Chapter 601: Variant Vibrio cholerae
? "Teacher, Doctor Liu is awake."
"Is that so, go and have a look." Lu Xiyan got up from the camp bed and waved his hand.
Doctor Liu arranged it alone in a tent. He was not infected with cholera, so he could not be put together with those cholera patients.
If his body is infected with cholera again, it is probably impossible for the gods to save him.
Liu's apprentice was taking care of him. Although he woke up, his consciousness was still a little blurred. He could only open his eyes slightly and recognize some people.
"Teacher, Doctor Liu's blood pressure is a bit low. In addition, his body is overdrawn, and he is malnourished for a long time and suffers from night blindness." Ke Mo said.
"How do you know that my master has night blindness?" Liu's apprentice said in surprise.
"This is a judgment obtained through chemical testing," Commer explained.
"Can chemical testing be used to treat people?" The little apprentice obviously did not know much about Western medicine's testing methods, but was full of curiosity.
"I can't explain this sentence clearly to you. If you follow our medical team to do things, you will understand." Ke Mo said.
"Ke Mo, Doctor Liu has not passed the dangerous period yet, so you need to take care of it carefully, especially the knife edge. If you find redness, swollenness and suppuration, please inform me immediately." Lu Xiyan ordered.
"Yes, don't worry."
"Xiao Zhou, your master is your care. Remember, you can't let your master eat anything now. If he feels dry and uncomfortable, he can use a cotton swab to moisten it. Also, it must be boiled water. If you have contacted patients outside, you must disinfect the tent when you come in. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I can only drink boiled water and disinfect it." Xiao Zhou nodded.
"Before the water in the drip is transported, remember to call me, I'm in the tent next door." Ke Mo also ordered and left the tent with Lu Xiyan.
"Xiaole, call everyone here, I'll have a brief morning meeting, our workload today will be very high." Lu Xiyan ordered Xiaole.
"Yes." Xiaole nodded. Her task was to protect Lu Xiyan. As for other things, she would do it if she could. If she couldn't do it, she would never do it.
Everyone knows that her identity is special, so even if she is idle and doesn't do anything, no one will say anything.
"I'll call you all over and briefly talk about our tasks today. First, register and treat patients. This is the first priority of our medical team coming here. We strive to include all the patients in this isolation area in our monitoring and treatment areas within three days. Second, clean up and disinfect. If the hygiene conditions in the isolation area are not improved, our efforts will be in vain. Also, establish tiered diagnosis and treatment, and patients will establish critically ill-administered patients, disease control areas, and rehabilitation areas according to priorities. Fourth, our logistics management. Whether it is the patient or our diet, it must be supplied in a unified and centralized manner from now on..."
"Collection of Vibrio cholerae samples and conduct analysis and research, focusing on fecal samples from critically ill patients, but pay attention to your own safety. Dr. Huo, our treatment plan needs to be adjusted according to the relevant information you provide, so it is crucial for you here."
"Don't worry, Dr. Lu, I will do my best." Huo Xiaoyu nodded.
"Dr. Lu, we can also help. This is also the job of my team and I here." Fujimoto Shizuka stood up and said.
"Okay, then please Miss Shizuka." Lu Xiyan nodded slightly.
"What else do you need to add or need my help to solve it? Now let's say it out. If not, we will start working according to our division of labor."
"Dr. Lu, we carry limited vegetables and meat is not easy to preserve. If we need to ensure nutritional supplements for patients and medical teams, we need to go out to purchase. Can we freely enter and exit the quarantine area?" asked the Red Cross staff in charge of procurement.
"Don't worry, I will communicate with Mr. Ogawa, and give us the right to facilitate access to the cars purchased in and out, but every entry and exit requires disinfection!"
It was discovered that with Shizuka Fujimoto and others, many things would be much more convenient. Japanese people could ignore the life and death of the Chinese, but not their own.
"Is there any problem?"
"Dr. Lu, I have a request." Fujimoto Shizuka said.
"Miss Shizuka, you said."
"I think my team and I can get the same treatment as your team. They can do what you can do." Fujimoto Shizuka bowed slightly, "Please!"
"Okay, I promise you, but your people must obey the command and follow the arrangements." Lu Xiyan thought for a moment, nodded in agreement.
"certainly."
The workload on this day is very large. In addition to treating patients, volunteers who were originally in the isolation area should also be briefly trained so that they can better cooperate with the work of the medical team.
Lu Xiyan is often so busy that he can't pull away, and he doesn't even have time to take a sip of coffee to refresh himself.
The number of deaths is also increasing.
The number of people sent in is also increasing.
In one morning, more than 100 patients were sent in quarantine, and more than 30 people died seriously ill. These dead people could only temporarily register and leave their names and addresses, and then transport the bodies out and buried them in depth for treatment.
This work was completed by Kazuno Ogawa, a special Japanese corpse collecting team.
"Dr. Lu, if we continue like this, our medicine will not last tomorrow!" In the evening, during dinner, Jim reported on the treatment situation on this day.
"I have reported to the Red Cross Society. A batch of medicines will be delivered tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Please rest assured that there will be medicines." Lu Xiyan solemnly promised.
"Our clothes, blankets and beds are already in serious shortage, and there are not enough disinfectants. And now more and more patients are sent, and more people are expected to be more tomorrow." said the Red Cross staff in charge of logistics.
"This is already trying to raise funds, and there is no better way at present. I can only find a way to save myself. After disinfecting the patient's old clothes, it can still be used. It will be easier to overcome these two days and wait for the supplies to be delivered." Lu Xiyan said.
"There is also the problem of water source. We only have this water source. At the current consumption rate, we will soon have no water use..."
"I'll find a way to deal with the problem of water." This water is the source of life. Without water, how can people survive? Moreover, disinfection and sanitation rely on water. If there is no water, how can we win this battle?
"Doctor Huo, what are the findings of the sampling analysis of Vibrio cholerae?" Lu Xiyan was most concerned about the cause of this cholera epidemic.
"Because time is tight, we did not test all samples. However, after preliminary testing, we found that the outbreak of Vibrio cholera infected with this cholera was not very similar to what we have seen in the past. It is more contagious, has a high survival rate, and can adapt to the intestinal environment in the human body. We cultured bacteria and found that its reproduction speed is almost 1.5 times that of the Vibrio cholera we knew in the past. It reproduces extremely fast, which is also the reason why many people die soon after infection." Huo Xiaoyu said.
"There are weaker resistance among the elderly and children, so they will have a faster incidence and will die faster. The younger people have stronger resistance. Therefore, they can still support it for a while, but if they do not receive effective treatment, the mortality rate is almost 100%. " Fujimoto Shizuka added.
This situation made everyone's heart suddenly feel a rock.
"Can cholera vaccine be used to resist this infection with Vibrio cholera?"
"We used mice to conduct experiments. The mice that have been inoculated with cholera bacteria cannot completely avoid infection with this variant of Vibrio cholerae. However, relatively speaking, Vibrio cholerae still has a certain protective ability and is much stronger than not inoculation." Huo Xiaoyu said.
This time, everyone became even more silent.
The medical teams have all received cholera vaccines, and it is precisely because of this layer of protection that otherwise, no one would dare to come to this epidemic area.
Now that even this layer of protection is useless, who is not afraid?
It is human nature to be afraid of death, and nothing is shameful.
"Although vaccination cannot completely resist the risk of infection, vaccinated people are much more resistant to this variant of Vibrio cholerae than those who have not been vaccinated, and the condition can significantly improve after intervention and treatment." Huo Xiaoyu said.
"Doctor Huo, how do you prove it?"
"Because we found that among the patients we admitted, there were more than a dozen who had been vaccinated with cholera vaccine. Although they were also infected with cholera, their symptoms were obviously mild and they recovered faster after taking the medicine. This shows that vaccination with cholera vaccine is an effective way to defend against this variant of Vibrio cholera, which will at least give us time to treat it." Huo Xiaoyu explained.
"Dr. Huo is right. If we develop a vaccine against the current variant of Vibrio cholerae based on the existing cholera vaccine, we will be immune after vaccination. However, it will take time to develop a vaccine. Even if we develop it, it will be a few months later, it will be produced and vaccinated on a large scale." Fujimoto Shizuka said.
Lu Xiyan knew that organizing vaccination is one of the most effective ways to avoid mass infection and death, but where is the vaccine? Where is the doctor who can master vaccination skillfully?
The only thing that can be done is to prevent and change people's backward hygienic living habits. Cholera is transmitted through drinking water and unclean food. As long as you pay attention to not drinking unclean and unboiled water, and pay attention to personal dietary hygiene habits, the possibility of infection will be greatly reduced.
"Don't be afraid, cholera will not be transmitted through the air. As long as you pay attention to hygiene habits, do not drink raw water and cold water, do not eat spoiled food, avoid direct contact with patients, wash your hands before eating, and bury the feces in time, and the risk of infection will be minimized." Lu Xiyan comforted.
"The teacher is right. As long as we take protective measures, we will not be infected."
"Dr. Lu is right. Although we have not yet fully cured cases, many patients have shown signs of improvement. As long as we continue to take medication, recovery is just around the corner." Fujimoto Shizuka clearly supported Lu Xiyan.
Chapter completed!