108 Infectious Disease 2 (2/2)
Yeoju turned her head away and did not paint it at all.
”Let's see.”
Ganghyuk rolled the pants of the patient down and looked inside.
The man tried to stop him, but he did not have any strength.
He was totally helpless.
Ganghyuk could not see it anyway, because it was too dark.
'I cannot help it.'
If he were alone, at least if there were Heo Jun and Heo Im, he would run away.
Anybody would think of running away.
It was a dirty job to handle somebody's diarrhea.
'Goodness.'
But the two doctors looked at him enthusiastically, so he could not ignore the patient.
Ganghyuk put his hand into his pants.
He got some of the lump inside.
Even though he wore gloves, he did not feel good as he had to touch somebody's dung.
Ganghyuk's face looked like a devil because of anger.
There was only one man who could be a victim.
”What are you doing there? I need gauze.”
Dolseok became victimized.
He felt that it was unjust but it was just a moment.
”Do you see what I hold?”
Ganghyuk gestured to throw to him what he held in his hand.
Dolseok would not like to be hit by somebody's dung at all.
”I am getting it done, sir.”
”Quickly… It is dropping.”
”Yes, sir.”
Dolseok quickly opened the bag and found gauze.
”Good.”
”Eo, I am not…”
”What?”
”No, no sir.”
As Ganghyuk hurried to place the thing in his hand on the gauze, some of it went to the Dolseok's hands.
Dolseok removed dung from his hands and retreated.
”We can see it very well here.”
”Yes, it is best to see on the white background.”
Ganghyuk took off one pair of gloves and answered.
He quickly observed it.
'There is not mucus or blood.'
There was some reddish secretion, but it was too red.
It could not be enterohemorrhage but blood from a.n.u.s.
As he made s.h.i.+ts more than 20 times a day, it could happen.
'It is almost liquid.'
What the man had said was confirmed.
His s.h.i.+t looked like a pee, although it came from his a.n.u.s.
'Heum'
Ganghyuk could think of some diseases that could make diarrhea.
But he had not experienced it before when he was in the hospital.
Korea in the 21st century is an advanced country and it was not probable for diarrhea to be pandemic.
Thus, Ganghyuk had to think hard.
'Considering that there are so many patients, it is not from toxin.'
It must not be by staphylococcus.
It usually happens when they have young radish Kimch together.
It was impossible for food to make such a pandemic infection.
'It must be someone washed himself/herself in the stream after he/she vomited or s.h.i.+tted. Others must be infected by the discharge.'
Then it should be by virus or germs.
He did not know exactly what caused the disease.
”Do you know what it is?”
Heo Jun and Heo Im examined the s.h.i.+t, too.
Heo Jun tried to find something inside.
But the information was very limited.
In Joseon, they could cla.s.sify it as hard, soft or liquid.
They did not know that diarrhea itself has a lot of varieties.
”Em. I could guess roughly but it is not 100% clear.”
”Oh”
”I need more time.”
”Yes, of course.”
Ganghyuk thought again.
He tried to remember what he had learned and memorized for the exam.
'The most famous diseases in this group are… Dysentery, typhoid and cholera.'
It must not be dysentery.
If it were dysentery, there should be blood and mucus in the s.h.i.+t.
It should not be watery like this.
'Typhoid? No, it is not.”
Ganghyuk touched the patient's stomach and forehead.
If it were typhoid, there should be spleen enlarges and rashes.
He did not have high fever, either.
'This fever can come from dehydration.'
Then, there is only one left.
It is Cholera.
'Yes, it is. I am sure.'
Watery diarrhea, exhaust, vomiting, nausea, and stomachache…
Most of the patients showed the same symptoms.
When Ganghyuk arrived at the conclusion, Dongpa shouted again.
”Don't give them anything.”
”Patients say that they are too thirsty.”
”If they eat or drink, they will pee and s.h.i.+t. Don't give them anything.
”Yes, sir.”
Ganghyuk was angry.
He ordered not to give anything to the patients stricken by cholera.
The internationally standardized remedy of cholera is oral fluid therapy.
”I need to remove him first.”
”Why is that?”
”These patients will die if they don't drink. It is not the disease that he might think.”
”Do you know what it is now?”
”Makbong, Dolseok and Yeoni. Let's go.”
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