Chapter 1377 - 861: No Matter How You Calculate It, There's No Loss (2)

The Department Director frowned and asked, "It's been a week already, and you still haven't gone to find them?"

The doctor making introductions curled the corner of his mouth slightly, glanced at Du Heng who was watching the scene, and said with disdain, "After you finished speaking, I went to the Chinese Medicine Department immediately.

They prescribed medicine at the time, and I administered it to the patient.

But the effect, well, is what you see now."

As soon as these words were spoken, the voices of discussion around slightly rose, and all eyes began to glance intentionally or unintentionally toward Du Heng.

The previous patient, Du Heng, was very confident in his demeanor and spoke logically, which somewhat convinced everyone present.

But they accepted Du Heng's statement; as for the final effect, they haven't seen it.

So, some people in their hearts had silently given Du Heng the nickname 'King of Big Talk.'

Now, upon hearing words about the ineffectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, everyone looked at Du Heng with even more peculiar eyes.

However, everyone just glanced at Du Heng a few times and then focused on discussing the situation at hand.

Dean Tian pursed his lips, reached out to take the medical record from the other party, and frowned while slowly flipping through it.

What he saw did not differ much from what he had just heard, and there were no new discoveries.

But this also meant that if the patient on the sick bed in front of him were allowed to continue deteriorating, his life could indeed be at risk.

With a systolic pressure of over 180 and a diastolic pressure around 150, these numbers were no longer within a safe range.

If kept at this level, the pressure on the cardiovascular system would be immense; myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction could all be expected to follow.

Ultimately, a stroke might be considered mild, and in the worst case, a vascular rupture might occur.

And this is all secondary; what's critical is that the patient's heart, already unhealthy, is now failing under the constantly high blood pressure.

After reading the medical record in his hand, Dean Tian handed it back, frowning as he asked, "What is the patient's current situation?"

The doctor making introductions didn't speak but turned his head to glance behind him.

The young doctor, who had just handed over the medical record, quickly said, "I checked on the patient at 7:30. After breakfast, the patient said his dizziness worsened slightly, and he experienced occasional mild nausea.

At the same time, palpitations and shortness of breath persisted and actually intensified slightly after breakfast."

Dean Tian's brows furrowed more tightly, and his expression became even more serious, "This isn't good; it's too dangerous."

The young doctor cautiously said, "The patient is non-compliant with treatment, so we can only perform some cardiovascular treatments now.

For the time being, it's controlled within a reasonable range, but after each meal or when getting up and moving, there's a more noticeable reaction."

It's really hard to serve; they're afraid of drug dependency with antihypertensives, but aren't they afraid of dependency with cardiovascular drugs?

Listening to the young doctor's words, Doctor Tian merely shook her head slightly, knowing she couldn't say these words, at least not now,

Antihypertensive drugs are not dependent on people.

But for the disease of hypertension, they are dependent.

In other words, when you take antihypertensives, your blood pressure goes down; when you stop taking them, your blood pressure rises again.

Is there a difference?

Yes!

But for someone with hypertension, it's equivalent to none.

Furthermore, antihypertensive drugs have side effects.

Short-term use may not reveal much, but once used long-term, especially over many years, the side effects will definitely appear.

For example, those with existing digestive or respiratory tract issues will see these effects more quickly and clearly.

And these things, Dean Tian believed the patient's attending doctor had certainly explained in detail, so she had no intention of explaining them again to the patient.

"Have you talked to his family?"

"Not only talked, but we've discussed it with his spouse and children," the young doctor said with a bitter smile. "It's just that the patient is quite headstrong and doesn't listen to anyone."

Dean Tian fell silent, but the Department Director beside her suddenly asked, "Did you have them sign an Informed Consent Form?"

"We did."

Once that question was asked, all discussions stopped.

The meaning of the Department Director's question was clear; if the patient continued to refuse treatment, they might have to enforce discharge.

For such patients, once a problem arises, it leads to endless arguments and constant trouble.

So, discharging the patient before any incidents occur is the best option.

And this topic concluded here, they knew that, no matter how much was said, as long as the patient refused treatment, everything was in vain.

They naturally exited the hospital room and were preparing to move on to the next one.

Yet, the doctor who initially asked the question didn't forget about Du Heng.

He saw from Dean Tian and the Director's expressions that they were as helpless as he was.

But the target of his question wasn't them; it was Du Heng, the Chinese medicine doctor.

After all, when compared with Dean Tian and the others, the gap wasn't that big.

If he had no means, could they magically conjure one?

So, his main aim was to ask Du Heng.

If it succeeds, it would solve a major problem for him.

Anyway, it was the first time meeting Du Heng, and they probably wouldn't meet again, so any awkwardness would only last for a short while.

If not, then according to the original plan, the patient would be discharged, nothing lost for him. As the one questioned, today's situation would just show if Du Heng felt embarrassed or not.

Calculating it all, no matter what happened, he wouldn't lose, so why not seize the opportunity to ask Du Heng?

"Doctor Du, I've seen your videos online and know you've done significant research on the three-high issues, so I'd appreciate you taking a look to see if there's a good solution."

A middle-aged doctor addressing a young doctor with such polite words seemed strange.

Although each word sounded like flattery, there was a sense of mockery and ridicule in what was seen and heard.

After the middle-aged doctor finished speaking, Director Tian's expression showed some displeasure.

However, Du Heng suddenly smiled and directly asked, "I didn't bring my tools today. Could your department find me a set of acupuncture needle utensils?"

Hmm?

The middle-aged doctor's eyebrow slightly raised, "Doctor Du, do you have a solution?"

"It's not a big problem, of course there is a way." Du Heng smiled.

The middle-aged doctor slightly twitched his eyelid again.

But this time, he didn't speak again and instead signaled the young doctor from earlier.

Dean Tian was also at a loss and swallowed back the words that reached her lips.

She then glanced lightly at the middle-aged doctor and began to engage in conversation with Du Heng about the patient, inquiring in detail what prescription Du Heng intended to write.

After Du Heng wrote the prescription and explained the role of each medicine, the breathless young doctor appeared at the hospital room door.

"I brought a set of disposable acupuncture needles. Will that work?"

"They'll do; I often use these types of needles." Du Heng chuckled while taking the acupuncture needles. "Although these disposable needles don't have great flexibility and are somewhat brittle, they work and are hygienic since they are easy to dispose of after use."

Having said that, Du Heng had someone fetch alcohol swabs to disinfect before chatting briefly with the patient to get consent and then began the acupuncture.

LI-11, GB-20, Baihui, followed by Taiyang and ophryon.

Among these acupoints, only LI-11 and GB-20 seemed normal; the remaining three spots were nerve-wracking to watch alone.

Especially when needles were inserted into Baihui and Taiyang, everyone present didn't dare to breathe heavily.