Chapter 669 Scleroderma

   "Let me see!" Dr. Xiao hurried over.

   Looking at the girl’s hand, and then at her face, "Is the foot the same?"

   "Hmm!" The girl wiped her tears, took off her shoes and socks. Her feet, especially the heels, had thick and hard skin, tight and shiny.

   "What's the matter, this is not frostbite?" The girl's father is puzzled. Is this more serious than the lungs?

  "How long has this situation been?" Guo Xiang asked.

   "It has been a few years, but this year is particularly serious." The girl said.

  Guo Xiang's heart chuckles, indicating that the condition has worsened, so that the lungs are fibrotic.

   "What's the matter? This is..." An Zehan didn't quite understand it. It seemed that it was just a skin disease. Maybe it was caused by the poor family who didn't apply facial cream. It's so cold for many villagers, right?

   "Does it hurt?" Guo Xiang asked distressedly.

   "It hurts, you can't touch cold water, it hurts when you touch cold water. And if you accidentally step on your feet, it will hurt you for half your life." The girl said.

  The girl’s father was astonished, "Miao Miao, why didn’t you say it earlier, you washed your clothes in cold water in the morning..."

  "Dad..." The girl smiled bitterly, "I'm not happy if I don't be a grandmother, so I will beat and scold me, so I can bear it."

  "Miao Miao..." The girl's father's eyes are redder, he blames himself for not caring enough about his daughter, and the mother is patriarchal. He can't change her concept. Fortunately, the child is sensible and he doesn't interfere too much. He can't think of...

   "What the **** is going on?" An Zehan asked Guo Xiang softly.

   "This may be scleroderma." Guo Xiang sighed. This is a disease that is more serious than pulmonary fibrosis. Lung fibers may also be used for lung transplantation. This disease is not cured.

  There is no cure even in later lives, only long-term medication can be used to improve, the result is still...

   "What is'scleroderma'?" An Zehan asked. He only now knows how scarce the knowledge he has learned, but it is not in many medical books.

   "I will ask Dr. Wang from the dermatology department for a consultation." Dr. Xiao said.

  Soon, Dr. Wang from the dermatology department was invited down. He carefully checked the skin on the girl's body, and his expression was also unusually solemn.

  "Doctor, what kind of disease does my daughter have?" the girl's father asked anxiously.

"Basically it can be determined to be'scleroderma.' To be specific, some skin tissues need to be taken for laboratory tests." Dr. Wang said, sighing lightly, "Let’s be hospitalized first, and check all aspects of it. We must fight hard. Preparation."

  "Doctor, can this disease be cured?" the girl asked.

"No, if you can control it, then you can live for several decades. You just have to take medicine for a lifetime." Dr. Wang said, "Don't be discouraged. You don’t have to take medicine, as long as you get used to it."

   "Really?" The girl's father rekindled hope, as long as it can be cured, even if it can't be cured, he can live normally.

  "Hospitalize first." Dr. Wang said.

  Dr. Xiao issued a hospitalization slip and required several examinations.

  Scleroderma seems to be a skin disease. In fact, it is mainly caused by a problem with the immune system, so it has not been transferred to the dermatology department.

  The father and daughter went to go through the hospitalization procedures, An Zehan asked Guo Xiang, "What is this scleroderma?"

"Scleroderma is also called systemic sclerosis. It is a connective tissue disease characterized by hardening and atrophy of the skin. At first it was hardening of the skin, but gradually the thighs and internal organs may harden. This little girl’s lungs have become fibrotic. It means it's serious."

   "It is possible that the kidneys are also having problems. These organs are hardened, unable to breathe, unable to metabolize, and that person..." Can't live anymore, Guo Xiang didn't say anything.

  "How did you get this disease?" An Zehan asked.

  "The specific reason is not very clear. It may be genetic or viral infection. The most important thing is a problem with the immune system. This is the most incurable, and there is no specific medicine." Guo Xiang shook his head.

  "What should I do?" An Zehan exclaimed.

   "Just as Dr. Wang said, if you can treat symptomatically, if you can control it, you can still live a few more years..."

  The three are silent, and the situation is not optimistic.

Guo Xiang also sighed secretly in his heart. Even in later generations, the disease was very difficult to treat. However, there were still various advanced medicines that could be used to treat them. Some people with mild symptoms may live for decades, but this At times there is really nothing that can be done.

  There are still many diseases that cannot be cured in the world, and doctors are really not gods.

  At this moment a young man walked in.

  I was a little surprised to see that all three doctors were silent, "Doctor, can I still see a doctor here?"

  Doctor Xiao raised his head, "Come in!"

  "Where is it uncomfortable?" Dr. Xiao asked.

  The young man sat down, stretched out his hands, and put them on the table.

  The three of them all looked at the hands. It was obviously winter, but these hands were wet and shiny, as if they had been washed with water.

   is completely opposite to the little girl just now.

  An Zehan thought it would be better if he combined with that girl.

"Doctor, look at my hands. No matter it is winter or summer, I sweat a lot throughout the year. What's the matter?" the young man said distressedly, "This winter, my hands I can’t hold the pen, and I have to wipe it when I write. It’s too uncomfortable."

"Not to mention the summer. If you are nervous and excited again, the sweat drips like water. I recently talked to a person and I didn't dare to hold the other person's hand for fear of being rejected by her." Said embarrassingly.

  Doctor Xiao took a piece of toilet paper from the side and put it on the young man’s hand and wiped it. The paper became soaked, showing how severe the sweat is.

  "This is sweat hand syndrome, sympathetic nerves are in trouble, and sweat glands are too strong." Dr. Xiao said.

   "Can that be cured?" the young man asked hurriedly.

   "It can be cured." Dr. Xiao nodded, "Just do a minor operation and remove the sweat glands under the armpits."

"Yes, yes, I sweat a lot under my armpits. My clothes are all wet and my feet are sweaty. It gets worse in summer. I wear plastic slippers and I get slippery." The young man nodded repeatedly. Doesn’t you stop sweating? So... will it make you feel uncomfortable?"

   "No, we have a lot of sweat glands, large and small, but removing the apocrine glands under the armpits will not affect the others. The sweat will still be distributed, but it will be much better." Guo Xiang said.

  Doctor Xiao also nodded.

   "That's great, I will have an operation." The young man was very happy, and paused and asked, "Is the operation expensive?"

   "It's not expensive, it's just a minor operation." Dr. Xiao said.

   "That line, when can I do it? I want to do it as soon as possible." The young man was very excited.

  Doctor Xiao nodded and transferred him to general surgery. This operation can be done in general surgery.

  As soon as the young people left, the three of them fell silent again. Thinking of the girl in front of them, it was so happy and sad.

  (End of this chapter)