100 Divine Doctor In The Slum 3 (1/2)
Ganghyuk stood up quickly.
He left from where he was sitting although his patient was trying to say something.
Ganghyuk decided to go there because the patient in the other room would need urgent care.
It was the only time a doctor could or should ignore the patient in front of him.
”I am sorry, but I need to go.”
”Eo, sir.”
The patient was complaining about his back pain.
He laid on the futon with an unstable feeling.
Ganghyuk was about to lift his leg.
As the inspection gave him some pain, he frowned.
Ganghyuk thought he was complaining by mistake.
”Why are you frowning? I will come back soon.”
”Ye? No, sir. I feel pain, that is why I frown.”
”Ah, is it painful?”
”Yes, sir. It seems like needles are stabbing me.”
”So you feel needles.”
The test Ganghyuk executed was an SLR (Straight Leg Raising) Test.
It was usually done for patients with back pain.
If the patient experienced sciatic pain when the straight leg was at an angle between 30 and 70 degrees, then the test was positive, and a herniated disk was a possible cause of the pain.
It meant that it was not an easy case.
'I just did it as a routine, but he felt pain…'
Ganghyuk was moved by his examination habit.
Others could pa.s.s by this patient thinking of it as simple muscle pain, but he executed the SLR test and diagnosed the right disease.
'Oh yes, I am very good at this.'
As a matter of fact, it should be attributed to his professors or the senior doctors who gave him lessons on physical pains.
However, as usual, Ganghyuk attributed the merit to himself.
”Ok. Do not go yet, stay here. I must administer some more tests.”
”Yes, sir.”
While Ganghyuk spent several seconds for the conversation with the patient, he could hear shrieks from another room.
”Ak.”
It seemed he had extreme pain.
People from other building came and peeped inside.
When they knew it was Dongpa's patient, they were surprised.
”It is strange. He is an excellent doctor.”
”Yes, his medicine worked well.”
Ganghyuk could find a common trait from the people who said so.
All of them had a round face, and their veins are conspicuous.
Ganghyuk went to the room shaking his head.
'It is easy to be an excellent doctor by abusing steroid.'
In fact, there were such cases in modern medicine too.
After the publication of side effects from large scale studies, the abuse and misuse cases reduced.
If they do not have a base knowledge, they would not stop using it.
If it were not for acute side effect like this case…
Huk!
Ganghyuk opened the door where Donpa was seeing the patients. (It was supposed to be Ganghyuk's room.)
There was Dongpa at a loss and a patient who had pain.
”Stay, stay calm.”
”Aigo! I cannot stay calm. I cannot help it.”
They quarreled.
On the face, there were a few acupuncture, which did not work at all.
The pain of the patient stayed or worsened.
”Eum!”
Ganghyuk observed the patient first.
The old maxim that all diagnosis began with seeing still held truth.
Moreover, Ganghyuk did not have any special diagnosis tool in Joseon.
'Eum. He vomited.'
That was the origin of the odor. He vomited at the corner of the room.
According to Makbong, he vomited telling that his eyes were sore.
It was not usual.
”Dolseok. Get the book from Yeoju.”
”Which book, sir?”
It had been a long time since they came together. Therefore, Yeoju had made several books.
Most of the books were about operations Ganghyuk had made. The book Ganghyuk was looking for was another one.
It was the book containing the types of herbs and how to prescribe the said herbs he learned from Heo Jun.
Dolseok realized Ganghyuk was looking for that book.
The operations were from his head so why Ganghyuk would look for them?
”Ah, yes, sir.”
”Yes, quickly. You are slow these days.”
”No, sir.”
Dolseok rushed to Yeoju.
In the meantime, Ganghyuk continued his observation.
'Eum, he covered his eyes and head. With his facial expression, it seems he had more than an eight-point pain.'
Pain score was described as 1 to 10.
It was quite subjective.
This was decided by the doctor referring to the description of the patient.
It was quite accurate too.
Facial expressions and gestures are more honest than the language of the patient.
'If it was 8, it was not low at all.'
He might have the worst pain in his life.
Women have pain at 10 when they give birth to a baby.
However, men do not have such pain in their whole lives.
'Heum. Dongpa is a quack.'
Ganghyuk looked at the bowl containing the medicine.
Considering the smell, color, and scattered herbs around it, it was easy to guess.
The patient drank a bowl of steroid.
'I knew it.'
Ganghyuk came to the two and separated them.
Both of them protested in vain.
Comparing to Ganghyuk's body, they were cicadas on the oak tree.
Dongpa complained.
”Why are you doing this?”
”Eum.”
Ganghyuk looked at Dongpa with unpleased eyes.
He felt a little sorry earlier because he was not an urgent patient, and it was the first time for him to see Dongpa.
However, now he had a patient in an emergency.
Ganghyuk had no intention to apologize for his rudeness.
”Hey, Dongpa”
”Yes?”
”Do you know who I am?”
”Yes, I know.”