441 Speechless (2/2)

Ling Ran had neither worked in the Outpatient Department nor participated in many consultations. He was relatively inexperienced when it came to making diagnoses.

However, Ling Ran did have a strong basic in diagnostics.

Back in university, he had always been at the top of his class in diagnostics. Now that he had obtained Specialist Level Physical Examination Skills, theoretically, he should have no problem diagnosing minor illnesses.

Truth be told, after working for so long in the treatment room and resuscitation room of the Emergency Department, Ling Ran had made quite a lot of diagnoses. It was just that he had not really diagnosed a patient during a consultation before.

When Ling Ran really needed to make a diagnosis, the Master Level MRI Analysis on Four Limbs, Specialist Level Ultrasonography Analysis, and Perfect Level X-ray Scan Analysis he mastered came in pretty handy.

However, parents were obviously a lot more open to physical examination compared to scans.

Ling Ran watched as the child lay on the gurney. He did not follow the usual protocol and carried out the physical examination from head to toe. Instead, he immediately extended his palm, which he had warmed up in his pocket. He lifted the young patient's shirt, placed his palm on the patient's belly and pressed it softly a few times.

”Ahh…”

Without hesitation, the child immediately started to wail in a frenzy without giving any consideration to his surroundings.

”Oh my, what-what's going on?” The child's father looked like he was about to cry too.

”Let me press it a few more times.” Ling Ran tickled the child's face with his other hand. He looked like he was tickling a cat.

The child continued crying, albeit less miserably.

Ling Ran took the opportunity to place his palm on the child's belly and pressed it again.

Even though the child's attention was focused on Ling Ran, he only hesitated for a few seconds before he started crying in frenzy again.

”Is it very painful? I'll be done soon, don't worry.” Instead of removing his palm immediately, Ling Ran pressed the child's belly a few more times.

Even though he was only at Specialist Level in his physical examination, it was enough for him to diagnose this child.

Besides, his one hundred times of abdominal anatomical dissection experience provided him with plenty of information right now.

Ling Ran was able to come to a tentative conclusion based on the tenderness of the patient's belly and how miserably he was crying.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

However, Mister Niu could no longer bear to see his child cry like that. He tugged at Ling Ran's sleeve and said, ”Doctor, my child's crying so badly. What are…”

”But he's not crying because his leg is in pain, is he?” Ling Ran turned to ask Mister Niu before pressing the young patient's belly a few more times.

The child's father froze. Even though this was a very simple question that was constructed based on logic, it was not an easy one to answer.

”If it's not because of pain in the leg, why is he crying, then?” The child's father immediately became anxious.

”There's a possibility of intussusception.” Ling Ran did not sugar-coat things. ”I'll fill up an ultrasonography authorization request form for you. Go ahead and get it done right now. You can't afford to delay this.”

”Oh… alright… okay…” The child's parents instantly started panicking. ”Erm… what's an intussusception?”

”In simple terms, it means that the child's intestines are stacked together, and parts of the intestine are folded into the sections immediately ahead of them. This disease is commonly found in infants and children, and it is a dangerous one.” When Ling Ran saw how confused the child's father was, he explained things in very simple terms.

”Is it very dangerous?” The child's father gulp. Even though he wanted the examination to be carried out as soon as possible, he could not help but ask, ”But how did it happen all of a sudden?”

”A child's intestine is only around six or seven meters, and their abdominal cavity is small. Hence, it's very easy for their intestines to be folded into the wrong space. This is especially prevalent in children who just started consuming solid food. Usually, children who suffer from intussusception are below the age of two, and the probability of it occurring in three-year-olds is slightly lower. That's why… proceed with the ultrasonography first.”

”Okay, alright.” After Mister Niu took a few steps forward with his child in his arms, he stopped again. He turned and said hesitantly, ”Do you think that this happened because we like to play the swinging game?”

”What do you mean by the swinging game?”

”It's like, my son likes it when I hold onto his legs and swing him around in the air.” As the child's father spoke, he flashed an embarrassed smile. ”Every time I swung him around in the air, he would laugh happily.”

After the child's father said that, he gazed at Ling Ran with widened eyes. ”Could that be the reason?”

Ling Ran was speechless. His father used to do that to him when he was young too...