On April 24, at the Xi'an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy, leading his 9-year-old son Yangyang (pseudonym) out of the clinic of the specially appointed expert Wang Xiangnong, Li Hui (pseudonym) immediately called and reported the good news to his family in his hometown in Hanzhong. For Li Hui, meeting Wang Xiangnong, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, was like grasping a life-saving straw and giving hope to her son with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
4 critical illness notices a day, the mother knelt down and begged the doctor to "save the child"
As soon as he arrived at night, he complained of leg pain and repeated fever, and from August 2023, his son Yangyang's body continued to show abnormalities. Li Hui and her husband took the child to the county hospital for examination, white blood cells 184, platelets 22, hemoglobin 40, seeing such blood routine test results, the doctor told the couple to quickly take the child to the hospital, to the big hospital.
After moving from Hanzhong to Xi'an, in October 2023, after a series of examinations in a tertiary hospital in Xi'an, Yangyang was finally diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and a painful ordeal began in this small family.
Hyponatremia, hypocalcemia, gastrointestinal bleeding, respiratory failure...... After undergoing chemotherapy after chemotherapy, Yang Yang experienced multiple complications and his vital signs became weaker and weaker until March 2024, when he watched his son be admitted to the ICU, Li Hui experienced the darkest moment in many years.
"I can't see or touch my son, so I wait outside every day for the nurse to come out, but the answer I often get is that the child is not in good condition. Speaking of those days, Li Hui choked up and kept wiping her tears: "In the ICU for more than a month, 12 bags of blood and 16 bags of platelets were transfused, but the situation is still unstable. ”
March 15, 2024, let Li Hui never forget. From the evening of that day to the early morning of the next day, Li Hui completely collapsed after four critical illness notices: "I knelt down and begged the doctor at that time, saying that as long as I could save the child's breath, I would do everything I could to save my baby." ”
Fortunately, after treatment, his life was saved, but at this time, Yang Yang lost only 30 pounds. When she saw her son again and looked at the child's thin and blue limbs, Li Hui's heart was like a thorn: "Especially when he was lying there and couldn't move, looking at me with a pair of big eyes, it was very sad." ”
"Mom, I want to go home, I want to go to school, I want to eat good food, I don't want to see a doctor. On the third day of transfer to the general ward, Yangyang said to Li Hui.
Many parties asked for help from traditional Chinese medicine, and the indicators returned to normal after 2 weeks of treatment
The doctor told Li Hui that she could go to Beijing for a bone marrow transplant, but at the same time, there was a great risk and she might lose both money and money, which put Li Hui and her husband in a dilemma.
Helpless, Li Hui began to try various ways to ask for help, she posted the child's condition and experience on the Internet, hoping to get more people's attention, in order to find a glimmer of hope, one day, a netizen sent Li Hui a private message.
"The other party is a big brother, I didn't believe it at first, but he insisted on telling me that I could try Chinese medicine, and went to Xi'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy Hospital to find a doctor named Wang Xiangnong, he said that his child had the same experience, that is, through Dr. Wang's traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and now he is recovering well and is in school. Li Hui said.
So, with the mentality of giving it a try, on April 10, Li Hui and her husband took Yangyang to Xi'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy Hospital and found Wang Xiangnong. During the first consultation, Wang Xiangnong saw a child in a wheelchair, with no strength and no way to stand firm even with support.
Wang Xiangnong said: "Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a neoplastic disease originating from B or T lymphoid progenitor cells, with fever, bleeding, progressive anemia and bone and joint pain as the first symptoms. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, leukemia is a disease of fatigue, and the common syndromes include heat and poison blazing pattern, qi and yin deficiency pattern, qi and blood double deficit pattern, phlegm and poison coagulation pattern, etc., therefore, whether the syndrome differentiation is accurate and whether the medicine is applied appropriately is the key to the treatment of leukemia in traditional Chinese medicine. ”
After checking the pulse, Wang Xiangnong prescribed medicine for Yangyang's illness, and told Li Hui and his wife to avoid eating raw, cold and greasy food for their children.
According to the doctor's instructions, after returning home, Yang Yang insisted on drinking Chinese medicine every day, and two weeks later, Li Hui saw that Yang Yang, who had difficulty eating before, could eat normally, and his body also had the strength to turn over, get in and out of bed by himself, and go from standing unstable to insisting on walking for more than 1 hour, which made Li Hui pleasantly surprised.
"Others may not be able to see it, but as a mother, take care of him 24 hours a day, his changes, my father and I have seen it, just two weeks, there has indeed been a great improvement, the latest re-examination, white blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin values are within the normal range, really gave us a reassurance. Li Hui said with a smile.
Like a stern and gentle family member, my mother wrote sincere words to thank Dr. Xie
On April 24th, the couple took Yangyang to the hospital for the second consultation, although the contact with Wang Xiangnong was more in the exchange of consultations, but in Li Hui's heart, Wang Xiangnong has long been regarded as a family-like existence, she said that in the face of parents like herself, Wang Xiangnong's attitude and words will always reveal a little strictness, but in the face of children like Yangyang, he is always gentle and soft-spoken.
"I understand in my heart that Dr. Wang is doing this so that we parents can follow the doctor's advice, avoid detours, treat the child's illness seriously and correctly, and work together to cure the disease, but at the same time, he does not want the child to feel fear and fear, but wants to protect the child's heart. Li Hui said.
Now, Li Hui and his wife are relieved, after the second consultation, Li Hui walked out of the door of the hospital Li Hui was full of emotion, she wrote on social platforms: Dr. Wang said that there is no need to go to the bone marrow transplant, the haze in our couple's hearts has finally cleared, I am really grateful to Dr. Wang, it was he who rescued the child and gave the child a second life.
The exact etiology and pathogenesis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have not yet been fully understood, but existing studies have pointed out that genetic and family backgrounds, environmental exposures and acquired genetic variants may be related to the pathogenesis, Wang said. In particular, environmental factors such as ionizing radiation and certain chemicals (including benzene and its derivatives, alkylating agents, etc.) have been identified as potential triggers of leukemia. Therefore, it is recommended that you minimize long-term exposure to these harmful substances.
In this case, the patient Yang Yang had lived in a newly renovated residence before the diagnosis, and although there is no direct evidence that indoor formaldehyde exposure is the direct cause of his leukemia, the potential risk of formaldehyde as a carcinogenic and teratogenic substance recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) cannot be ignored. In light of this, it is recommended that you take proactive precautions to reduce the potential health effects of formaldehyde. This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining indoor ventilation, planting air-purifying plants, using activated carbon, etc., to effectively reduce formaldehyde concentrations and maintain a safe and healthy living environment. Although environmental factors may increase the risk of disease, the occurrence of ALL is often the result of a combination of factors, so in addition to avoiding known exposure to hazardous substances, overall lifestyle improvement and regular health check-ups should be focused on early identification and management of potential health risks.
Chinese business all-media reporter Chen Mengyang correspondent Gao Yayu