My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1380 548: The Heart's Cunning Mechanism—You Should Check Your Liver

Tu Ya is different from those small hospitals that rely on examination fees to survive.

If a patient has already undergone certain tests at another hospital, as long as that hospital is a top-tier hospital, they generally won't make the patient undergo the tests again, unless the doctor suspects there is an issue with the patient's test results that might be inaccurate.

The aim of all examinations is to diagnose the cause of the illness and treat the disease.

If it's solely for the purpose of earning examination fees, then it loses medical ethics, and it easily loses the original meaning of the examination.

But this matter needs to be considered from multiple perspectives.

Some small hospitals have low business volume, and the doctors in the departments are under quota pressure, such as needing to admit a certain number of inpatients or perform a certain number of ultrasounds each month. Under performance pressure, the doctors have no choice but to focus their attention on the limited number of patients seeking consultation.

Zhou Can followed Director Xue Yan to the corridor.

A temporary bed has already been added for this patient, which is already a significant privilege.

It's important to know that right now, a bed is hard to find in Cardiothoracic Surgery, and many patients seeking consultations are forced to sleep on the floor of the waiting hall and corridors. These patients without beds are still in the queueing phase and cannot enjoy the benefits of medication, surgical plan formulation, and implementation.

Only after being admitted, formalizing the inpatient procedures, can they enjoy nursing care, medication, surgical plan development, various monitoring, etc.

"Mr. Lan, this is Dr. Zhou Can, who has made time to come for your consultation."

Director Xue Yan introduced Zhou Can to the patient.

The patient is a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, very young. His face is exceptionally pale, and he is breathing rapidly, all typical symptoms of heart failure.

Usually, mild heart failure does not have typical symptoms.

Because in the initial stages of heart function damage, the heart's reserve capacity compensates for the damage.

It can be understood this way — the heart works non-stop for twenty-four hours a day, but it's actually slacking. At least about forty percent of its capacity is not utilized.

It must conserve strength and reserve capacity.

Because in case the body's owner ignores its feelings, eats very salty food, or other foods that heavily burden the heart, at this time, the heart, by reserving capacity, won't be overwhelmed.

Also, when the body's owner engages in intense exercise and wants to exert energy, the heart can accompany them without worry.

This patient now exhibits typical symptoms of heart failure, indicating it is already severe heart failure.

"Hello Dr. Zhou, I have come all the way from the capital city for your consultation. I have seen several hospitals but they can't pinpoint the exact cause of my illness."

Though young, the patient speaks with great poise, has a frank and open gaze, honest yet carrying an inexplicable indifference. His tone is steady and calm, subtly revealing an extraordinary demeanor.

Ordinary family's children, not to mention at seventeen, even at twenty-seven, might not have such extraordinary demeanor.

Much like the saying goes, only after three generations of prosperity in wealthy families can one learn to dress and dine elegantly.

The cultivation of a child's demeanor is a very complex and lengthy process, reflecting the comprehensive strength of a family. It is not simply giving him a few tens of thousands of dollars a month as pocket money that will cultivate a 'noble demeanor' in a child.

Families lacking depth giving a teenager fifty thousand dollars a month as pocket money are likely to make him feel money is easy to come by, leading him to associate with bad company and engage in lavish spending and irresponsibility.

Some fifteen or sixteen-year-olds, even if physically not fully mature, might be more adept at indulgence than old debauchees.

Mastering the art of revelry and gambling thoroughly.

Isn't it often the parents who pamper the children during their immature years, giving them an abundance of pocket money that turn them into this?

Families with real depth will definitely pay great attention to the child's education.

From a young age, they will consciously cultivate the child's correct worldview, broaden their horizons, and instill various philosophies and wisdoms in handling affairs.

Such children, even at a tender age, will have seen the world, mature mentally, far surpassing their peers.

Possessing multiple shining qualities, such as being highly disciplined, calm in the face of situations, being able to discern right from wrong, and self-formed principles in dealing with people, among others.

The young patient before us belongs to this particularly excellent youth category.

Even though Zhou Can is already considered an exceptionally outstanding individual among his peers, if he compares his state at seventeen to eighteen with this young man, he is far inferior to him.

"Thank you for your trust, let me first examine your body!"

Zhou Can said to him.

"Thank you very much."

The young man cooperated very well.

The middle-aged man standing beside the bed was around thirty years old, with a cold gaze, remaining silent. This person must be a family member, but it's uncertain what relation he has to the patient.

Zhou Can mused inwardly that patients coming from the capital often seem to be influential people!

"How long have you been feeling unwell?"

"It seems like since I was twelve years old, I started feeling somewhat unwell. At that time, I wanted to get into an advanced class, and I studied day and night, doing exercises, memorizing key knowledge points, often spending whole days in the juvenile library. Initially, it didn't feel like much, but later, about a month before moving to middle school, I started feeling somewhat unwell."

Thinking for a moment, he answered seriously.

"What kind of discomfort are you feeling?"