Medical road ahead

"Happy Marionette Syndrome? Is it a disease?"

Tan Xiaojian tilted his head, feeling puzzled and curious about this unfamiliar word.

"Tell me about his situation carefully. Is he smiling all the time, as if he is very happy, and dancing with his hands?" Qin Xiao asked.

"Yes! Like this."

Tan Xiaojian nodded, imitating Gu Mingming's usual movements and expressions, shaking his head, clapping his hands and kicking his feet, while giggling.

"Has he ever had a convulsion? It's a whole body convulsion similar to epilepsy?" Qin Xiao continued to ask.

"Like this?"

Tan Xiaojian trembled his limbs, then stood up and walked tremblingly.

"It is."

Qin Xiao frowned and nodded, becoming more and more certain that Gu Mingming's child probably suffers from Happy Puppet Syndrome.

"Brother-in-law, isn't this an idiot's disease? The teacher and other children said that Gu Mingming is an idiot." Tan Xiaojian asked again.

"This is called Happy Puppet Syndrome. As the name suggests, the patient will be like a marionette, keeping a smile on his face at all times, but his limbs are uncontrollable, as if they are being lifted by a few invisible threads."

Qin Xiao explained patiently, then took out his mobile phone and found a video of a marionette to show him, "Do you think little Gu Mingming resembles this little puppet?"

"Huh, it's really similar, but Gu Mingming's movements are not so rigid, and the shaking is faster."

Tan Xiaojian stared at the video carefully, and slowly pointed out the similarities and differences between Gu Mingming and the puppet inside.

"Xiao Jian, you are a child with strong observation skills."

Qin Xiao reached out and touched his head, smiled and praised, then asked curiously: "Since everyone says that kid Gu Mingming is an idiot, why do you want to be friends with him?"

"Because he is very kind, he can't even step on ants. My sister said that kind people will accumulate blessings. Let me play with such children more often." Tan Xiaojian explained seriously.

"Reward."

Hearing these two words, Qin Xiao suddenly felt ironic.

Why did Gu Mingming get such a strange disease instead of being blessed?

Withdrawing his thoughts, Qin Xiao looked at Tan Xiaojian and asked, "Xiaojian, can you take me to meet little friend Gu Mingming?"

"Are you going to treat him?" Tan Xiaojian asked.

"That's right." Qin Xiao nodded.

"Then you can pick me up to go to kindergarten tomorrow, and I can bring Gu Mingming over to treat you." Tan Xiaojian suggested.

"Ok."

Qin Xiao Jieyi felt more and more that Tan Xiaojian was young and mature, more sensible and insightful than children of the same age.

"Happy Puppet Syndrome? As far as I know, the incidence of this disease is less than one in [-]. Is it a mistake? That child is just mentally retarded?"

After learning about this, Qiao Tan had some doubts. After all, the incidence of this disease in the world is only 1/40000~1/10000.

"Go and have a look and you'll know. However, I think my judgment should be right. What? Don't believe in my professional ability?"

After speaking, Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

"Isn't your major in endocrinology? When did you study pediatrics?" Qiao Tan asked with a smile.

"I studied it if I was interested. Young children are the flowers of the motherland, but many young children's diseases have not yet been overcome, such as this happy puppet syndrome, which is also a technical bottleneck in children's medicine." Qin Xiaoshen explained.

"Since it can't be cured, it won't be of much use if you go to see him. You can only help him relieve his epilepsy symptoms, and then let the teachers and parents pay more attention to that child, and let them take care of that child with special care." Qiao Tan said.

"That's exactly what I mean. I heard from Xiaojian that the child suffered a lot of discrimination in their kindergarten. From this point of view, the teachers and parents should not know that he has this disease." Qin Xiao expressed his speculation.

"So that's how it is. Let's call Dr. Zhang from the Department of Pediatrics tomorrow. He has rich experience in treating children with epilepsy." Qiao Tan suggested.

"I also want to invite Director Yang of the Department of Neurosurgery to go with me, because fundamentally, Happy Puppet Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by genetic abnormalities." Qin Xiao said again.

"Let Aunt Yang go to Xiaojian's kindergarten with us?"

Hearing this, Qiao Tan scratched his cheek, his expression became hesitant.

"Why? Afraid she finds out that we are dating?" Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"Neither"

Qiao Tan rubbed his hands, feeling confused.

"It's okay, we just need to be natural, we don't need to cover up, and we don't need to be naked." Qin Xiao said with a smile.

"naked?"

Qiao Tan frowned slightly, subconsciously thinking of the intimate kiss between the two last night, and then blushed and felt ashamed.

"Thinking about it again? It's working time now."

Seeing this, Qin Xiao bowed his head and whispered softly in his ear.

After finishing speaking, she quickly planted a kiss on her face, then backed away, "I'll see you at the door tomorrow morning."

"Hate!"

Qiao Tan held the place where he kissed, feeling hot, comparable to the Jiugongge last night.

"La la la"

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Xiao first drove to the hospital to pick up Qiao Tan, Yang Yang, and pediatrician Zhang Yao, then drove to "Spicy Huan", picked up Tan Xiaojian, and finally went to Little Sun Kindergarten.

When Tan Xiaojian saw Gu Mingming, he waved and ran towards him, while Gu Mingming greeted him humming and smiling.

At first glance, there is no difference between him and Tan Xiaojian, except that he is shorter in stature and his head is a bit smaller, but after a second look, he can quickly find that when he runs, his steps are unsteady, accompanied by trembling, He kept waving his hands, as if he wasn't tired. The most important thing was that he kept smiling, as if wearing a smiling mask.

"No wonder this disease is called Happy Puppet Syndrome. This kind of persistent smile makes people feel distressed!" Qiao Tan sighed with eyebrows fixed.

"Fortunately, although the disease cannot be cured, the symptoms can be alleviated with age," Yang Yang said.

"This child's symptoms are so obvious, why didn't his parents and teachers notice it, but thought it was caused by mental retardation?"

Zhang Yao was puzzled, and then asked, "Has this child ever had severe epilepsy?"

"I heard from Xiaojian that at least during the kindergarten period, it didn't happen, only mild epilepsy. Otherwise, no matter how careless the teacher is, he will pay attention to it." Qin Xiao said.

"Xiaojian, bring little friend Gu Mingming here, okay?"

Qiao Tan waved to Tan Xiaojian not far away.

Tan Xiaojian nodded to him, then pulled Gu Mingming and said: "Obviously, that's my sister, my brother-in-law, Aunt Yang, and an uncle doctor I don't know, they are all here to treat you. "

"But I'm obviously not sick!" Gu Mingming said with a smile, his head was still shaking back and forth, and his hands were still waving.

"You have puppet disease, which is different from ordinary diseases. Also, you are not an idiot. My brother-in-law said that what you have is not an idiot disease."

After explaining to Gu Mingming, Tan Xiaojian took him to several doctors.

Afterwards, Zhang Yao squatted down and gave Gu Mingming a simple examination, "We still need to take him to the hospital for a CT scan, an EEG, and a genetic test."

"All of these require the consent of his parents." Qiao Tan said.

"What are you doing?"

While several people were discussing, a middle-aged woman who looked like a teacher came over, "Excuse me, are you Gu Mingming's parents?"

"I'm Tan Xiaojian's cousin."

Qiao Tan took out his business card, introduced his colleague to the teacher, and explained why he came.

"I can only try to help you get in touch with Gu Mingming's parents, because they are working along the coast, and Gu Mingming's grandma has always been taking care of him."

After listening, the teacher showed embarrassment, "Actually, we have always suspected that Gu Mingming is suffering from some kind of pediatric disease, but..."

"But you think he's an idiot."

Qin Xiao stood up and interrupted him harshly.