Chapter 158: Drinking Porridge and Foot Therapy Against Chemotherapy
After entering the ward, Wang Xu saw an old man leaning against the bed inside, and a woman in her thirties sat next to her.
"Doctor Wang, the one on the bed is my father Chen Tianhua, and the one next to me is my wife Qi Shanshan." Chen Zhongwen hurriedly introduced to Wang Xu. After the introduction, he hurriedly introduced Wang Xu to his wife and father.
Qi Shanshan hurriedly stood up and shook hands with Wang Xu, while Chen Tianhua nodded with a smile, looking very empty. Not only was it empty, but the old man's face was obviously a layer of black, which was so black.
If fortune tellers look at this situation, they will definitely be entangled with death. They will not be alive for a long time. In fact, Chen Tianhua is indeed seriously ill and has a life of dying.
After sitting down in the ward, Wang Xu did not rush to take the old man's pulse, but observed the old man's complexion before saying to Chen Zhongwen and Tang Fei: "Director Tang, Mr. Chen, please tell me the specific situation first."
Chen Zhongwen nodded and spoke first: "My father is an engineer and has a very strong body. Before he got sick, he could do more than 100 sit-ups every morning. After more than two months of money, he suddenly fell ill. It was found that he had stage 3 colon cancer and the cancer cells had metastasized."
After Chen Zhongwen finished speaking, Tang Fei continued: "Mr. Chen's condition is very serious. We have already performed an operation on him. The operation is very successful. However, metastatic cancer cells have been found in his lymph nodes. To consolidate the effect of the surgery, chemotherapy must be performed. In fact, this is also the hospital's medical plan arrangement. Mr. Chen is quite tough and has survived during the operation, but the chemotherapy cannot bear it..."
After listening to Tang Fei's explanation, Wang Xu finally understood why Tang Fei suggested that Chen Zhongwen invite him. On the seventh day after Mr. Chen started chemotherapy, an abnormality began to occur on his body, which was that his whole body turned black.
Whether it was the hands or face, the only thing inside the nails was white, and the rest of the body was scary, so it was easy to say that it was black, but on the tenth day, blisters began to appear on the old man's legs, scars were formed after they were raised, and then the edges were raised, and this was repeated.
The most unbearable thing is that the whole body is itchy and the blisters are not dared to scratch. After scratching a large area of infection, the hospital has to wrap it with gauze. However, this is not a long-term solution. At night, the old man is unable to sleep all night, and he is starting to lose weight. He is already in poor spirits, but now he lacks sleep, and he becomes even weaker.
In this case, Chen Tianhua, who had been in good health for more than 20 days, could not hold on until thirteen days. He had been in good health and had been safe in the operation, but he couldn't hold on to the chemotherapy.
This reaction, called hand and foot syndrome in Western medicine, is a kind of damage to the capillaries of the hands and feet by some chemotherapy drugs. Even if this damage is not fatal, Chen Tianhua's hands, feet and toes may ulcerate if it continues. The most important thing is that the elderly have poor rest and lack of mental health, and cannot hold on to subsequent chemotherapy.
In this case, the provincial hospital has no choice but to do anything, not just the provincial hospital. Basically, some other large hospitals do not have any special effects when encountering this situation. They either ignore the blisters of the elderly's hands and feet and continue to treat chemotherapy or terminate chemotherapy. There is no other way.
This dilemma is undoubtedly the most difficult. If chemotherapy is not continuous, the effect of the previous operation is unstable, and the cancer cells continue to spread, and the operation is considered in vain. However, if the continuous chemotherapy will last, no one can predict how serious the elderly will be in the end.
The harm of this chemotherapy drug varies from person to person. Some people have good physical condition and small reactions, while others have sensitive physical condition and serious reactions. It is even rare for Chen Tianhua to be so serious.
The hospital was helpless, so Tang Fei hit Wang Xu's attention. Perhaps Wang Xu had a way to solve this situation. After all, Hua Chaoyang was also cancer last time. Now I heard that he had recovered well. As long as you pay attention to your diet, you will definitely be fine for three to five years.
Tang Fei originally planned to call Wang Xu himself, but coincidentally, Wang Xu had just passed the matter with the Japanese, and he was not very familiar with Wang Xu, so he didn't dare to take the liberty to invite him, so he suggested that Chen Zhongwen go over and try it in person.
After understanding the whole matter and the difficulties of the Provincial Human Resources Hospital, Wang Xu had a clue in his mind, so he sat next to Chen Tianhua and took Chen Tianhua's pulse.
While taking Chen Tianhua's pulse, Chen Tianhua spoke softly: "Doctor Wang, I'm counting on you, old man, I'm determined to do that chemotherapy. If it really doesn't work, I'll just go there like this. I'm in my seventies, which is considered long-lived."
"Dad, what did you say?" Chen Zhongwen was displeased as soon as Chen Tianhua spoke: "You don't think about yourself, you have to consider us. For your illness, we have been running around and transferred from Xijiang to Zhongjiang, just to get you recovered."
"Hey, but that sin is really not something that humans suffer." Chen Tianhua sighed and looked at Wang Xu with hope: "Doctor Wang, if there is any medicine that can replace chemotherapy, I am willing to drink it no matter how painful it is."
Listening to the old man's muttering, Wang Xu remained silent, listened carefully to the old man's pulse, and began to quietly contemplate.
Objectively speaking, the effect of chemotherapy in the elderly is really good, and the surgery has been successfully performed. If chemotherapy is successful, the disease will be basically half cured, and the chance of subsequent recurrence is very small. As for using traditional Chinese medicine to replace chemotherapy, to be honest, the difficulty is not average.
Since chemotherapy cannot be replaced, from the moment, this chemotherapy is also the best way, so Wang Xu shifted the problem to how to help the elderly get through chemotherapy. This question was much simpler than the previous question, and soon he got a clue.
With attention in his heart, Wang Xu's brows stretched out and looked at Chen Tianhua and said, "Mr., your situation is very special. You have middle and late colon cancer and have been successfully operated. If you skip chemotherapy, it will be obviously not worth the effort, so my opinion is to insist on chemotherapy."
Hearing Wang Xu say that he would insist on chemotherapy, Chen Tianhua's mouth suddenly trembled and asked tremblingly: "Is there really no other way? Acupuncture and medicine are not enough?"
Chen Zhongwen also hurriedly said: "Doctor Wang, but if I insist on chemotherapy, my father will not be able to hold on at all and the reaction is too great."
"Mr. Chen, don't worry, wait until Dr. Wang finishes his words." The other three were anxious, but Tang Fei saw the clue. He saw Wang Xu's expression just now. It was definitely not that simple to insist on chemotherapy, otherwise Wang Xu would not be so optimistic.
"Director Tang is careful." Wang Xu smiled and said, "Although I insist on continuing chemotherapy, I will never do it like before. I will use methods to control the elderly's adverse reactions and let him pass the chemotherapy period safely."
"Doctor Wang, what you said is true. You can really go through the chemotherapy period safely?" Chen Zhongwen asked excitedly. Although Wang Xu insisted on letting his father perform chemotherapy, if he could control the reaction of chemotherapy, it would be equivalent to solving the big problem.
"Yes, and this method is very simple and there is no pain." Wang Xu said with a smile.
"Doctor Wang, I wonder what method you can use to alleviate the reaction caused by chemotherapy?" Tang Fei asked with concern, and was also a little curious. They couldn't find any special effect. Wang Xu was so natural. In fact, he asked Chen Kevin to find Wang Xu and had given up chemotherapy. He only hoped that Wang Xu could entertain a way to replace chemotherapy. Unexpectedly, Wang Xu was actually another solution.
"This method is very simple. To be precise, it only has four words: 'drinking porridge, foot massage'." Wang Xu said with a smile.
"Drink porridge! Foot massage!" Chen Zhongwen and Tang Fei shouted in surprise at the same time. What is the relief method?
"I understand that the reason why the bubbles in the elderly are simply that they are prone to allergies to chemotherapy drugs, which is a kind of dampness. I personally give you a recipe for medicinal food, which will add Chinese medicine to clear heat and dampness to make porridge. This will not only warm the stomach, but also relieve allergies to chemotherapy. It is better than using decoction directly. After all, the dosage of decoction is large and the side effects are also great. It is not suitable to take other drugs in large doses during chemotherapy." Wang Xu said with a smile.
"The second is foot massage. The most unbearable thing for the elderly is the itching of the whole body. This 'itchi' is also caused by allergens. Chemotherapy drugs are originally a big poison, which can easily cause dampness and heat to stay on the body surface. As long as the residual big poison is excreted from the body in time, the reaction of chemotherapy can be alleviated. I also used Chinese medicine to prepare a potion. After the chemotherapy every day, let the elderly soak their feet for two hours. The effect of the medicine in the potion will go up from the soles of the feet through the Yongquan point on the soles of the feet to achieve the effect of encouraging yang energy. The combination of the two will definitely allow the elderly to pass the chemotherapy period safely."
Listening to Wang Xu's explanation, Tang Fei said excitedly: "Doctor Wang, your method is really feasible?"
"If you try it, you will know that even if these two methods cannot alleviate the reaction of chemotherapy, they are beneficial to the human body. If they really cannot relieve the relief, I will find another way." Wang Xu said.
"Okay, just do it like this. It's really unimaginable to drink porridge and foot massage. You can think of this method." Tang Fei smiled and Chen Zhongwen also breathed a sigh of relief. He prayed in his heart that Wang Xu's method was feasible.
Wang Xu wrote the formula of medicinal food and the formula of foot massage on the table next to him. He wrote various precautions in detail before handing it to Chen Zhongwen: "In addition to drinking porridge and foot massage during chemotherapy, you should also pay attention to your diet. I have already written it clearly above to reduce dampness and toxins in food and also have a great promoting effect on chemotherapy."
"Doctor Wang, I've recorded it. Thank you very much this time. If my father has passed the chemotherapy period safely, I will take him to thank you in person." Chen Zhongwen took the prescription and thanked him.
"Mr. Chen, you have to be polite. If the old man can recover, I am very happy. Our purpose is the same." Wang Xu smiled and waved his hand, stood up and said goodbye, and told him that if there was any situation, he could find him at any time. (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!)