It was only a few days before the sixteen contact points of the Afterlife Association were destroyed, and what was worried about happening still happened.
Gu Jun was standing outside the isolation ward of Beihe City People's Hospital, accompanied by Deng Ximei, Uncle Dan, dermatologist Zhang Haidong, Sun Wei and others from Tianji Bureau. They have seen photos of Xie Yiman's facial lesions remotely, and they all tend to think that it is not an ordinary allergy or dermatitis.
Because her irregular raised red skin formed a strange pattern, like the tangled limbs of the Lord of R'lyeh in the bas-relief.
Or a skin disease? Or skin symptoms caused by other diseases? Is it contagious
The aftermath of Legionnaires' disease has not receded, but the Bureau of Astronomy must prepare for the worst to deal with this unknown disease.
At this moment in the ward, Xie Yiman was walking around anxiously, her face was already red and swollen due to constant scratching, and some parts were even damaged. This made her originally youthful and delicate face look a little abnormal.
The death of a young patient is always especially sad, and the suffering of a beautiful thing is especially regrettable.
Everyone looked at the girl and felt uncomfortable.
Of course Gu Jun knew about Xie Yiman. Two years ago, when his world was not what it is now, he really liked the movies of this new star actor, but last year when something happened, he didn't have the time to pay attention. At that time, I never imagined that such a day would come.
When they opened the door and walked into the ward, Xie Yiman was immediately excited. Although they were all wearing air-tight protective clothing, she could recognize Gu Jun's face.
The company also thought that if she could win the starring role in the Tianji Bureau movie, they would find an opportunity to fire her and Gu Jun's cp for marketing.
After everyone greeted, Gu Jun said: "Miss Xie, we suspect that your illness is related to abnormal power, and then we will give you some experiments."
He is now less than half a meter away from Xie Yiman, looking at her face so close, it seems that there is a sense of illusion surging in his heart...
When Xie Yiman opened his mouth to speak, he seemed to see that his teeth had turned into another kind of jagged fangs, and his mouth was stained with a layer of black.
Deng Ximei silently nodded to Gu Jun, she felt that it was related to "Worm Conqueror".
Uncle Dan presided over some routine steps, asking Xie Yiman to press the old seal to purify the stone, to print the old seal on her, etc., but it was useless, Xie Yiman was still itchy.
Then several experts including Zhang Haidong and Sun Wei saw her. From the point of view of dermatology, her symptoms showed erythema, severe itching, local edema, and now there are secondary skin lesions such as scratches. In addition to the rapid development of the disease , erythema composed of a specific shape, but no other abnormalities can be seen.
The most urgent thing now is to figure out its etiology and pathogenesis, and whether it is contagious.
Therefore, Xie Yiman should be cut and scraped immediately, and the tissue fluid taken out should be quickly screened by PCR, followed by bacterial culture, etc., to see if there are any bacteria, viruses or parasites in her active skin lesions.
"My face..." Xie Yiman heard the word "cut and scrape", and immediately wanted to say something nervously.
"Miss Xie, please understand the current situation." Gu Jun understood her worry, and comforted her in a warm voice: "And only three locations were collected, and each location was just a small incision to scrape some cortical tissue fluid, just like using hands It’s almost as if the nails have broken the skin, and then the bleeding can be stopped with a Band-Aid without leaving any scars.”
Xie Yiman still couldn't feel relieved, but soon, nurses came with scalpels, smears and other tools.
In fact she has more to worry about now than these small wounds, and if she looks in the mirror again, she will know how sick her face has become.
"Amei, do you think it's contagious?" Gu Jun asked Deng Ximei while watching Zhang Haidong performing Xie Yiman's skin shaving. Her feeling is very important.
Is someone like Xie Yiman "Ligeia"
"It's just a feeling." Deng Ximei said softly, "I feel that this is a random selection of actors on the stage."
Pick at random? Gu Jun couldn't help but ponder, facing all living beings, the randomness of misfortune, the finality of death...
If so, then it's not just celebrities, but other practitioners "on stage" who are at risk.
But maybe there's good news? The audience outside the stage will not be at risk of infection for the time being.
After the skin cutting and scraping, several experts first prescribed Xie Yiman some anti-allergic and anti-infective drugs, and tried to use the "No. 1 drug" generic drug that is effective in treating Legionnaires' disease. Relieves itching. It can only be like this until the cause is figured out.
The disease control alert has been issued nationwide. All hospitals across the country, who receive patients with such skin symptoms, must be isolated and notified immediately.
In the early hours of the morning, the pcr results came out, and the bacteria and viruses of those routine items were not detected.
And people like Xie Yiman's agent, assistant, and the film crew who had been in contact with her for many days did not get sick.
It’s just that the second and third new patients still appeared, and there was an outbreak on the “stage”. Actors, singers, models, hosts, anchors, etc., by noon the next day, 136 people had been diagnosed. In all parts of the country, there are no shortage of big stars, and there are also unknown little people.
At the same time, not only in their country, but also in countries such as Citigroup and England, this unknown disease broke out.
The number of patients worldwide has exceeded 1,000, and many very successful celebrities are on the patient list.
On a global scale again, goa and mo have not been formally established, and they have all been severely challenged...
The pathology of the patients is the same. The face suddenly itches, and then the scratches become more itchy, reaching a critical breaking point, and erythema and local edema begin to appear.
But the time they reach the critical breaking point is different. Judging from the information collected on them, it seems that the more famous the person, the faster the time.
Now these news are still concealed from the public, and all relevant insiders have been controlled and isolated.
But if it continues like this, it won't be able to hide it for a long time, because people will suddenly find that all those people on the stage have disappeared.
"Ajun, could this be the 'different scale disease' mentioned by the Great Elder Atal?" Master Tong and the others had this question. The different scale disease in the prophecy is that some kind of scales grow on the whole body, which is obviously a kind of skin disease. According to the speculation of medical experts, it can only be hyperkeratotic hyperplasia of the skin, forming scaly keratinized skin.
"It's not impossible." Gu Jun had thought about it a long time ago, the deep diver...
What is the relationship between those aliens who believe in the Lord of R'lyeh and the different scales? And the patients now have the kind of limb-like erythema on their faces...
However, heteroscalia is so important in the legends of later generations, even if it is not contagious, it must have the ability to cause some extremely serious consequences.
Whether it is heterosquamia is another matter. Now many treatment problems have been placed in front of them, and once again there is no specific medicine.
Pill No. 1 didn't work, loratadine didn't work, boric acid topical didn't help...not even local anesthesia for the face.
"Ah..." In less than a day, Xie Yiman, who was first admitted to the hospital, was much haggard. She hadn't slept or rested since the onset of the disease, and the itching on her face gradually intensified. If it weren't for the sterile environment in the isolation ward, it would be easy to get infected.
She didn't want to scratch, she didn't want to have any skin lesions, and the medical staff didn't want her to scratch, but if she didn't scratch, she felt itchy, which caused her to have symptoms such as tachycardia and difficulty breathing, and her mental state also changed. Worrying.