"Could it really be hand, foot, and mouth disease?"
The people present, looking at Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun sitting on the main stage, and the solemn faces of judges like Song Chengqi, their eyes fixed with hatred on Yao Xiangming, who was smirking condescendingly below, knew he was deliberately causing trouble.
"It is indeed hand, foot, and mouth disease!"
Song Sinan, sitting in front of Wang Linzhi, agreed with Yao Xiangming's diagnosis.
However, Wan Yunting beside him raised an eyebrow. Regarding hand, foot, and mouth disease, although it was a very rare illness, based on the characteristics of Wang Linzhi's pulse when he had examined him earlier, it didn't seem like hand, foot, and mouth disease!
But at this moment, Wan Yunting was not sure, so he chose to remain silent.
"Doctor Gu also said that my illness is indeed hand, foot, and mouth disease."
Wang Linzhi did not feel the tense and strange atmosphere in the venue. He smiled at Wan Yunting and Song Sinan.
This was because when he had seen Gu Yuanbai previously, he had been diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease. As this case was very rare, Gu Yuanbai had arranged for Wang Linzhi to be the last and final patient to appear in today's medical duel.
"It really is..."
The physicians from the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, as well as the teachers and students from the Traditional Chinese Medicine University, who were watching, exclaimed in surprise when they heard Wang Linzhi's words. They began to whisper and discuss amongst themselves.
"Heh heh."
Yao Xiangming chuckled, looking at Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun sitting above with grim expressions, as well as Song Chengqi, Shen Tonghe, and the other judges. He then glanced sideways at Wan Yunting, who was deep in thought in front of Wang Linzhi, and Song Sinan, whose pretty face was cold. Yao Xiangming said with a smile, "President Gu, is this the person you intend to nominate as the Vice Chairman of your Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association?"
"If you can't even understand such a simple case, it seems the younger generation in the TCM circles of your Lingnan region are nothing special!"
As he spoke, Yao Xiangming turned back and said to Gu Yuanbai, who was sitting above with a grim face, "Why don't you, President Gu, disband the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association as soon as possible? My teacher said that as long as you repent and submit a statement to the entire TCM community, publicly admitting that your self-establishment of the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association was a mistake, my teacher will overlook your past transgressions and even allow you to continue serving as the President of the Huadu Traditional Chinese Medicine Association. What do you think?"
*Slap!*
"What did you say?"
Ding Huixiang, with his fiery temper, slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Yao Xiangming with wide eyes and roaring, "You want us to disband the association? You must be dreaming!"
"Hmph..."
Song Chengqi, Wei Datong, Zhang Fenglin, Shen Tonghe, and the others also cast cold glances at Yao Xiangming, letting out heavy snorts to express their stance.
Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun, sitting in the middle, had grim faces and looked coldly at Yao Xiangming. They were inwardly furious.
"Elder Ding, please calm down. Be careful not to upset yourself, it wouldn't be worth it."
Yao Xiangming adjusted his glasses, his narrowed eyes looking at Ding Huixiang with a calm smile on his face. He said, "I know you were invited by President Gu, and that's why you became elders of their Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association."
"But Elder Ding, Elder Song, have you ever considered that our Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association is the legitimate one, while the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association you have established is, at best, just a branch!"
Immediately, Yao Xiangming's expression sharpened, and his narrowed eyes stared directly at Gu Yuanbai, Jiang Yichun, Ding Huixiang, and the others sitting above. He said sternly, "To put it bluntly, you are traitors who have betrayed our Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked at each other in dismay, whispering and discussing amongst themselves...
Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun had grim faces, their old eyes fixed on Yao Xiangming below. Song Chengqi, Zhang Fenglin, Ding Huixiang, and Meng Kang looked at each other in silence.
"President Gu, you must think carefully!"
Yao Xiangming looked at Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun and said with a smile, "Once your association is established, you will be permanently separated from our Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association!"
"At that time, all the benefits and privileges you currently enjoy will be terminated, and you will be restricted through various channels, preventing you from expanding nationwide, confining you only to your small Lingnan region!"
"Therefore..."
Immediately, Yao Xiangming turned around and said loudly to the physicians and teachers and students from the Traditional Chinese Medicine University present, "Those of you present also need to think carefully whether you still want to consider joining the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association!"
"This..."
For a moment, many of the physicians from the association, as well as teachers and students, exchanged glances, looking at each other in dismay. They could only whisper, not daring to retort.
Because they all knew that the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association controlled the entire Chinese TCM world!
Take the students of Huadu Traditional Chinese Medicine University as an example. For them to graduate, they would need a certificate issued by the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association before they could graduate and be assigned to work in hospitals across the country.
If the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association were to truly cancel this certificate now, it would mean restricting the graduates of Huadu Traditional Chinese Medicine University, depriving them of the opportunity to work in other hospitals across the country.
For a moment, there was silence in the venue. Even the physicians who were considering applying to join the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association were now swayed by Yao Xiangming's words.
Although Gu Yuanbai had raised the banner of the future of Chinese medicine by establishing the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association!
But everyone understood that the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association was the entire Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, controlling various vital lifelines. If Sima Wentang truly intended to blockade them, he would certainly not make it easy for the Lingnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
"You're wrong, you're wrong!"
At this moment, Wan Yunting, who had been sitting there the whole time, suddenly looked up at Yao Xiangming standing beside him and said, pointing at Wang Linzhi sitting in front of him, "He doesn't have hand, foot, and mouth disease!"
As soon as he said this, everyone present seemed unable to react. Yao Xiangming was no exception. He turned to look at Wan Yunting and sneered, "Are you questioning President Gu?"
Wan Yunting shifted his gaze away from him and said to Gu Yuanbai, "Elder Gu, I suspect he might have Fabry disease!"
"Fabry disease?"
Everyone present looked at Wan Yunting with astonished and confused expressions.
Even Yao Xiangming raised an eyebrow and said, "Do you know what Fabry disease is? How dare you jump to conclusions?"
Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun raised their eyebrows, looking at Wan Yunting with full of confusion, because ordinary people did not know what Fabry disease was!
Fabry disease is actually an X-linked inherited metabolic deficiency disease. Most patients have gene mutations or deletions, leading to glycolipid metabolism disorders.
This disease is more common in male patients, with the initial symptoms being peripheral nerve involvement, manifesting as rash spots on the hands and feet. Severe cases can lead to kidney failure, limb edema, and renal anemia. There can even be cardiovascular lesions, leading to hypertension, coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and other symptoms.
The most fatal aspect of this disease is damage to the central nervous system, which can cause early-onset ischemic stroke, mainly affecting the posterior circulation, and mental symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and hallucinations.
In summary, Fabry disease is extremely rare, with a global patient population of only over five thousand. Most of these patients are foreigners, and it is extremely rare in China.
Therefore, most people present had only read about it in books but had never seen a patient with Fabry disease. This included elderly TCM practitioners like Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun, who had practiced medicine for most of their lives, and had never encountered a patient with Fabry disease.
So everyone expressed skepticism about Wan Yunting's assertion that Wang Linzhi might have Fabry disease!