Chapter 58 - Biopsy
"It's easy to say and difficult to do..." The medical soldiers also looked embarrassed.
"Isn't this a virus? It can definitely be detected who is infected and who is not infected. As long as the two are separated and do not continue to spread, will we be able to better control it?" Lao Yang asked in confusion without understanding the medical soldier's hesitation.
"There are several aspects of prions. The first is cerebrospinal fluid examination. The routine and biochemical cerebrospinal fluid are basically normal, but a specific protein can be found. Not to mention whether there are conditions for cerebrospinal fluid examinations here, even if the cerebrospinal fluid examination results are found and the mutant protein is detected, this positive result will also occur in non-prions patients."
"Then there is no other way?"
"There is also the EEG test. A specific brain wave pattern will appear in the Kjavi disease caused by prions. However, if it causes other diseases, such as Kuru disease, fatal familial insomnia, Gustman syndrome, etc., it will be a bit difficult. Finally, imaging examination is needed. Magnetic resonance of the head can reveal local lesion signal enhancement, which is of differentiation significance."
"Xiyuan, are there any medical equipment they mentioned here?" Lao Yang asked me.
I thought hard, but the key is that I don't even know what equipment the medical soldier said...
"There are EEG devices and imaging devices, we have seen them before," said Wenna.
By the way, Wenna did have an endoscope for me and took out the magnetic substances put into my body by the person who put them out of the shelter. They should be those equipment.
"However," the medical soldier still had some concerns, "these two methods can only have a certain discriminatory meaning and cannot be used as the final test result. There are only two gold standards for diagnosing prions."
"Which two? Time is urgent, don't keep it behind!" Lao Yang was also impatient and urged him impatiently.
"Original or biopsy brain tissue section observation."
"Craniotomy?!" Lao Yang's tone suddenly increased.
Another medical soldier also spoke, "There are only two ways to detect vacuoles, loss of neurons, and hyperplasia of keratinocytes. By staining, the existence of prpsc in brain tissue can be accurately diagnosed if prions are infected."
"Let me think about it...you guys go and do it first... By the way! No one is allowed to tell this virus, do you hear it?"
Everyone nodded. I also know the great relationship between this. There are so many people in this desert camp. Once the panic spreads, even if the virus does not spread, things will be out of control...
"Xiao Liu, please stay here. I still have something to ask you. Xi Yuan, don't leave. We can even beat Zhuge Liang now, and see if we can come up with a solution."
I nodded, Wen Na, Xiwu and Chaoyang also stayed with me, and everyone else was busy with their own efforts.
"Xiao Liu, what you said just now, do you think this is feasible for biopsy brain tissue section?" "Hey... I won't talk about the reason we can do this test to comfort everyone. We don't have enough manpower just for imaging examinations."
"Just tell me, you can't do this brain tissue slice, so you don't have to consider anything else."
“Difficult to do.”
"Is it possible to do it hard to do it?"
"Well..." Xiao Liu was still evasive, the iron gate was opened, and a medical soldier who was detecting the sample of the body just ran out.
"Doctor Lin fainted!"
"How did you do it..." Lao Yang and the medical soldier he called Xiao Liu immediately ran in.
Sure enough, a medical soldier in an isolation suit was lying on the ground, and his legs were still shaking.
"We were observing the sample just now, and then Dr. Lin's hand seemed to have cramps, and then he was trembling all over and fell to the ground."
"Kobayashi?Kobayashi?"
Old Yang gently patted the fainting medical soldier. He gradually woke up, his mouth opened and closed, but he didn't say anything.
"Please help him up first." Xiao Liu said.
Then, Lao Yang and Xiao Liu wanted to help Dr. Lin who had just woken up, but Dr. Lin had just stood up. Before Lao Yang's hand was released, Dr. Lin's legs were like borrowed, and they were completely out of control in two directions...
"Let him lie down first!"
Wen Na found a piece of plastic film from the side and threw it on the ground, and then Lao Yang and the others put Dr. Lin on.
"Impossible..." Xiao Liu murmured to himself.
"What's impossible?" Lao Yang asked.
"Even if it is infected with prions, it still has an incubation period and an onset period. Dr. Lin has been very healthy before, and..." Xiao Liu looked at Dr. Lin's palm. "He has no blood transmission. How could he have such symptoms so quickly? Unless... this virus has synthesized a new virus with other highly contagious viruses, and it can be transmitted as long as it comes into contact!"
"What?!"
Everyone present widened their eyes and was unbelievable.
I used to say that as long as I don’t have the experience of cannibalism, I will not be infected, but now I say that contact may cause infection. Isn’t that not...
"Where are the medical equipment you mentioned before? Take me there now. I need to perform a biopsy on Dr. Lin immediately!"
"Follow me." Wen Na took me in front, and we worked together to carry Dr. Lin and followed Wen Na to the room full of plastic films. There were all electrocardiogram monitoring instruments and other equipments. It was great to use it as an operating room now.
Xiao Liu looked at the surrounding environment and said, "It's too dark..."
Old Yang immediately used the walkie-talkie to call the people outside to send the searchlight in, "You put the light downstairs and I'll get it myself."
After a while, Old Yang came in with a TV-sized thing in his arms, his head and face full of sweat. When the switch was turned on, the whole room was instantly illuminated like daytime.
I saw Xiao Liu's hands trembling slightly, "I haven't had this kind of surgery for too long... I'm a little nervous..."
Beads of sweat as big as beans flowed down his cheeks...
"You can do it!" Lao Yang encouraged him, and then we all retreated to the film and waited quietly.
Time passed minute by minute, and we didn't dare to say a word about the person we were waiting outside. During this period, Lao Yang's intercom rang, and it seemed that there was something that he needed to deal with, so he went out.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise inside, followed by the collision of metal vessels.
We lifted the membrane, and the wound on Dr. Lin’s scalp on the operating table had not been sutured yet... Both of the people who had the surgery fell to the ground...
"What the hell is going on..." Xiwu looked at the situation in front of her, and for a moment she didn't know whether to deal with Dr. Lin's wound first or to help the two people on the ground first...
"You lift them aside first, I'll stitch it." Wenna calmly distributed the task.
The brain tissue section next to it has been taken out and placed on a glass dish. Dr. Lin’s heart rate is also very stable. So what is happening to these two people?
"I suddenly thought that there was a person who was very good at making things in people's heads..." Wenna said while sewing the wound.
"Who?" I asked, and soon understood who Wenna was talking about.
"Will he help us?"
"I don't know either...but now all these medical soldiers faint one after another. Is there any other way we can do it?"
"You mean, let that shadow come out and let him help us?" Xiwu quickly understood who we were talking about.
"I see you two are crazy. We can't control the thing when it comes out. And, why are you sure he will listen to us to do things for us?"
"But we really have no choice... If what Dr. Xiao Liu said comes true, this virus has mutated and the disease occurs very quickly, we are likely to have been infected now, and everyone in this yard may have been infected... He can punch steel nails into the heads of so many puppets and make these people immortal, and his ability is absolutely above all of us. As for whether he will listen to us... I will find a way to do this!"
"I'll go find Lao Yang now!" After that, I was about to get up.
"What are you looking for me?" Old Yang pushed the door and seemed to have handled the matter outside him.
"Doctor Xiao Liu and the others also fainted..." Wen Na was putting her hand on Dr. Xiao Liu's wrist and counting his pulse.
"Ah?! Xiao Liu is the minister of the medical department. If even he was hit..." Old Yang clenched his fists, and there was confusion in his eyes...
"I have a way, but it may be a bit risky to implement it..."
Chapter completed!