Medical road ahead

"A younger sister Huang fell from the sky."

In the Endocrinology Department of the Affiliated Hospital of C University, Luo Damei came into Huang Zhi's office singing a little song.

"Director Luo, aren't your anorectal departments busy today?"

Seeing this, Huang Zhi frowned and raised her forehead, already guessing that Luo Damei is going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

"My precious apprentice has returned from the fight against the epidemic. With her here, I can rest assured to come to Sister Huang and set up a dragon team with you."

Luo Damei sat down sharply, grinning and looking at Huang Zhi; the latter shook his head helplessly, then put down the pen in his hand, stood up and poured him a glass of water.

"I want tea."

Luo Damei waved her hand and didn't take it.

"Tsk! It seems that you plan to spend some time in our endocrinology department."

Huang Zhi clicked her tongue and smiled, and made him another cup of tea, "Old Lin sent you away?"

"Hmph! He said that the dermatology department can't see my baldness, so let me see the endocrinology department." Luo Damei snorted coldly.

After finishing speaking, he took off the wig on his head, stroked the smooth and hairless top of his head, looked at Huang Zhi, and said in a distressed tone: "Sister Huang, Lao Lin's medical skills are not good, and I can only rely on you to fill up my Mediterranean Sea." gone."

"puff!"

As soon as Huang Zhi turned around, she caught a glimpse of the shiny and slippery head, and couldn't help laughing, "Director Luo, Lao Lin is one of the top dermatologists in our country. If even he can't cure your baldness, then I won't be able to." There is a way."

"Old Lin said that my hair loss may be caused by endocrine problems, so I can only rely on you to treat it." Luo Damei shrugged and spread her hands.

"Then let me ask you, has your thyroid function declined?" Huang Zhi asked.

"No." Luo Damei shook her head.

"Is there hyperactivity?"

"No."

"Is the parathyroid or pituitary gland functioning decreased?"

"nor."

"Then why did you come to me? You are not the diffuse hair loss caused by the decline of estrogen levels in women during menopause; it is not the hair loss caused by polycystic ovary syndrome in young women."

Huang Zhi was speechless, and secretly scolded Lin Yubai for "kicking the ball".

"But I have no family history of hair loss, nor iron deficiency anemia, nor have I taken retinoic acid, terbinafine and other drugs that are prone to hair loss. How could I be fine and suddenly go bald? This is too Bald!"

Luo Damei slapped her thigh, wanting to cry but no tears.

"You'd better put on the wig first, so as not to catch a cold on the top of your head."

Huang Zhi kindly suggested, handing him the brewed hot tea, and asked, "Has Lao Lin done a hair stretching experiment for you?"

"Yes, it's negative, so it's probably androgenetic alopecia." Luo Damei nodded.

"Then has he prescribed any medicine for you?" Huang Zhi continued to ask.

"It's on. After taking finasteride for three months, it has improved slightly. At least it has maintained the shape of the Mediterranean Sea, and it has not completely turned into the Atlantic Ocean." Luo Damei nodded again.

"Then you continue to eat! Maybe if you eat for another three months, you will be able to grow new hair." Huang Zhi said.

"I ate it! It's been almost seven months now. It is reasonable to say that new hair should grow, but look, there is still no hair."

Luo Damei lifted the wig again, pointed at the bald head, and said tearfully: "I'm afraid this medicine doesn't work well for me. I also used it with topical minoxidil and lotion, but it didn't work at all."

"Um...then let Lao Lin use hair transplantation for you." Huang Zhi shook her face and suggested.

"Old Lin said no, because the hair quality in my hair supply area is too poor to be transplanted." Luo Damei's face wrinkled into a broken chrysanthemum.

"What about Chinese medicine? Have you visited a Chinese medicine hospital?" Huang Zhi continued to ask.

"I'm planning to go. If you can't cure me, sister Huang, I have no choice but to take off this white coat and go to another hospital." Luo Damei pouted.

"Go, go! Don't be shy, doctors sometimes get sick and see a doctor."

Hearing this, Huang Zhi immediately got up and pulled him up, then pushed him out, "I heard that the traditional Chinese medicine hospital uses plum blossom needles to treat androgenetic alopecia. It may be useful to you."

"When will the new director of your department come? Then I will go to ask him for advice. Hasn't he been abroad for a long time? Maybe he can provide some foreign methods to cure baldness." Luo Damei turned her head and said.

"Hurry up." Huang Zhi guessed.

"Well, remember to tell me when he comes back."

Walking to the door, Luo Damei straightened the wig on top of her head before leaving abruptly.

"It's strange to say that Director Luo was fine a few years ago, why did he become bald all of a sudden?"

Huang Zhi sighed, puzzled, then took out her mobile phone, and sent a WeChat message to Lin Yubai, director of the Department of Skin Cosmetology, "Old Lin, Director Luo's baldness problem, can't you cure it?"

"Sister Huang, we doctors are not gods, and we will also encounter difficulties and bottlenecks in our profession. Unfortunately, Damei is my current problem. To be honest, I have been treating him for more than half a year. But the effect was minimal, so I suggested that he go to your endocrinology department to see if it is a hidden endocrine disease." Lin Yubai replied.

"I haven't found out that he has endocrine problems for the time being, but if it's a hidden illness, I'm afraid I can only hold a comprehensive consultation for him and conduct an in-depth examination." Huang Zhi suggested.

"That's fine. I'll ask Damei for his own opinion. If he agrees, he can treat this issue as a new research topic. However, I am currently researching some cutting-edge treatments, such as autologous platelet-rich plasma injections and fractional lasers. , microneedling, and stem cell therapy, etc., can be selected according to Damei's physical condition."

"Then you should study it first. There is also the problem of freckles. Recently, more and more patients come to the endocrinology department to see freckles. We need to ask the administrative department to issue a statement to remind patients of some misunderstandings in seeing a doctor."

"Well, let me contact the administrative department for this."

After chatting with Lin Yubai, Huang Zhi walked out of the office and met a patient who came to treat freckles and questioned the doctor in the endocrinology department, "What kind of department do you want to see if you don't go to the endocrinology department for freckles? Isn't freckles caused by endocrine disorders?"

"Who cares about freckles and baldness? Go to the dermatologist first."

In the atrium garden of the hotel, Qiao Tan was sitting on a swing, hugging his laptop, and recorded the knowledge points he had summed up in catchy formulas, which he also remembered in his mind along the way.

"Freckles that are mistakenly thought to be caused by endocrine problems are actually caused by genetics and light exposure, especially in women and Caucasians. If one of the parents suffers from freckles, then the probability of the child inheriting freckles is half One, if both have freckles, the genetic probability is at least [-]/[-]. Luckily, my parents don't have freckles."

Qiao Tan touched his smooth cheeks, feeling very grateful.

"Ultraviolet rays can enlarge the shape of melanocytes, thereby deepening the color of the spots."

"Yao Yao!"

"Director Liu?"

Suddenly seeing Liu Yaxiu walking towards him with a smile, Qiao Tan hurriedly closed the notebook, jumped off the swing, ran to her in two or three steps, took her into his arms, and asked with a smile, "But is Grandpa Bai's condition improving?"

"Lao Bai's condition has long since stabilized, but he just needs a long recovery process. I came to you because I wanted to tell you the good news in person."

Liu Yaxiu patted her hand and said excitedly: "We can go home now!"