Chapter 571? Teresa Teng's real cause of death
Chen Xia did not blame the pediatricians for the irregular medication, because this was caused by the limitations of the times.
Because even in European and American countries, the mainstream treatment of asthma in 1986 was the same, both adults and children.
But as a rebirth, especially a rebirth who has mastered advanced treatment plans and medicines in later generations,
If you cannot make some contributions to pediatrics, and watch children become ugly, and you will be troubled by diseases for a long time, or even die helplessly because of untimely treatment, then how can you bear it?
Yes, asthma can kill people, and the most famous one is Miss Teresa Teng.
There are many versions of Teresa Teng's death on the Internet in later generations, such as conspiracy theories. After her death, she had a slap on her face, and she was beaten to death by the French boy's domestic violence.
Of course, the mainstream view believes that Teresa Teng died of asthma attack in a hotel, tracheal spasm, and finally suffocated.
In fact, the real reason is not just asthma attacks, but Teresa Teng’s lack of standardized and reasonable use of asthma drugs.
Because she has the old habit of asthma, she will carry a "albutamol inhalation aerosol" with her wherever she goes.
This is a bronchodilator. When each attack occurs, the trachea is immediately expanded and the spasm can be relieved immediately. Asthma patients often carry it with them and use it as a life-saving drug.
But this medicine has the biggest disadvantage, which is that it will cause resistance if used alone for a long time, that is, the effect will become worse and worse. The patient used to spray it once, but later it may have to spray it repeatedly many times.
Teresa Teng is actually the same. When she had an attack in the hotel that day, she didn't fall directly in the corridor and no one saw her.
She still sprayed "albutamol inhalation aerosol" repeatedly as usual.
As a result, the life-saving drug became a murderer. Due to the repeated use of "albutamol inhalation aerosol" in large doses, it caused serious side effects - heart rhythm disorder.
In addition, there was a poor traffic on the way to the hospital for treatment and serious traffic jams, which delayed the best treatment time and finally died.
This was not something Chen Xia made up, it was said by Academician Zhong Nanshan and Zhong himself, because he was an old friend of Teresa Teng’s attending doctor and knew first-hand information.
Therefore, in terms of asthma treatment, not only should there be medicine, but also standardized treatment after the medicine is available. Both are indispensable.
What makes the little girl in the pediatric ward sadly is that there are no special medicines now, so the little girl has to use dexamethasone and antibiotics to treat it.
Teresa Teng’s sorrow is that she has medicine, but she does not use the medicine regularly and eventually dies of asthma attacks and side effects of the medicine.
Asthma, with global industrialization and intensified environmental pollution, has been quite high in the following decades.
Take the Chinese nation as an example.
According to a paper in the later generations of The Lancet, the prevalence of asthma among people aged 20 and above in China is 4.2%, and the total number of patients reaches 45.7 million. Is this a shocking number?
It is equivalent to the total population of a country in Spain.
The incidence of asthma in children is also quite high. For example, the prevalence rate of asthma in China was 1.02% in 1990, and by 2000, it had increased to 3.02% by 2010.
Basically, the overall situation is showing a trend of gradually increasing and the prevalence rate increases. Of course, there are different nationwide. For example, the relative incidence rate in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other regions is relatively high, reaching about 7%.
The incidence rate in Qinghai and Tibet is relatively small, only about a few hundred percent.
That is, the more developed the economy is, the higher the prevalence of asthma patients. Does it have anything to do with environmental pollution?
So from a medical perspective, from a clinical practicality, or from the economic benefits of Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company.
From now on, reverse asthma drugs are all great things that benefit the country, the people and money.
There are actually only a few medicines for treating asthma, such as leukotriene drugs, glucocorticoids, β2 receptor agonists, and a mixture between them.
By then, Chen Xia had all done reverse drug engineering and applied for patents, so this piece of fat would be eaten on his head.
Not to mention anything else, the monopoly of the two drugs, stomach disease and asthma, is enough for Chen Xia to become a giant, because the audience of these two diseases is too large, and more patients means more money.
For some rare disease drugs, only a few patients are using them nationwide or globally. Research is a huge cost. Research cannot generate economic benefits after research, or it may simply be sky-high-priced drugs.
For example, in recent days, a hospital fee receipt of 550,000 yuan from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University has attracted attention online.
The invoice shows that a 1-year-old girl was hospitalized for 4 days until August 21, and spent 550,000 yuan.
Among them, the bed fee is 620 yuan, the laboratory fee is 930 yuan, the nursing fee is 80 yuan, the examination fee is 1,555 yuan, the diagnosis fee is 120 yuan, and the Western medicine fee is 550,177.2 yuan.
Then the bad media began to join forces with parents, criticizing the hospital for charging random fees and crying that it is expensive and difficult to see a doctor. These reporters were as excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.
As a result, what is the price? The price is that the child has a rare disease "spinal muscular atrophy", which requires a special injection of nucinatin sodium. The drug is sold at 550,000 yuan in China.
This is the only special medicine, and the use is also agreed by parents. This medicine is imported.
As a result, the disease was cured and the parents thought it was expensive, so they went to the media to complain. The bad media acted as moral judges without investigation.
The focus of this incident should be that "nosinar sodium" is 550,000 yuan per injection.
But there is no way. The R&D costs are so expensive, and the number of users is still so small. If the unit price is not increased, the cost cannot be recovered. What can I blame?
The hospital was extremely unfair.
Then I'm still a little bitchy. Can I not treat you in the future?
Of course, from a politically correct perspective, rare patients also need effective treatment, but the question is, are you the boss of a pharmaceutical company, are you willing to do such a loss-making business?
Don’t forget that your company is not yours alone, but is responsible to the board of directors and all shareholders, and it is not possible to generate electricity just by love.
Wait, it seems that I have gone too far, so the camera returns to the pediatric ward of Yuezhou People's Hospital.
Chen Xia picked up the stethoscope and listened carefully. The little girl had obvious wheezing, but the Sanfu sign was not obvious, so her condition was temporarily controlled.
Chen Xia put away the stethoscope and said to Director Liu and his parents:
"Pumpkin Vine has recently developed a brand new drug for treating asthma, with fewer side effects. The key is that it will not become fat, black and ugly after use. Do you want to try it?"
When Liu Shumei heard this, her eyes lit up.
She knew the strength of the Pumpkin Vine Laboratory very well. She usually envied the luck of the gastroenterology and urology department, which made them become a big dog owner in the hospital all at once.
Today, Chen Xia suddenly said this, does it mean that he wants to create benefits for pediatrics?
Before she could speak, the little girl on the hospital bed suddenly shouted:
"Uncle, if you use the new medicine, will you really not become fat, black and ugly? I want to use it, I don't want to hang the injection, I want to use the new medicine."
Parents are confused. Where did the little doctor come out? Suddenly, there is a new drug. How about it? Do you treat my daughter as a guinea pig?
Chen Xia was wearing a mask, and the parents did not recognize her.
Yao Yinping quickly introduced: "This is Vice President Chen of our hospital, not a young doctor."
"Vice President Chen? Chen Xia? Is that Laoshan combat hero?"
When Chen Xia heard this again, the embarrassing cancer immediately occurred. He quickly nodded politely: "I am Chen Xia."
The child's father slapped his thigh: "Since it's Chen Yingxiong, we'll look at you, just try to use it."
Chen Xia rolled his eyes after hearing this, why don’t you say that you are the hero Hua? Huh haha.
Liu Shumei was very excited: "Xiaoxia, you, can we learn your new medicine and new therapy?"
Chapter completed!