novelsmap Chapter 525 - 242: Helping Master Diagnose, ALS (2)
Chapter 525 - 242: Helping Master Diagnose, ALS (2)
After helping her massage and manipulate her wrist for a while, I thought there was nothing wrong.
Only then did I get up and head to the adjacent consultation room.
"Dr. Chen, please cover for me for a few minutes; I’ll be back shortly."
Li Jingsheng looked at the long queue of patients outside with a sense of helplessness.
Every patient comes with great expectations for treatment; each patient’s needs and pain cannot be ignored.
When I first started learning bone setting, it felt quite novel; every day I could learn a multitude of new techniques for bone repositioning.
Now I’ve basically learned all the techniques I should; it’s more about repetitive work.
By the end of the day, it’s actually monotonous and dull.
And very exhausting.
After all, it’s physical work.
Just now setting the wrist joint for that little girl, it seemed easy and was done in just two or three seconds.
But reaching this level actually requires a lot of physical strength.
It’s like exerting a hundred kilos of strength, but only applying ten kilos to the patient’s bones. It’s somewhat like raising something high and putting it down gently.
Li Jingsheng himself could notice that after nearly three months of working at the Second Hospital, his arms had grown thicker.
They felt firm and solid to the touch, all well-built muscles.
This is all muscle developed through practice!
But it’s also a good thing, balancing work and exercise.
For instance, in the morning, when there was a commotion, he managed to hold back a young man who was 1.95 meters tall.
If it were before, he might not have been able to hold him back.
Arriving at Consultation Room No.1 next door,
Doctor Xu was attending to a patient with a leg fracture.
"Check the patient whose right arm dislocated two weeks ago and I repositioned. He now says he still can’t use his right arm with any strength."
Doctor Xu never bothers with formalities when talking to him.
It’s always straightforward.
This also shows that he doesn’t see him as an outsider.
This also has something to do with Doctor Xu’s character. Even facing hospital leaders, he never flatters.
If it weren’t for his exceptional skills, such a character might really be at a disadvantage in the workplace.
Li Jingsheng looked at the patient sitting there, a fairly delicate-looking young woman.
Her handsome boyfriend was carefully caring for her beside her.
"Did you put the arm in a sling after it was repositioned?"
"Yes, we did. We were supposed to keep it on for about three weeks, but we took it off in the second week since we felt it was fine. Her right hand has been weak ever since; could it be that the joint wasn’t repositioned properly?"
Her boyfriend replied in return.
"Did you get a follow-up X-ray?"
"Yes, we did. This is today’s, and this was taken when the injury occurred."
The man handed two folders to Li Jingsheng.
He looked them over; the first X-ray clearly showed a dislocated right shoulder joint.
Upon examining today’s follow-up X-ray, the shoulder joint was repositioned successfully without any issues.
"From the follow-up X-rays, the repositioning was very successful, no issues indeed! Let me check it out for you!"
Li Jingsheng looked at the female patient.
"Thank you."
She spoke in a gentle voice.
"You’re welcome. Please extend your hands straight first." Li Jingsheng directed her to extend both hands, then extended his right hand. "Grip my hand with your right hand, using as much strength as you can muster."
She complied.
But the girl’s hand was soft, and even when she tried hard to grip his hand, it felt like cotton.
"Don’t worry about hurting me, use a bit more strength."
Li Jingsheng thought she had reservations, so he encouraged her to use more force.
"I... am already using all my strength." She replied a bit embarrassed.
"Is this how strong you usually are?"
Li Jingsheng felt a strength comparable only to that of a five or six-year-old child.
She should be about twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
This was unbelievable.
"I used to be quite strong. I remember back in school when I stayed in the dorms, fetching hot water required going to the boiler room downstairs. The pricing was five cents for a kettle, one yuan for a bucket. Regardless of whether it was half or full, it was one yuan. One of my roommates came from a poor family and was tiny; she often used cold water to save money. I would take a full bucket of hot water upstairs for her and share half."
When recalling the interesting events from school, she was full of smiles.
Some past memories are indeed very beautiful.
"You really are kind-hearted! Now, try using your left hand to grip my hand, as hard as you can."
Li Jingsheng tested her left hand.
She gripped tightly, and this time there was a lot more strength.
But it was still weaker than what a twenty-four-year-old woman should have.
And looking at her build, she wasn’t frail.
Not like a young lady without the strength to truss a chicken.
"When did your strength decrease? Was it after the right arm injury?"
Li Jingsheng was full of doubt.
There are over 55,000 known diseases in the world, and the number keeps increasing.
Every year, new types of diseases are discovered by scientists or doctors.
In clinical practice, sometimes one encounters all kinds of strange diseases.
It was the first time for Li Jingsheng to encounter a case where strength diminishes after joint repositioning.
If the joint hadn’t been correctly repositioned, he could understand.
Now the patient’s X-rays clearly show successful repositioning, and it’s already been over two weeks, so it should have almost fully recovered.
"I’m not sure. I only feel that I’ve been fatigued and easily tired recently. The last time my right hand was injured, it was also because I was weak when climbing a ladder to change a light bulb and took a fall."
The female patient’s words gave Li Jingsheng a new line of thinking.
"Such dangerous work as changing a light bulb should be left to the boyfriend!"
Li Jingsheng smiled while looking at the young man beside her.