypertensive heart disease.

On questioning we found the Patient refuses to take Anti-hypertensive medication, relying only on diet and exercise for self-control.

But the effect has been poor, his blood pressure has been kept at a high level long-term, and this has already gone on for eight Years."

He has hypertension but refuses Treatment?

This guy is seriously stubborn!

At this point Dean Tian suddenly cut in, asking, "Why does the Patient refuse drug Treatment?"

The doctor doing the introduction curled his lips slightly, but then immediately spoke in a very serious tone: "The Patient believes antihypertensive drugs can't fundamentally solve his problem and will create drug dependence, so he refuses to take antihypertensive drugs."

Dean Tian nodded slightly, then continued, "What was his blood pressure on admission, and what is it now?"

"On admission the Patient had palpitations, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, and was presenting with a semi-comatose state." As he spoke, the doctor lowered his Eye to look at the medical record In hand, then continued, "His blood pressure on admission was 196/160; the result measured This morning was 170/145."

Dean Tian rarely frowned. "How is it still that high?"

The doctor giving the presentation shook his Head lightly and said, "Because the Patient refuses to take antihypertensive drugs, we don't really have any good options."

As he spoke, a hint of irritation appeared on the doctor's face.

Now even he wasn't sure whether he wanted to make things difficult for Du Heng, or genuinely get Du Heng to help find a solution.

This Patient is a total pain in the neck!

Glancing back at the Patient, the doctor turned and continued the introduction: "Because the Patient's blood pressure has long remained at a high level, it has increased the load on his left ventricle.

On Check-up we found signs of left ventricular hypertrophy and enlargement.

During the day the Patient has symptoms of palpitations and shortness of breath.

At night he even develops episodes of paroxysmal dyspnea."

By now, the doctor presenting had stopped staring only at Du Heng and instead shifted his gaze to the Department Director and Dean Tian.

At this point he genuinely wanted to solve the problem in front of them, rather than pointlessly sulk at Du Heng.

Frowning, the doctor said, "The situation is obvious; this is a classic case of hypertensive heart disease. As long as we get the blood pressure down, the problem won't be too big.

But right now the Patient refuses to cooperate with Treatment and won't take antihypertensive drugs, so the blood pressure just won't come down, and this keeps increasing the load on the left ventricle.

I'm worried that if this goes on, it will lead to heart failure."

After listening to the doctor's presentation, those who already knew the situation, and those who didn't, all began whispering among themselves, discussing this Patient's condition.

But after going back and forth, they realized the real sticking point still came down to the blood pressure.

At this moment the Department Director asked, "Didn't I tell you to go find Colleague from the Chinese Medicine Department?

The Patient isn't willing to take antihypertensive drugs, afraid of drug dependence, but he did say himself that he's willing to take traditional Chinese medicine."