Chapter 2139: with translation of chapter title

After waiting more than ten Minute, Zheng Ren showed not the slightest impatience.

He was very patient, like an experienced hunter, tightly staring at his prey. His gaze gathered, bright as a star.

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The young patient's snoring sound showed the expected change.

The rhythm of snoring changed, the duration of breath cessation lengthened. Zheng Ren did not move, while Su Yun tapped the timer already prepared on his phone.

10 seconds……20 seconds……30 seconds……1 Minute……

The young patient still did not gasp for air after holding his breath for a full one Minute.

Zhang Weiyu's account is clearly problematic; it's not 50 seconds, but rather he had not started breathing even after 1 Minute.

However, this is also normal; when sleeping groggily in the Evening, one's estimate of time is definitely inaccurate.

As the snoring faded, no other sound came from the TV; it was eerily quiet.

The private room was filled with the aroma of mutton soup, but no one paid attention to that; the duration of breath cessation of the young person on the TV was surprisingly long, tugging at hearts.

One and a half minutes, the young patient still had not breathed.

Through the low-resolution image, his lips could be seen turning bluish-purple.

Zhang Weiyu was now a little panicked.

It wasn't originally intended to use video to observe his sleep, but coincidentally Blood Pressure Increase occurred, and he died of cerebral hemorrhage.

And I was about to…… actually witnessing the entire process of a person's death.

For the doctors present, witnessing a person's death from start to finish is nothing unusual; but for Zhang Weiyu, a businessman, it will become a future nightmare.

After another 10 seconds, the young worker at Maoyangdian still had not breathed.

The slight bluish-purple on his body had turned into deep purple.

Director Wei wasn't wearing glasses, so he couldn't see clearly; he rubbed his eyes hard, changing angles.

"Old Kong, is it turning dark purple?" Director Wei asked softly.

Director Kong stared without blinking and nodded.

This is…… snoring rarely directly causes death by asphyxiation; it's a simple scientific principle.

When oxygen deprivation reaches a certain level, the body sends out a self-protection signal, "waking" itself. After that, the young worker at Maoyangdian will resume breathing on his own.

We understand the principle, but it's shocking to see a person who was snoring loudly one second and then lying motionless as if dead the next.

This is…… too strange.

Medical theory collides with intuitive feeling, and many directors have a question in their minds: could it be that he died……?

What is written in books and what we see before our eyes are absolutely two completely different concepts.

After another ten seconds, the deep purple on the young worker at Maoyangdian had become heavy; Director Wei could see it even without changing angles, from the low-resolution TV image.

Zhang Weiyu panicked, picked up his phone, preparing to call that side.

Don't just watch him die helplessly; that would truly become a lifelong nightmare.

"Don't move." Zheng Ren watched the TV screen, but also noticed Zhang Weiyu's movement; the young worker at Maoyangdian's limbs twitched slightly, and he immediately stopped Zhang Weiyu.

"……" Zhang Weiyu held the phone in his hand, his palm full of sweat.

The young worker at Maoyangdian's limbs trembled and spasmed with increasing frequency, like he was having a seizure.

After only a few seconds, his body jerked violently, then he drew a deep breath, which came out as snoring.

I go……

Everyone stared, dumbfounded.

As they are all senior doctors, nobody is unaware that the longest possible cessation of breathing during snoring can be up to 2-3 Minute.

But that after all is just theory from books; over the years, as long as one's bed partner does not snore like that, one has never actually witnessed it.

Even if one's beloved snores that way, they have long slept in separate rooms; either one cannot see it, or one wakes him early, making it utterly impossible to watch a living person suffocate himself into turning purple.

Too frightening; although several senior directors are well-informed, their hearts also started pounding.

A blind little deer bumping around in the heart.

Afterwards, the young worker at Maoyangdian began to turn over, as if unable to find a comfortable position, constantly rolling.

The purple on his body gradually faded, but the damage caused by the oxygen deprivation during that period permanently affects the organism.

A single injury might not be large, but accumulated over time it will eventually cause fatal damage.

Such harm is merely caused by the everyday common snoring; its ultimate manifestation is hypertension, stubborn hypertension.

"Hypoxemia, constant tossing and turning, agitation." Su Yun said.

"Sweating began on the body, mainly the upper chest, related to the hypercapnia caused by increased respiratory effort and apnea due to airway obstruction." Zheng Renye also said.

Hypoxemia, hypercapnia—this life‑threatening diagnosis, even Zhang Weiyu knows the situation is serious.

After looking for several Minute, he again experienced a prolonged cessation of breathing, but this time the duration was relatively short, still under 1 Minute.

This young worker spends the night not knowing how many times he will struggle between life and death.

"Alright, turn it off." Zheng Ren said, "The diagnosis of sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome should be fine. It has a 45% chance of causing high blood pressure, and antihypertensive drugs have limited effect."

"Has the coronary artery CT been done?" Su Yun asked.

Zhang Weiyu shook his head in confusion.

Sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome—such a long, complicated name—he had to work hard to remember it.

Adding to his earlier worry that the young worker at his own Maoyangdian old shop would suffocate himself, he now feels a bit dazed.

"Let's get one checked." Zheng Ren said, "Hypoxia-induced damage to the coronary artery endothelium, lipid deposition in the blood vessel intima, and increased blood viscosity due to raised red blood cell count also make coronary heart disease a significant possibility."

"Oh oh." Zhang Weiyu, regardless of the cause, just needs to remember the tests that Zheng Lao Ban said to do.

"Has the kidney Nuclear Magnetic Resonance been done yet?"

"Yes, why not." Su Yun said, "What if it leads to a pheochromocytoma?"

"……"

Zhang Weiyu was speechless; won't it be that unlucky?

Actually, it's not that unlucky; it's just snoring—who would have thought it would cause cerebral hemorrhage and stubborn hypertension?

"Let him come to my side." Director Zhang said, "Polysomnography probably can't be done in the county seat, not even in a tertiary hospital of a typical prefecture-level city. Don't bother, just come directly to me."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Weiyu replied repeatedly.

Polysomnography is also called sleep electroencephalogram.

Its main use is in sleep and dream research, as well as the diagnosis of depression and sleep apnea syndrome.

It's said that nowadays someone uses polysomnography to study dreaming; the connection therein, Zheng Ren can't really grasp.

However, he also didn't intend to figure it out; being able to do polysomnography on Director Zhang's side is already the best. Otherwise, diagnosis would be quite troublesome.