Chapter 862 (1/2)

Is it ”vampire disease”?

Vampire disease, also known as porphyria, is a group of diseases caused by the lack of specific enzymes in heme biosynthesis pathway.

Heme is an iron containing pigment that participates in the composition of hemoglobin. There are many different enzymes involved in heme biosynthesis. Different enzyme defects can cause different porphyria, and then lead to a series of symptoms.

Clinically, it is also called purpura disease, which is divided into hereditary and acquired. It is mainly manifested in photosensitive dermatitis, abdominal pain and neuropsychiatric disorders.

However, porphyria was first discovered in the west, because patients were afraid of the sun and were diagnosed with ischemia. Some people mistakenly thought that taking blood could cure diseases, and then led to the story of vampires.

In fact, taking blood is not effective, but blood transfusion has a certain effect.

The main causes of porphyrin gonorrhea are drinking, estrogen, pesticides, dialysis or fatty liver disease.

But there are also genetic factors.

Guo Xiang talked to the patient's mother alone. She hesitated for a long time before being honest. She and her husband are cousins. They are close relatives.

I see. Xing Ming and Xu Wei looked at each other. It should be a genetic variation.

A woman's disease this time should be due to pregnancy. Too much estrogen in her body leads to the disease.

”If you want to make a diagnosis, just check your urine again.” Guo Xiang said.

Go back to the ward and take the patient's urine.

”How?” Xing Ming asked, this is the first time he has been exposed to this disease.

”If you put this urine in the sun, the color of the urine of normal people will become lighter after four hours, while the urine of porphyria patients will become darker. Dr. Xing, if you don't believe it, you can take out your urine and have a try. ” Guo Xiang said.

Xing Ming had a red face, but he still took urine. He really wanted to see if there would be any difference.

Put the urine in a transparent box and put it in the sun. They'll see it again in the afternoon. Sure enough, Xing Ming's yellow urine has become as light as water, but the patient has become as brownish red as soy sauce.

”Why?” Xing Ming asked.

”Because the porphyrin in the patient's urine reacts with light, it turns brown red.” Guo Xiang said that in this way, it is more certain that the patient has porphyria.

To confirm the disease, Guo Xiang discussed with the patient's mother-in-law and mother that pregnancy must be stopped immediately, otherwise the patient's disease will become more and more serious.

The patient's mother-in-law was very angry, ”divorce, divorce immediately, can't have children, and she's still a psychopath. This is cheating marriage!”

”In laws, we're not cheating on marriage. We didn't know our daughter had this disease before!” The patient's mother was in a hurry.

”I don't care. Anyway, we don't dare to have this daughter-in-law. Whatever you want to have an abortion, I'll call my son to divorce you tomorrow!” The patient's mother-in-law shook hands and left.

The patient's mother was very helpless. She didn't expect this. In the past, her daughter was a little delicate. She didn't expect such a serious disease.

But now it's like this. We can only beat the child first. The daughter's life is very important.

So Xu Wei gave the patient a palace clearing operation. The patient's condition was quickly controlled, and then he was supplemented with high sugar to reduce the production of porphyrin, so as to prevent recurrence.

After two days, the patient woke up and looked like a person who had nothing to do.

But she also knew her illness and that she wanted to divorce her husband. She was very depressed.

”Doctor, will my daughter get sick again?” The patient's mother was very worried.