Chapter 1368 - 857: Long-Lost Life-Saving Benefactor

Sun Jiaxiang's words made Du Heng purse his lips, then he said softly, "Since multiple expert doctors have already made a decision, why do they return to the country?

If it were other general surgeries, we have a huge patient base domestically, and our surgical skills are somewhat better than overseas.

But for amputation surgery, there's no need to return to the country for treatment, right?"

Sun Jiaxiang's lips moved slightly, and he slowly said, "If they were willing to accept this treatment plan, this situation wouldn't be happening now."

Then Sun Jiaxiang's face showed a smile that Du Heng couldn't understand.

But this smile also quickly faded from Sun Jiaxiang's face, and he softly said, "And for this family, except for the older couple who are in the country, members of the second and third generations are all living abroad.

Do you think such a family would believe that the domestic medical level is higher than abroad?

I'm afraid in their minds, not to mention medicine, but everything domestically isn't as good as overseas."

Du Heng's eyelids twitched slightly.

With Sun Jiaxiang's words, he finally understood the reason behind that smile.

That was irony, that was ridicule!

Who knew, even after reaching such an age, Sun Jiaxiang would still hold such youthful indignation.

But having said that, the older generation enjoying sanatorium benefits domestically, while children and grandchildren are all living abroad, this is easy to say but hard to listen to.

Du Heng lightly chuckled and did not follow up on Sun Jiaxiang's comment, instead bringing the topic back to the main issue, "So their purpose for returning to the country..."

Du Heng paused slightly at this point, then thoughtfully said, "They don't want amputation, perhaps they returned to seek conservative treatment through traditional medicine?"

Sun Jiaxiang lightly patted the armrest of the rocking chair, "That's right, that's the purpose.

Initially, the younger members were not very willing to make a big fuss in Yangcheng, but Madam Li really made a lot of noise over her eldest grandson, keeping things uneasy here.

There was no choice, the sanatorium coordinated bringing in some well-known traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, but the results were not satisfactory.

No choice, the sanatorium could only kick the ball back to the Capital Health Group, and now it's falling on our heads."

So that's what happened.

And at that moment, Du Heng made another notation in Fatty Luo's little notebook, if it weren't for that grandson causing trouble, this matter wouldn't have fallen into their laps.

But that's all for later, the urgent matter now is to resolve the current issue.

Du Heng took a deep breath and asked Sun Jiaxiang, "Sir Sun, so what is your diagnosis from this period of treatment? Do you believe conservative treatment is possible?"

Hearing Du Heng's question, Sun Jiaxiang's rocking chair stopped, and after a brief pause, he said, "After this period of treatment, I think the patient's condition resembles erysipelas leg, and the excessive dampness in the patient further confirms my diagnosis.

With the medication used during this period, the patient's sores showed some recovery, and the erosion condition was alleviated.

However, the skin on the sore area still does not heal, with significant exudate continuously emerging, and the surrounding tissue is dark and poorly active."

At this moment, Sun Jiaxiang's brow furrowed slightly, appearing to struggle with some unclear thoughts in his heart, "The most important thing is, as soon as medication is stopped, the exudate condition immediately worsens."

Erysipelas leg, commonly known by the general public as the old rotten leg.

Traditional medicine believes this disease is due to the depletion of qi and blood, causing blockages in the vessels, local qi and blood flow disorders, combined with injury, damp heat, insect bites, and eczema factors.

Modern medicine believes it is caused by twisted veins, leading to changes in blood flow, along with the appearance of venous inflammation, resulting in slow and stagnant blood flow, stasis, thickening of blood vessel walls, intimal hyperplasia, narrowing of the lumen, or thrombosis, causing local tissue ischemia, hypoxia, and necrosis.

In simple terms, it is venous ulcers, or chronic leg ulcers.

Regardless of the diagnosis, there are corresponding treatment methods.

Especially now, in this era of rapid medical advancement, the severity of this disease is not substantial anymore.

However, the current patient exhibits an inability for the sore area to heal, thus it cannot be simply considered erysipelas leg.

Du Heng speculated that either the patient has some undetectable disease beyond current medical diagnostics; or there is an issue with the patient's immune system or genetic defect; or the patient is infected with an unknown bacterial toxin causing the sores not to heal.

The other two scenarios are difficult to define, even though technology, biology, and medicine are rapidly developing, the world still holds many secrets that humans can't fully understand.

But for the second scenario, Du Heng believes it can be directly excluded.

After all, with a family like the patient's, if there were truly issues with immune system or genetic problems, they would have surely been detected.

After a slight pause, Sun Jiaxiang continued, "I myself am somewhat lacking in this area, so I have tried my best until now.

But through this period of treatment, I feel that if you take over, perhaps there will be different outcomes."

When Sun Jiaxiang said these words, his gaze was fixed on Du Heng.

And Du Heng responded with a modest smile, "Sir Sun, you really have too much faith in me."