Just as Qin Jiang was about to take a short break, a couple walked in from outside.
The woman was supporting the man, looking very nervous.
The man, however, said with a look of impatience, “You don’t need to hold me. I can walk by myself.”
The woman said with concern, “How can you walk by yourself? You already fell at home. Don’t push yourself. We’re almost there.”
The woman finally managed to help the man sit down in front of the examination table.
“Hello, doctor. Could you please take a look at my husband? This is our ID. Just—”
The woman spoke very politely. You could tell right away that she was the educated, reasonable type.
Qin Jiang asked her to swipe the card on the reader, and the couple’s information immediately appeared on the screen.
The man’s name was Zhou You, and he was a community worker.
He was mainly responsible for managing security and order in the community.
The woman’s name was Yang Jiao, and she was a music teacher.
The two had been married for several years. They were just over thirty, approaching forty.
After looking over their personal information, Qin Jiang asked, “What’s going on? Tell me about it.”
Yang Jiao quickly said, “For a while now, I don’t know what’s been going on with my husband. His hand keeps shaking.”
“Look, even right now, his hand is still trembling. He can’t control it at all.”
Qin Jiang looked down and saw that Zhou You’s right hand was indeed trembling slightly.
Yang Jiao said uncertainly, “Doctor, do you think my husband might have Parkinson’s?”
“I read online that Parkinson’s is like this—uncontrollable hand tremors. If it really is Parkinson’s, what are we going to do from now on?”
As Yang Jiao spoke, her eyes had already begun to turn red.
For an ordinary family, the man is the pillar of the household.
If the pillar of the family collapses, life for that family will become very difficult in the years to come.
The viewers in the livestream room saw this scene and immediately felt moved.
“Getting medical treatment in our country is still too expensive. Poor people simply can’t afford to get sick. Once they do, it’s easy to fall into poverty because of illness.”
“Bro, you’re really talking without feeling the pain. Our country’s healthcare has already far surpassed many developed countries overseas, okay?”
“No way. I heard from others that hospitals abroad have really good technology. Look at those relatively difficult diseases—don’t rich people all go abroad for treatment?”
“You said it yourself—abroad only has better medical technology, but it’s expensive. You probably don’t know how long a medical bill foreigners get after seeing a doctor once.”
“Unlike in our country, minor illnesses can be handled at a clinic for just ten or twenty yuan. Only slightly bigger illnesses require going to the hospital, and even then it doesn’t cost much.”
Many people have a blind worship of foreign countries.
But there were still quite a few clear-headed netizens.
Seeing Yang Jiao so emotionally overwhelmed, Qin Jiang comforted her, “Ms. Yang, don’t get too worked up just yet. Hand tremors aren’t necessarily Parkinson’s. They could also be hyperthyroidism, or a brain condition, or a nerve problem. Anything is possible.”
“Huh?”
Hearing Qin Jiang say this, Yang Jiao froze, not knowing how to react for a moment.
The viewers in the livestream room all burst out laughing.
Qin Jiang was really something. Who comforts people like that?
But Qin Jiang was completely unaware that there was anything inappropriate about what he said, because he felt he was telling the truth.
Qin Jiang added, “Given his current hand trembling, it’s definitely not normal. That is to say, there’s definitely something wrong with his body.”
“But what exactly the illness is still requires specific analysis of the specific problem.”
“Besides the hand tremors, are there any other symptoms?”
Qin Jiang looked at Zhou You as he asked this.
He preferred to hear the patient’s own feelings. After all, the patient’s first-hand experience is the most valuable reference.
Zhou You said to Qin Jiang, “Doctor, I’m really fine. This hand trembling is probably just from moving things yesterday—I used too much strength, so it ended up shaking like this. It’ll get better after a while.”
Qin Jiang nodded.
“If you did use this hand to move heavy things yesterday, then that is indeed a possibility.”
“Many people have this kind of reaction after working out or exercising excessively.”
Zhou You immediately smiled and said to Yang Jiao, “See? Even the doctor says so. I told you there’s nothing wrong with me.”
Yang Jiao also hesitated.
“Doctor, is my husband really okay?”
Qin Jiang said, “I only said it’s a possibility. I didn’t say that’s definitely what it is.”
“My suggestion is still to do a detailed examination.”
Yang Jiao looked at Zhou You, seeming to be thinking about something.
Zhou You shook his head.
“Forget it, honey. Our daughter still needs a lot of money for school. My body can hold on for a few more years. There’s really nothing wrong.”
Yang Jiao ultimately made up her mind.
“No. Since we’re already here, we might as well get it checked while we’re at it.”
“Besides, if there’s really nothing wrong with your body, the examination won’t cost much anyway.”
Yang Jiao said to Qin Jiang, “Doctor, please give my husband a full-body examination—the more detailed the better.”
You could tell Yang Jiao really cared about Zhou You, otherwise she wouldn’t have said something like that.
However, Qin Jiang still patiently explained, “Generally speaking, we don’t have what you’d call a ‘the more detailed the better’ full-body examination here.”
“The kind of examination you’re talking about has many types, but they usually have a focus.”
“For example, some check the digestive system, combined with a basic blood test and urine test.”
“Some check the brain and heart.”
“Given your husband’s current situation, I’ll start by giving him a neurological and brain examination.”
After hearing Qin Jiang rattle off all this, Zhou You’s expression turned grim.
Because in his view, as long as he did all these so-called examinations, it would cost a lot of money, and he’d have to suffer through it too.
Zhou You instinctively felt some resistance.
However, just then, Qin Jiang said to him, “Come on, hold out your hand. Let me give you a simple check first.”
“Huh?”
Zhou You didn’t react in time.
“No need to go in for X-rays or anything?”
Qin Jiang said with a smile, “This is a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. Naturally, I’ll start by examining you the TCM way. Let me take your pulse first.”
“If there’s a problem, then of course further examinations will be needed. If there’s no problem, then you’ll save a lot of money too, won’t you?”
Hearing Qin Jiang say this, Zhou You became happy.
He cooperatively held out his hand and said with a smile, “Okay, okay. Thank you, Dr. Qin.”
Pulse reading is great!
Pulse reading doesn’t require any high-tech precision instruments, so it’s naturally not expensive—it might not even cost anything.
Zhou You quite liked this kind of examination and was happy to cooperate with it.
