Check-in at the Hospital: The First Surgery Shocked the Nation!-Chapter 38 - 34: I Understand! It’s a Psychological Issue!
In the cafeteria,
Qin Feng sat together having breakfast with Director Wang, Xu Yingying, and several other attending physicians.
"Qin Feng, I heard you’ve been paying attention to the little girl in bed 13 these past two days?"
Director Wang asked with a concerned tone,
"How is it going? Any progress?"
Upon hearing this topic, the other attending physicians all turned their attention to him.
They were also aware of this case and had noticed the little girl, but since the tests all came back normal and their workload was heavy, they didn’t pay much attention.
Now, hearing that Qin Feng is tackling the girl’s symptoms, they all displayed expressions of curiosity.
"Ah~ not yet, I’ve even consulted Jiangcheng’s first hospital’s gastroenterology and cardiac surgery departments, but there’s still no solution."
Qin Feng shook his head with a wry smile when he heard Director Wang’s words.
"If it can’t be helped, just let it go. Don’t push yourself too hard."
Director Wang Yue comforted him, handing him a peeled tea egg,
"We doctors are not omnipotent, and many illnesses might not be physical problems. Don’t give yourself too much pressure."
"I understand, don’t worry Director Wang, I’m not diving into...
Qin Feng’s words were cut short as he suddenly froze in mid-air with the tea egg in hand.
A spark of inspiration flashed through his mind, and he instantly understood the little girl’s symptoms.
Right!
Not all illnesses are physical!
Bang!
"Oh my god!!"
In the next second, he slammed the table and stood up excitedly, shouting,
"I get it, I get it! Hahaha!!!"
Qin Feng was about to speak when he suddenly noticed everyone looking at him with curiosity.
Especially Director Wang and the attending physicians sitting beside and opposite him, they were all startled, looking at him with wide-open mouths.
"Um... sorry, I got too excited."
Qin Feng quickly took out a few napkins to wipe the porridge off Xu Yingying’s face, looking awkward.
"It’s okay, I’ll do it myself."
Xu Yingying reluctantly started wiping herself off.
She was just about to take a sip of the porridge when Qin Feng slapped the table, causing the bowl to jump, and porridge splattered all over her face.
"What did you think of?"
Director Wang quickly put down his chopsticks and asked.
"I know why the little girl was vomiting!"
Qin Feng quickly responded with a smile, having received an important hint from the world-class psychiatric experience he just had.
That’s right!
It’s a mental issue!
"What is it?"
Hearing his words, everyone got excited and looked at him eagerly.
"Director Wang’s words just reminded me, not all illnesses manifest physically, there are also mental ones!"
Qin Feng explained.
"Are you saying it’s a mental issue?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Director Wang paused for a moment and then suddenly came to a realization.
Qin Feng nodded forcefully with a smile.
After speaking, he didn’t bother with breakfast and rushed out of the cafeteria, heading for the OB-GYN department.
Leaving behind a group of people staring at his back in a daze.
This is Qin Feng!
No wonder he’s considered a genius; he can solve a medical case even while having breakfast!
In the ward,
Qin Feng sat beside the woman, as the little girl was taken out by the nurse to play.
"Do you really know why my daughter was vomiting?"
The woman was also a bit excited upon hearing his words and wanted to sit up.
"Please don’t get too excited, I need to ask some questions now, and I hope you can answer truthfully."
Qin Feng stopped her and said with a serious expression.
He then took out a pen and paper and began questioning.
He gathered detailed information on everything from the little girl’s clothing, food, housing, and transportation to her family situation.
The little girl was a typical left-behind child; her parents worked in the city, while she stayed with her grandmother in Jiangcheng.
The little girl was in the fourth grade, consistently did well in school, and was likely an achievement-oriented child, being isolated due to her excellent grades.
But every time the little girl had vomiting episodes, it happened at her hometown, and her parents once suspected it was the grandmother.
But after secretly installing surveillance at home, they found nothing wrong.
...
Qin Feng spent a whole hour asking questions.
He filled several sheets of paper with notes about the little girl’s past.
The woman wasn’t impatient at all; after all, seeing so many doctors had yielded no results, and now Qin Feng said he might know what the illness was.
The more he asked, the more hopeful it seemed, so she answered in exhaustive detail.
Two hours later,
The woman, with a parched throat, saw Qin Feng off with expectant eyes, feeling a bit excited herself.
Ten minutes later, Qin Feng returned, holding a "Children’s Psychological Scale Test" in his hand, asking the woman to have the little girl fill it out.
It was 30 questions long, which the girl completed thoughtfully in half an hour.
Qin Feng collected the test sheet, calculated the test results, and finally felt his mind at ease, his face breaking into a relieved smile.
It’s confirmed!
The cause was identified, [Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome]!
This is a disorder characterized by severe cyclic or recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting, with no symptoms in between.
There is also no organic disease to serve as the basis for this mental disturbance!
Indeed!
It’s a mental disorder!
Currently, the pathogenesis of this condition has no conclusive theory, as it involves multiple factors, including autonomic nervous system dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activation, and various other causes.
The woman looked at Qin Feng nervously: "Doctor, how is it? Have you found the cause of my daughter’s illness? Is it serious?"
"Yes, we found it. The cause is related to your husband."
Combining the interview process, Qin Feng pinpointed a completely overlapping time frame.
"My husband?"
The woman was stunned upon hearing his words, then looked both surprised and doubtful,
"How could that be? Her dad is very good to her, except that he’s a bit temperamental sometimes!"
"That’s precisely the problem."
Qin Feng smiled and nodded, continuing to explain,
"Your daughter is typical of an achiever-type personality, meaning she’s strong-willed, likes praise, but is resistant and fearful of criticism.
Whenever your daughter’s grades drop even slightly, your husband calls home to scold her, and then the little girl starts vomiting around that time. Haven’t you noticed this?"
After speaking, the woman was left in a daze, her mind racing.
She suddenly realized that what Qin Feng said seemed to make a lot of sense, and she couldn’t find any reason to argue.
At this moment, the nurse returned with the little girl.
Qin Feng squatted down, took the little girl in his arms, and smiled.
"Niu Niu, do you dislike receiving calls from your dad?"
The little girl froze at his question, looked at the woman, pouted, and nodded.
This left the woman completely flustered.
"How... how could it be? Does a phone scolding really cause vomiting?"
She clearly couldn’t accept this conclusion!
She even felt that Qin Feng might be deceiving her, yet it also seemed possible; she was utterly confused.
From Qin Feng’s experience, at least four other cases similar to this had been seen worldwide.
Surprisingly similar!
After sharing these cases with the woman, she finally accepted the reality.
"I... I never thought that it was her dad’s scolding that caused this..."
The woman looked guilt-ridden, gazing at her daughter with both regret and pity, evidently having accepted the cause of the illness.
"Doctor, is there any treatment that can cure my daughter’s condition?"
"Honestly, it’s quite challenging; at least, we can’t handle it here."
Qin Feng shook his head, speaking in a deep voice,
"What I can tell you is, don’t let her dad call to scold her anymore; if possible, even if he visits, avoid criticism. Guide and encourage her instead, so your daughter doesn’t end up under excessive mental stress.
Moreover, you need to find an experienced child psychologist for counseling, to slowly correct this...
"When I go back, I will make sure he never scolds our daughter again; don’t worry, doctor!"
The woman immediately nodded vigorously, speaking with firm determination.
"That’s good."
Qin Feng, hearing her resolve, also breathed a sigh of relief,
"As for Niu Niu’s vomiting, I will prescribe some medication, and if vomiting occurs again, follow the prescription.
Of course, this only acts as a physical inhibitor; the fundamental cure is your parental love and encouragement, to eliminate her resistance and fear."
"Thank you, doctor! Thank you, doctor!"
The woman expressed her gratitude repeatedly, taking her daughter into her arms gently, apologizing,
"Daughter, I’m sorry, it’s our fault, mine and your dad’s. We won’t scold you ever again."
Speaking these words, tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.
In the morning,
The woman called her husband in Shànghǎi, telling him about the situation.
The man refused to believe it, vehemently questioning Qin Feng’s diagnosis, angrily calling him a fraud.
How could their daughter develop a mental illness from just a few scoldings?
The woman then angrily scolded the man, setting the discharge time and telling him to hurry back.
Afterwards,
An hour after hanging up, the man called back.
He had consulted the previous expert, and after explaining the situation, the other party fell silent.
Then they told him that it was indeed possible, although such cases were rare nationwide, they had occurred.
They also advised bringing the daughter to a psychological clinic for a check-up.
...
The man was completely bewildered, could it really be his fault?
Immediately, he began packing, preparing to return to Jiangcheng. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
On the third day,
The woman was discharged; the couple took their daughter straight to the best psychological clinic in Shànghái.
When they relayed Qin Feng’s diagnosis to the expert, the expert was suddenly enlightened.
"Hahaha!
If you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have been able to diagnose it; your daughter indeed has ’Periodic Vomiting Syndrome’!"
"Doctor, does such a condition really exist?"
The man, in disbelief, looked at the expert in shock.
"Indeed it does, but it’s exceedingly rare in the country, or perhaps, like you, people simply haven’t realized it."
The expert nodded,
"Even abroad it’s rare, with only three or four cases worldwide to date."
"That doctor in Jiangcheng mentioned the same thing!"
The woman spoke excitedly.
"Hahaha! Then that’s right!"
The expert laughed heartily upon hearing this, then curiously asked,
"I wonder who that doctor is; could you provide his contact information?"
"I... I don’t know his contact information either, but I know he’s a very young male doctor in obstetrics and gynecology, named Qin Feng."
"Obstetrics and gynecology?"
The expert nearly froze upon hearing this; a male gynecologist knowing about this?
He couldn’t help but be very interested....
He remembered this name.
He then repeated almost verbatim what Qin Feng had told the woman, emphasizing the need for psychological counseling.
Seeing the confirmed diagnosis report, the man was filled with regret, clutching his daughter as he wept bitterly.
