“These symptoms are closer to mass hysteria than to grand mal epilepsy.
Although it is still difficult to explain how the first batch of children were affected, after all, everyone was watching the movie alone at home. However, current research still tends to believe that this is a large-scale mass hysteria. "Zheng Rendao.
"Do you think the nausea and vomiting of the students at Imperial Medical University are not caused by an unknown pathogenic bacterial infection, but just a kind of mass hysteria?"
"Yes!" Zheng Ren said.
"..." Su Yun was speechless. After a few seconds, he asked: "Boss, when the health care team makes collective decisions later, are you going to say the same thing?"
"Of course." Zheng Ren said, "After three days of observation in the community hospital, I estimate that the symptoms will gradually ease. By then, nothing will happen, and everyone will not need to fight with grass and trees."
"You... When the health care team meets, they are all the top experts in the country. Can you be more serious?" Su Yun was speechless.
"You have also seen the students' laboratory tests. What do you think?" Zheng Ren asked.
Su Yun shook his head.
"So." Zheng Ren said: "It's just an opinion. Let's talk about it. What if it can help other people have ideas?"
"Boss, that's the health care team!"
"They are all doctors. They are just treating patients. I think it is mass hysteria. If you don't accept it, I will defend it!" Zheng Rendao said: "And that's what I said. Isolate when it's time to isolate. I'm taking my children to the community hospital. If there are any problems, I'm the first person to do so." One who has experienced it.”
Su Yun was silent, Zheng Ren's statement closed all the loopholes.
There are not too many truths that modern medicine has not yet discovered, but this guess is somewhat reasonable.
But he still thinks it's too sensational to raise the concept in the collective decision-making of the health care group.
In silence, after changing clothes, the two of them left the operating room and went straight to the conference room in the institution building.
Along the way, Zheng Ren and Su Yun were each thinking about the incident at Imperial Medical University. The two of them were constantly searching for possible explanations in their minds, looking for similar things and cases.
Walking through the parking lot, Zheng Ren suddenly stopped.
"how?"
"I suddenly thought of a piece of evidence."
"What evidence?" Su Yun was surprised.
"Wait a moment." Zheng Ren said, and then he took out his mobile phone.
After a moment's hesitation, he started looking for a phone number.
"Who do you want to call?" Su Yun asked curiously.
"When I was giving lectures, there was a teacher in the anatomy teaching and research department who admired me very much and insisted on leaving my phone number, saying that he would call me when there would be autopsies in the future." Zheng Rendao.
"Sure enough." Su Yun shrugged and said, "Everyone who wants to come into contact with you has something wrong with him."
"I think you're right." Zheng Ren dialed Li Zhaosen's phone with a smile and looked at Su Yun.
"Teacher Li, I'm sorry to bother you so late."
"Oh, within 24 hours, a large number of students in the third year of medical school suddenly developed symptoms of nausea and vomiting."
"I would like to trouble you to ask them about their recent class... Yes! This is it."
"Okay, I'll wait for your call back. Please hurry up, we need to have a consultation."
After saying that, Zheng Ren hung up the phone.
"What do you suspect is..." Su Yun asked in shock.
"You must have had the same feeling when you were in school. Whenever I talked about it, you felt uncomfortable." Zheng Rendao.
"I didn't." Su Yun replied coldly.
"Your expression has given you away." Zheng Ren smiled, "Do you have eyes?"
"Everyone was so nervous that the sky was falling."
"It's just mass hysteria, nothing to be nervous about." Zheng Ren said.
Su Yun threw him a cigarette, took out a lighter and lit it, saying, "Sometimes I really don't know where your inexplicable confidence comes from."
"I have tried all the inferences. Although the final result seems impossible, it must be correct!" Zheng Ren said firmly.
This time, he was still on the big pig's trotters' side.
Soon, Li Zhaosen called.
"Hello, Teacher Li."
"Well, well, it's a food poisoning class! Okay, thank you." Zheng Ren smiled. He was about to hang up the phone when Li Zhaosen's voice stopped him.
"Uh... I may have to be quarantined for a while. If possible, let's talk in two days." After Zheng Ren finished speaking, he hung up the phone in a hurry.
"Boss, sometimes... no! Most of the time, you look like a scumbag." Su Yun blew a puff of smoke in front of Zheng Ren.
"I think it's okay. Health care team meeting. Do you think it's okay for me to attend an autopsy at this time?" Zheng Ren put out his cigarette and said, "Let's go."
"Took a class on food poisoning recently?"
"Well, yesterday... Now let's talk about it, it should be the class the day before yesterday. It's the same grade and the class time is about the same, so there are children sent here the day before yesterday and yesterday." Zheng Rendao.
Su Yun found it unbelievable, but there was nothing to argue with him. We could only shrug and walked towards the office building together.
Entering the conference room, more than 20 members of the health care team from major tertiary hospitals in the imperial capital were ready. Hua Liang was speaking, describing the possibilities he thought were possible.
Everyone has basically the same view. Regardless of the possibility of a large-scale infectious disease, they believe that there is something wrong with the ingredients in the school cafeteria.
Zheng Ren sat next to Director Qi in the B-ultrasound room. The two knew each other and had gone through an exercise, so they were somewhat friendly.
Director Qi had nothing to think about. Food poisoning was already a generally recognized diagnosis.
What we want to discuss is how to treat it.
Some people spoke intermittently, but nothing constructive.
Finally, before the meeting ended, Zheng Ren stood up and said in a deep voice: "Teachers and directors, let me say a few words."
No one thinks there will be any other diagnosis, and the troubling point now is which food contains the toxin. Only by finding the specific toxin can we prescribe the right medicine.
But I have been investigating for a day and still haven't found the answer.
Zheng Ren began to state, as if he was talking to Su Yun, he first threw out the case that happened in the island country in December 1997.
The whole conference room was silent.
This idea is too abrupt and bold. If you look at this diagnosis without prejudice, it is impeccable.
Of course, the biggest problem is that mass hysteria itself is a "disease" with no reasonable explanation.
“It’s just that so far, doctors, anthropologists, and sociologists who have studied this phenomenon have not been able to come up with a clear explanation for the contagiousness of this mass hysteria.
But this does not mean that all symptoms are imagined by the patient, nor is it malingering, nor does it mean that mass hysteria does not exist.
Through modern neuroimaging technology, it has been shown that there is indeed abnormal activity in the brains of hysterical patients. These are things that patients who deliberately malinger don’t have. "Zheng Ren talked eloquently.
Silence continued in the conference room.
"Research since the 20th century has found that overly strict work discipline and other environmental factors are related. Patients also tend to have motor symptoms such as convulsions, spasms, tremors, paralysis and laughter, which is also called motor hysteria."
"Throughout the 20th century, there were only four recorded outbreaks of exercise hysteria in schools, while anxiety hysteria was much more common. Patients more often suffered from dizziness, nausea, vomiting, syncope, itching and other symptoms."
"This is also similar to the symptoms displayed by the children...students of Imperial Medical University."
"And I just asked the teacher at Imperial Medical University. The third-year course taught about food poisoning the day before yesterday."
Everyone was in an uproar.
When I was in school, I felt uncomfortable wherever I was studying. I think everyone here has experienced it.
It’s just that no one has ever seen this happen on a large scale.
According to Zheng Ren, this inexplicable "mass poisoning" practice can be explained reasonably.
Looking around, Zheng Ren looks like a lion king in the grassland and a tiger in the jungle.
His eyes are firm and steady, giving people unlimited confidence.
The conference room gradually became quiet.
Zheng Ren finally concluded, "I think the possibility of mass hysteria cannot be ruled out. According to the arrangements of our hospital, in order to avoid the possibility of large-scale infectious diseases, I will take the students to the community hospital for relevant diagnosis and treatment."
Everyone was in awe.
Although a large-scale infectious disease is unlikely, it is still a possibility.
The young and promising boss Zheng is preparing to die generously? Or are you particularly confident in your diagnosis
"During this period, I will transmit the students' symptoms to the health care team through the Internet every day. As for specific drugs and updated diagnoses, we can do it through video conference."
"I'm done." Zheng Ren saluted and then sat down.
There was silence in the conference room.
"I would like to add a few final words." Vice President Yuan said: "The hospital believes that it is necessary to prevent the slightest change, rather than making a fuss out of a molehill.
If it is mass hysteria as Xiao Zheng said, the best thing is food poisoning. But on the premise of ruling out large-scale infectious diseases, I will preside over the work on the front line to check and avoid uncontrollable incidents. "
"The biochemical suits have been prepared and sent to the community hospital. But in order to avoid commotion among students, I suggest not to wear chemical suits yet.
As for other matters, I will be troublesome for you in the next period of time. "
After Vice President Yuan finished speaking, he announced the adjournment of the meeting.
Normally, it is not the director of a certain hospital who presides over the meeting, but this time the situation was special. Most of the patients were sent to 912, so the 912 hospital was responsible for presiding over the work.
Until the danger is over, this conference room will be the main battleground for many members of the health care team present.
The major epidemic ten or twenty years ago is still vivid in our minds, and no one will take it lightly.
Vice President Yuan waved, and Zheng Ren, Su Yun and him walked out of the conference room.
"Xiao Zheng, your diagnosis is so unrealistic." Vice President Yuan said with a smile.
"Fortunately, I think this is the only possible diagnosis." Zheng Ren said: "After all, based on the existing data, I can't find any reason why the students got sick."
"Let's try and see. I hope we can come back alive."
"Don't worry, we will definitely come back alive." Zheng Ren smiled.