The biggest characteristic of patients suffering from schistosomiasis is a big belly, and it is an extremely huge belly that feels like it is about to burst.

But except for the huge belly, the patient's whole body was thin everywhere, and his limbs were as thin as a numb pole. The whole person looked weird.

That’s why the common people call it “potbelly disease”.

With this disease, women will lose their fertility, men will lose their ability to work, and the whole person will be disabled.

Rural people can survive by earning work points. If they lose their ability to work, the village will at most provide them with some relief food, but in the end they will either die of illness or starve to death.

Therefore, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our country has paid special attention to schistosomiasis, and every county has established a "Schistosomiasis Control Station".

A large-scale schistosomiasis eradication campaign is organized every year. While mobilizing the masses, major medical institutions send a considerable number of doctors to the countryside.

Doctors need to bring their own bedding and food, eat and live in the countryside, and stay there for half a month or a month. It is definitely not a good job.

The employees of the People's Hospital are nothing but pitfalls. Where can we get so many clinicians to go to the countryside?

Besides, this kind of big battle is just a formality. That era of passion has long passed, and now everyone is completing the task.

Therefore, this job is mainly held by intern doctors or doctors on the margins of the department.

The mission to go to the countryside was arranged by Qi Damin of the Medical Education Department. None of the college students went, and all 20 interns from the health school went to the countryside.

After Chen Qi received the notice, he didn't have any objections. So what if he didn't? Interns have no status, so they can do whatever the teacher says.

Besides, he also found it quite interesting to go to rural areas for ten days and a half. Now that spring has come, the flowers are blooming, so he just thinks of it as a trip.

In addition to 20 intern doctors, the hospital also transferred 30 additional junior doctors. Under the leadership of Wang Guangzhi, director of the hospital's infectious disease department, they were concentrated in the regions and then uniformly arranged to go to the countryside.

For rural areas in the plains, all boats are boarded at Chengbei Bridge and then transferred to other places.

Chen Qi was assigned to the mountainous area, Hengluli Commune, located below Pingshui District. His group included Lan Lijuan, Bian Hongen, Ma Xiaona, Li Sujuan, Wang Shinong, Ding Bitao, and Yin Jigang.

He didn't know why it was such a coincidence that Lan Lijuan was in the same group with him again. After asking, it was all arranged by Teacher Wang.

In the big truck, Chen Qi lay on his back on his quilt, humming a song and swaying left and right with the car:

"The king asked me to patrol the mountains. I went around the world, played my drums and gongs, and life was full of rhythm. The king asked me to patrol the mountains, and caught a monk to make dinner. The water in this mountain stream is incomparable.

Sweet."

Before the song was finished, Lan Lijuan, who was not far away, vomited.

"Hey, Lijuan, is my singing so bad? You won't vomit, right?"

Bian Hongen rolled her eyes at Chen Qi: "Squad leader, you didn't see that Lijuan is motion sick."

Chen Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard that, then he rummaged around in the bag for a long time and took out a few sour plum candies:

"Come on, Lijuan, it will make you feel better if you take a piece of sour plum candy. Next time you get car sick, tell us earlier. There is still a long road ahead, and we probably won't be able to get there in an hour or two."

Lan Lijuan felt a little better after she vomited it out, and waved her hands feebly: "Thank you, I can't eat anything."

Wang Shanong stood on the bus stop, looking at the vast mountains and feeling a little confused:

"Do you think we have a connection with the mountains? We are from the mountains ourselves. Even business trips are arranged in the mountains. Please don't come to the mountains for work assignments next month."

Chen Qi didn't take it seriously: "What's wrong with being in the mountains? All kinds of little animals are so cute. Are you not satisfied with eating wild game every day?"

Ding Bitao laughed out loud: "People in the mountains eat sweet potatoes every day, are you satisfied with this? By the way, second brother, what is this big bag of yours?"

Chen Qi opened the sack and pulled out a pair of rain boots:

"Come on, come on, a pair of rain boots for each person. This is a friendly sponsorship from the squad leader. You are not allowed to refuse. I tell you here in advance that when you go to Hengluli Commune, you must wear rain boots when going to places with water. You must not go barefoot in the water.

Go.

Another thing is that everyone brings their own kettles. We boil water by ourselves every morning. The boiling time cannot be less than 15 minutes, otherwise it is impossible to completely kill the larvae and cercariae of Schistosoma. We must protect ourselves when we go out.

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Teacher Fang, who was leading the team, looked at it and shouted exaggeratedly:

"Wow, your squad leader is so kind to you. He has thought of everything for you. It's great."

Lan Lijuan was a little worried: "Squad leader, these rain boots cost a lot, we can't let you pay for them alone."

"It did cost me a lot of money, but I can afford it, so you can't live up to my good intentions. If you get potbelly disease when you go back, you will have to explain in this life that our future is the stars and the sea.

Don’t capsize in the gutter.”

The classmates were very moved, but the young man was thin-skinned and even holding his rain boots told himself in his heart that Chen Qi was a lifelong friend.

The big truck was still swaying until it reached Pingshui Town. When it was time to get off the commune, there was no main road in the mountains.

The staff of Hengluli Commune were already waiting with their bullock carts. Chen Qi and the others, led by teacher Fang Ruonan from the prevention and treatment center, turned the carts and continued their journey. By the time they arrived at Hengluli, it was already afternoon.

The commune cadres are obviously not very interested in this kind of movement, but they still pretend to be very friendly on the surface:

"Welcome, welcome, the doctors from the People's Hospital are welcome to help us mountain people eliminate schistosomiasis. Thank you for your hard work. Let's take a rest today and start the publicity work tomorrow."

Fang Ruonan waved his hand:

"Director Yang, I don't have time to rest when I take students today. I have to take them to the commune health center to see the schistosomiasis patients, so as to impress the children behind me."

Director Yang rubbed his hands: "Okay, let's go to the health center first. I know you are coming today, and the health center has organized a group of schistosomiasis patients."

Chen Qi has never seen a schistosomiasis patient, nor in any of his Xiaze villages. There may be some, but he has not seen them, so he is still curious.

The other students from rural areas all looked indifferent. Which village does not have schistosomiasis patients? Everyone is not surprised.

In the courtyard of the health center.

When Chen Qi finally saw the patient with a big belly lying around and basking in the sun, the visual shock was beyond mention.

He quietly touched the person in charge of the commune health center: "Dean Zhao, are these patients ineffective in the treatment with praziquantel? How come it has developed so seriously? This is all malignant ascites in the late stage of cirrhosis."
Chapter completed!