I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 521 - 419: Attempting Treatment

Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the expert team quickly began their work.

Several medical tents were set up to be used as temporary laboratories and wards for admitting patients.

Although there was a simple laboratory on the aircraft for virus research and analysis, for safety and precaution, the team leader instructed the setup of the equipment they brought.

After all, the lab on the aircraft could only perform virus analysis; clinical treatment plans required a separate space.

After everything was set up, the first infected individual provided by Lucia was brought to the camp.

Upon seeing the infected individual being brought over, the expert team and the rescue team, who had descended to the ground, first isolated and disinfected the patient and then sent them to the negative pressure ward within the medical tent.

"How is the patient’s condition?" Outside the negative pressure ward, the team leader, wearing a protective suit, inquired through a communicator about the patient’s condition from the doctor examining inside.

"The patient’s body temperature is very high, and there is some difficulty in breathing. However, after being placed on ventilator support, the breathing is now normal, and blood oxygen levels remain normal. But the fever is still not coming down and may require physical cooling." Inside the negative pressure ward, the doctor reported the patient’s condition to the team leader after examination.

In fact, the early infection of this virus is not much different from common viral infections, with fever and rapid breathing as typical symptoms. These are natural responses of the human immune system to the virus invasion.

Fever is an acquired beneficial protective mechanism for fighting pathogen infections. During fever, body temperature increases, and some pathogens become less active and reproduce less.

The immune response of the human body becomes significantly stronger, including increased white blood cell count and enhanced bactericidal activity of phagocytes and neutrophils.

This is the natural response of the human immune system against viruses, serving as the first line of defense.

However, the human immune system has its limits and response time. If the virus reproduces too fast, exceeding the limit the immune system can handle, the body will develop various new symptoms.

The infected individual brought in was clearly infected only recently, and the body is still in the stage of fighting the virus invasion with the immune system. At this time, as long as sufficient medical support is provided, it can help the immune system defeat the virus.

In fact, this is one of the main treatment methods humans use for most viral infections, supporting the immune system to defeat the virus.

Viruses often have stronger vitality than normal cells. Directly killing viruses often causes more harm to normal cells, so unless necessary, doctors generally avoid treatment methods that pose significant harm to the body.

Even Chen Xin’s medical chambers, although they can quickly heal bodily damage, work by stimulating rapid cell division for regeneration.

With the limit on the number of times human cells can divide, such treatment methods can be used to save lives or in emergencies, but frequent use will shorten lifespan if cell division cannot be prolonged.

Currently, neither the Flame Country nor Lucia has a good treatment method or a specific miracle drug for the epidemic caused by this virus. Thus, providing external support to help the immune system combat the virus is a more feasible treatment plan.

Although this treatment plan requires more time and resources, and the patient’s body may not withstand such consumption due to poor physical condition, it currently has the highest possibility of curing the patient.

The expert team’s task is to explore effective treatment solutions for patients. In addition to external support treatment, they also employ some experimental treatments.

However, currently, without fully understanding the situation, the expert team will not adopt aggressive treatment methods but will prioritize stability and caution.

"It seems that for mild infections, supportive therapy should be able to cure the patient." Standing nearby, Chen Xin acknowledged the harm of the virus through communication with the team leader, even though he could not offer specific treatment advice: "But for moderate to severe infections, external support alone may not be curative, especially with ’zombies.’ I suggest trying the medical chambers for these cases."

"How effective is your medical chamber, Dr. Chen?" The team leader, having discussed the medical chambers with Chen Xin on the way, decided to give it a try after weighing the options.

"Without real clinical trials, I can’t guarantee the specific effect. However, it should be more effective than the Human Body Repair Device I provided to the rescue team." Chen Xin explained, looking at a rescue team doctor nearby: "They’ve used the Human Body Repair Device; the principles are the same, but the effect of the medical chamber is better."

Hearing Chen Xin’s words, the team leader also turned his gaze to the rescue team doctor beside him.

The doctor quickly stated, "The Human Body Repair Device does work well, but its effect wasn’t great when we used it on infected persons. This is mainly because the body wasn’t severely damaged by the virus; its destruction was not strong.

Also, without killing the virus, merely repairing bodily damage doesn’t make much difference compared to supportive therapy. Moreover, the Repair Device must be used continuously to provide support, so its effect on infected patients isn’t optimal."

"They had already informed me of this feedback, which is why I designed the medical chamber to enhance the treatment efficacy." Chen Xin agreed with the doctor because it was indeed the case.

After all, the Repair Device provides temporary repair, which does not significantly aid in treating infected individuals.

However, the medical chamber is different. Chen Xin specifically improved its treatment effect and added functions targeting the virus, making it significantly effective for treating infected patients.

The team leader, having known these details from previous conversations, thought for a moment after hearing the rescue team doctor’s remarks and said, "Let’s try conventional treatments for mild cases first and ask Lucia if there are any severe cases and ’zombies,’ so we can attempt treatment with the medical chamber!"