Chapter 351 0350Appendix Carcinoid Argyrophilic Cells (Part 2)

Chen Jue glanced at the panel and frowned slightly.

This familiar scene reminded him of the first time he sat in on Zhou Chuan's project report at Jiangda University.

At that time, Zhou Chuan questioned the teaching of Xia Xue, the beautiful teacher at Jiangda University, and went to the podium to analyze the discussion on the function of the gallbladder.

Chen Jue's panel also triggered a similar [Knowledge Learning] prompt.

It was also from that accidental trigger that Chen Jue deepened his study of human body and medical knowledge, and constantly improved the knowledge point gap of "???" on the human body three-dimensional structure diagram in the [Specified Points] function.

Unexpectedly, after such a long time, watching Zhou Chuan's analysis of ALS again triggered this related prompt again.

This also made Chen Jue secretly feel fortunate that his decision to jump out of the traditional treatment plan for his old father was so rational.

Because when he opened the three-dimensional structure of the human body that was filled with various knowledge supplements again, the unknown areas related to the vagus nerve and appendix were filled again.

This means that Zhou Chuan's theoretical conjecture is recognized by the attribute panel!

And Chen Jue relied on this powerful panel to prove these wild conjectures in advance.

You know, the [Specified Points] function can even treat chronic diseases such as androgenic alopecia that are comparable to incurable diseases such as cancer and ALS, which is enough to show its powerful function.

As for the [Carcinoid] mentioned in Zhou Chuan's theory, this is a argyrophilic cell tumor that mainly occurs in the gastrointestinal tract.

The reason why this disease is called carcinoid is that, as the name suggests, some of its characteristics are similar to cancer, but it is different from real cancer.

Because carcinoid is a slow-growing neuroendocrine tumor that originates from the [argyrophilic cells] of the neuroendocrine system.

Compared with cancer, which makes people shudder, carcinoid grows slowly, and the probability of invading surrounding tissues or spreading to other parts is extremely low. It only acts on the human nervous system and is mainly prevalent in intestinal immune organs such as the appendix.

According to Zhou Chuan's idea, the onset of ALS is caused by the functional degeneration of the vagus nerve. Its formation process is similar to that of [carcinoid], which is a slow progression and not a rapid growth lesion like a malignant tumor.

According to the case data he collected, the probability of having appendicitis in the ALS group is quite high.

Including Hawking, Mr. Cai of JD.com, etc., have similar clinical records.

This led Zhou Chuan to connect the above elements. Through a large amount of data collection and bold assumptions, the cause of ALS was attributed to neuroimmune diseases.

"Because of the degeneration of the appendix function, the immune function of the vagus nerve has declined, forming a complex neuroimmune disease."

"The onset of ALS is very likely to be like [multiple sclerosis], where the immune system attacks the protective sheath of the nervous system, resulting in obstruction of nerve signal transmission, resulting in muscle weakness, and further causing muscle atrophy symptoms."

"And the real source is the human appendix!"

Chen Jue read the information provided by Zhou Chuan carefully, and his eyes have cut into the human body three-dimensional page of [specified function].

His perspective was constantly zooming out, and he began to focus on the right lower part of the abdomen, on the small appendix protruding from the end of the cecum.

In the text description behind the appendix, there appeared a word related to [amyotrophic lateral sclerosis].

"Sure enough, this is a conjecture and discovery that is ahead of its time."

"Just like using the designated point-adding function to cure my baldness and hair loss before." Chen Jue exclaimed in his heart.

Chen Jue had seen the evolutionary research of the appendix on the panel prompt several times before.

All he knew was that it was one of the several degenerate organs of the human body, just like the gill slits in the neck, which all declined in function as the human body developed.

In the past, the medical community always believed that the appendix was not very useful.

Until in-depth research in recent years, the appendix has a considerable effect on the human body. Its main function is to serve as an important immune organ of the human body during infancy, containing rich lymphatic tissue and various immune cells. It is not until puberty that the immune function of the appendix gradually enters a dormant state.

Some patients with appendicitis were cured after arriving at the hospital.

Just like Chen Jue's previous gallstones, most doctors recommend cholecystectomy, and very few recommend keeping the gallbladder, regardless of the fact that the patient will develop other symptoms in the future after the gallbladder is removed.

But no one expected that the appendix, a seemingly useless digestive organ, would actually be linked to the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that has left doctors helpless!

This is the limitation of the current level of human medical technology, and it is also the "immature" and "imperfect" functional organs left over from the long evolution of the human body.

The real functions of these organs, even in the 21st century, humans have only mastered the fur.

There are large blind spots and unknowns waiting for the medical and scientific communities to study and overcome.

"Medical workers like Zhou Chuan, they don't have a panel, and if they want to study incurable terminal illnesses, they can only overcome them through constant assumptions, conjectures, and clinical experiments."

"But I'm different. I have a plug-in, and I can use the panel to verify these bold conjectures!" Chen Jue thought in his heart, and looked at his sick old father again, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

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This thick stack of information took Chen Jue more than an hour to read.

There were many of them that involved his blind spots, such as cytology, neuroimmunology, etc., which were microscopic knowledge that Chen Jue had never touched.

So after reading Zhou Chuan's information, Chen Jue combined his own knowledge with the three-dimensional human body structure diagram on the panel and followed the map.

He logged into the Jiangda intranet to search for keywords and bit by bit chewed through this awkward argument analysis.

When the sunset outside the ward sank, Zhou Chuan, who had been lying on the sofa for an afternoon, woke up from his sleep.

After sleeping for an afternoon, Zhou Chuan felt that the energy he had consumed in the past few days had finally been made up.

However, when he rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw Chen Jue giving himself acupuncture on the accompanying bed, he immediately jumped up from the sofa: "Senior... Senior! What are you doing?"

"Acupuncture for yourself?"

Zhou Chuan was stunned at this time!

As the saying goes, a doctor cannot heal himself, and a person cannot save himself.

Even the best doctors rarely treat themselves.

Not to mention Chen Jue, who is an outsider without medical qualifications.

Although the needles are the silver needles of traditional Chinese medicine, they are densely packed all over the body, just like antennas, which is intimidating no matter how you look at it.

"Zhou Chuan, I have read your discussion materials."

"I think the conjectures about the appendix, argyrophilic cells, and ALS mentioned in it do make sense."

"Especially the acupuncture treatment plan you gave, using silver needles to stimulate argyrophilic cells to activate neuroimmunity, someone must try it in person." Chen Jue raised his head slightly and explained.

He could not share the existence of the panel with others.

But using himself for acupuncture experiments is a local method that Chen Jue can use to help his old father to the best of his ability.

Because Zhou Chuan mentioned in the materials that the symptoms of ALS were also mentioned in ancient China.

There are records in "Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of Bian Que and Cang Gong" and "Huangdi Neijing", which call ALS "paralysis", abbreviated as paralysis, which is subdivided into five types: skin paralysis, flesh paralysis, pulse paralysis, tendon paralysis, and bone paralysis.

When treating these paralysis, the ancient doctors all mentioned acupuncture therapy.

The coincidences among them also contributed to Chen Jue's bold attempt.

"Argentophilic cells originate from the neuroectoderm and have strong silver affinity and affinity for silver."

"Use silver needles to stimulate the meridians to achieve the effect of breaking and then building. In addition to the bactericidal effect of silver, I am afraid that the ancestors in the past have already discovered the existence of argyrophilic cells in the appendix, nerves, and immune system through microscopic practice!"

Chen Jue's thoughts were running fast. After comforting Zhou Chuan, one of his hands had already picked up the last silver needle and pierced it into the appendix point, which was 2 inches directly below the Zusanli point.

The next second, a "ding~" reminder sounded, like the sound of nature, which made Chen Jue smile. (End of this chapter)