Chapter 864 It's Tetanus

"President Guo..." Xu Wei turned to call Guo Xiang, but found that she was still staring at the old man's feet.

"What's wrong?" Xu Wei asked.

"How did you get this injury?" Guo Xiang pointed to the scab from a small wound on the old man's calf.

"Well, I was helping a friend move house a few days ago. I was accidentally stabbed by a nail on the furniture. After I got home, I applied red potion. It was fine, so I just ignored it," the aunt said.

Several people looked at each other and said in unison, "Tetanus?!"

Thinking about it again, the facial muscles of the elderly are tense, and the inability to crush food and swallow is really a symptom of tetanus.

"There was no tetanus shot at that time?" Guo Xiang asked.

"I didn't fight, we didn't think so much. I used to bump into some minor injuries, and it was all right..." Auntie said, a little annoyed, no one thought that such a minor injury would cause tetanus this time.

Tetanus is caused by the exotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani that invades the wound. Clostridium tetani is easy to adhere to soil, rust, etc., so if you are injured outdoors, it is easy to get tetanus.

Especially in the kind of deep small wounds, Clostridium tetani is particularly prone to multiply.

Because Clostridium tetani is an anaerobic bacteria, what is an anaerobic bacteria, that is, it is particularly easy to survive in an oxygen-free environment and has a strong reproductive ability.

Some open wounds are less prone to tetanus.

Small, deep wounds encourage the growth of Clostridium tetani because oxygen is not easily accessible.

So if there is a wound, it is best to wash it with hydrogen peroxide, and then tetanus shot.

Otherwise, Clostridium tetani will rapidly multiply and then secrete exotoxins, mainly spasmodic toxins, which are absorbed into the spinal cord and brainstem, enhancing nerve excitability and causing voluntary muscle tension and spasm.

If the elderly cannot open their mouths and swallow, the muscles of the thighs are tense and spasm.

While discussing, the old man over there was short of breath, and the whole person twitched.

"Quick, get on the ventilator and enter the ICU!" Guo Xiang hurried over.

The old man was pushed into the ICU, and Guo Xiang and the others began to rescue him.

"Can it be diagnosed?" Xing Ming hesitated a bit.

Although all the symptoms can be matched, but no Clostridium tetani has been detected.

"It's too late to do bacterial culture, so I'll prescribe the right medicine first," Guo Xiang said.

In fact, the diagnosis of tetanus is mainly based on trauma and symptoms, because bacterial culture sometimes cannot be cultured.

There are mainly wounds, and there are typical symptoms, that is, muscle spasm, and the phenomenon of opistion.

The horn bow is stretched like a bow, but the whole person is stretched with the back up, like a bow. If you have watched zombie movies, you may think that the zombies in some movies will twist their entire bodies into incredible arcs, which is a bit like that.

The current treatment is mainly to relieve with tetanus antitoxin and immunoglobulin.

Coupled with a lot of sedatives, muscle relaxants, etc., is to let people's muscles relax.

The breathing muscles of the old man were too tense to breathe, and the oxygen tube could not be inserted, so the trachea could only be cut open, and the ventilator was directly connected to the trachea.

Outside, the aunt was so frightened that she fell to the ground crying, her face was terrifyingly white.

On the other side, the wound on the old man's leg was cut open to restore the aerobic environment and prevent the Clostridium tetani still in it from multiplying.

The old man was still in a coma after doing this.

In the next few days, the situation was good and bad, and the muscle spasm was relieved to a certain extent, but it may be because the old man is getting older and his organs have already suffered some damage, the situation has not been very good.

The old man's children also came back from other places.

Guo Xiang told them about the situation and emphasized that this situation can only be kept in the ICU, and the cost is very high. If they are unwilling to receive treatment, they can be transferred to another hospital.

Because this situation cannot be cured in a few days, it may take ten to twenty days or even a month, and the cost may go down to tens of thousands of yuan. In this day and age, tens of thousands of yuan is still a lot for the average family.

Guo Xiang is a private hospital, she wants to make it clear, and it is impossible to treat without money.

And she can't guarantee that it will be cured, she is only relieving the symptoms, but if it is said that the elderly cannot be cured, it is not necessarily.

The old man and his children discussed it, and decided to continue the treatment, as there is still hope.

Now that everyone is still alive, we can't just pull out the tube and watch him die, right?

They can't.

The old couple originally had some savings, and the children put together some money to pay back the previous medical expenses before continuing the treatment.

It took almost a month for the old man to get better, and the whole person was emaciated.

But people are lucky to be alive.

When he was discharged from the hospital, his children came to pick him up together, and everyone wept excitedly. The old father really passed away from the gate of hell.

"Fortunately, several children are filial, otherwise how can the old man be better?" Xing Ming sighed, and their family background was okay, if they were their own family, they would not have this ability at all.

"Yes, so the education of children is very important." Guo Xiang nodded.

Some people have one child or several children at home, and the first thing that comes to mind when encountering such a thing is themselves.

Taking it home is actually a dead end, and they all know in their hearts that there are still people doing this.

However, everyone has their own choices, which is understandable. Guo Xiang doesn't want to teach people how to behave, it's their own decision.

What she wants to tell them is the truth and let them choose for themselves.

In a twinkling of an eye, it was December, and the weather was getting colder and colder, and the temperature was already below zero.

After an operation that day, Guo Xiang saw that it was snowing outside the window. He wondered if the two little dumplings had enough clothes.

The kindergarten is close to home, so the children walk to school. Ye Qian has never given birth, so she may not think of bringing clothes for her child, so Guo Xiang decided to leave work earlier to pick up the child.

She drove the car and took the child to the car. She was not afraid of the cold when there was warm air in the car.

I told Xu Wei to get off work first and drive to pick up the child.

When she arrived at the kindergarten, Ye Qian was already waiting outside. It was cold and she stood outside and stomped her feet.

"Ye Qian, come up!" Guo Xiang called out, the child was too sincere, he didn't know how to go indoors and wait for the child to come out before coming over.

Ye Qian saw that Guo Xiang was here and hurriedly got into the car, "Sister Guo!"

"Why don't you wear gloves?" Guo Xiang asked, turning up the warm air a bit.

"I didn't feel it when I came out, but now I realize it's quite cold." Ye Qian sighed and rubbed her hands.

"Then you go to the store next door to sit and come out later, it's so cold." Guo Xiang said.

"It's alright, school will be dismissed soon. I'm afraid the children will not be able to see me in a hurry." Ye Qian said.

Guo Xiang looked at her, this child has a strong sense of responsibility, so she can rest assured that the child is handed over to her.

"You'll be twenty-two years old after the new year, so it's time to find someone?" Guo Xiang smiled at Ye Qian, "As old as you are, the sisters in your hometown have babies."

Ye Qian blushed, "I'm not in a hurry!"