Reborn Wife Strikes Back in the 80s - Chapter 1117

   Chapter 1117 Salt Poisoning

  Out of the operating room, Guo Xiang just wanted to go home, but another patient was picked up in the emergency department and said it was very endangered. Guo Xiang went over to check the situation.

   “What’s the matter?” Guo Xiang asked.

   “The patient drank a liter of saline.” Dr. Lin in the emergency department said.

   “Salt water? How much salt is there?” Guo Xiang was surprised, how come someone else drinks so much salt water and is not afraid to die?

  One liter is two liters, and the weight varies according to the specific gravity of the salt water. Even if there are only two catties of salt water, it is enough.

   “My wife put and put a packet of salt, half a catty…” the patient’s husband stammered.

  Guo Xiang was taken aback, half a catty of salt? That’s terrible.

  The main ingredient of salt is sodium chloride. The recommended daily amount of salt for a person is 6 grams, and the lethal dose is 40 grams. Does this person eat a packet of salt?

  250 grams, which is six or seven times the lethal dose?

  ”Put a 5% glucose solution immediately, and add some excretion diuretics, and check the blood natrium index at the same time!” Guo Xiang said immediately.

   “Yes!” Dr. Lin nodded, actually already working on it.

  Guo Xiang looked at the patient’s husband, “Then why don’t you look at it? How can you let your lover drink so much salt water? Don’t you know that drinking so much salt water will kill you?”

  The patient’s husband was in a cold sweat. He really didn’t know that eating too much salt would cause death?

   But he didn’t stop it, but didn’t watch it at all.

“Actually, my love is here…” The patient’s husband pointed to his head, “There is a problem here. She always feels that someone is going to harm her, so she takes all kinds of medicines for herself all day long, and I don’t know where she comes from. of.”

  ”Persecution delusion?” Guo Xiang frowned.

   “It should be, I have taken her to a psychiatrist before and took the medicine for a while, but it seemed to be of no use,” the patient’s husband said.

  ”Could that be due to other reasons?” Xu Wei next to him said.

  They have encountered several cases before, some are caused by porphyria, and some are caused by pregnancy. For various reasons, in fact, there is nothing wrong with the spirit.

   “Look, this is my lover’s previous case!” The patient’s husband took the previous case to Guo Xiang.

  Guo Xiang saw that it was really mentally ill, and it was diagnosed by a more authoritative psychiatric hospital doctor in this city, so he should not be wrong.

The doctor diagnosed as “paranoid schizophrenia”. The symptoms are that the patient always feels that someone is going to harm her, someone is monitoring her, someone is monitoring her, she dare not eat what others give, and dare not listen to what others say, even her husband. She didn’t believe it.

  Later, she only ate bread and canned food, saying that it was the safest.

  The psychiatrist prescribed a lot of medicines for her, but it didn’t work. However, anemia and vitamin deficiency were detected. After all, the diet was so simple and the nutrition was insufficient.

   “Then why does she drink so much salt water this time?” Guo Xiang asked.

“She doesn’t know who heard that salt can be sterilized and disinfected. She said that she should disinfect her body and excrete all the toxins. I said that she can’t drink. In fact, I am afraid that she will feel uncomfortable after drinking too much. I really don’t know how to eat salt. Too many people will die.”

“But she didn’t listen at all, and I couldn’t watch her all the time. Today was the moment she went shopping for vegetables, she drank so much salt water. When I came back, I saw her lying on the ground, on the side. There is also a salt bag that has just been opened…”

  The patient’s husband looked worried, “There is also a kettle with salt water. I don’t know if she drank all of it, maybe she drank it.”

At this time, Dr. Lin came over, “Our ambulance told the doctor that the patient had lost consciousness by the time they arrived, but there was still normal breathing and heartbeat. When he was carried into the car, he was given oxygen and connected to ECG monitoring. .”

  ”On the road, the patient’s heart rate gradually increased at the beginning, and then the heartbeat and breathing suddenly disappeared. Fortunately, she was successfully pressed back by taking turns with a colleague in the car to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” Dr. Lin continued.

  ”Doctor, why do you die if you eat too much salt?” The patient’s husband asked. He still didn’t understand. Isn’t salt something to eat every day? Why do you die if you eat too much?

  ”Have you seen pickled salted fish and pickled vegetables?” Guo Xiang glanced at the patient’s husband. “A lot of salted vegetables, what will they become?”

   “Will it be… dry?” The patient’s husband replied uncertainly.

   “Yes, people who drink too much salt water are like pickles, pickling out all the water in the body. This is hypernatremia!”

“The sodium in body fluids increases rapidly, the balance of osmotic pressure inside and outside the cell membrane in the body is broken, the water in the cell is’pickled’ out of the cell, and the cell becomes wrinkled and dehydrated. Just like salted fish. “

   “Can human cells survive when they are dry?” Guo Xiang said, “It’s like you can’t drink sea water at sea, no matter how thirsty you are. The more you drink, the faster you get dehydrated, and the faster you die.”

   “The lethal amount of salt for a person is 40 grams. You are already 250 grams. If it weren’t for the rescue in time, I’m afraid that the person has already…” Guo Xiang shook his head.

  The patient’s husband wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. Now that I think about it, I’m still a little scared.

  Although his wife has a mental problem, she is still her own daughter-in-law after all, and she used to spend so many good times together.

After   , a full five liters of glucose was used, and the patient’s blood sodium level finally dropped to a normal level. Fortunately, it dropped, otherwise he would have to undergo dialysis.

  However, the patient was still not awake, occasionally opened his eyes and fell asleep again.

  Guo Xiang went home first.

  Guo Xiang came to the hospital again the next day because he was worried.

  When I arrived at the hospital, I went directly to the ward to see the patient. The patient was awake, but could not speak.

  ”Can you hear me?” Guo Xiang asked.

  The patient nodded slightly, opened his mouth and said nothing.

  Guo Xiang frowned and looked at her. He couldn’t even speak. Is it lack of energy, or is his throat broken?

  ”Raise my left hand and let me see!” Guo Xiang said.

  The patient moved his fingers, as if trying to lift it up, but his arm was motionless, as if he was too heavy to lift it up.

   “What about the right hand?” Guo Xiang said again.

  The patient still moved his finger, but did not lift it up.

  Is this muscle weakness or a nerve problem?

After some examination, it was found that the patient had a motor speech disorder, that is, the muscles of pronunciation were damaged or paralyzed, as well as dysphagia and sudden flaccid paralysis of the limbs, which were caused by the loss of muscle tone of the limbs. .

  That’s why the patient can’t even lift his hands.

   “It seems that MRI will be done to clarify the lesion.” Guo Xiang said.

  ”What is MRI?” the patient’s husband asked. MRI machines are not so popular now, and ordinary people don’t know it and it’s normal.

  ”It is a kind of magnetic resonance imaging scanner, which can clearly see what is wrong in the body. I suspect that there is something in your mind about your lover’s situation, so this is the reason?” Guo Xiang said.

  ”You mean tumor?” The patient’s husband was shocked.

   “Do not rule out this possibility, let’s check it first.” Guo Xiang said.

  (End of this chapter)