Chapter 2865: with translation of chapter title

2770.2663 Knowing it's toxic, still ate.

"A Bite of China, have you watched it?" Su Yun asked.

Feng Jianguo shook his head; although he hadn't watched it, he also knew this famous program, but he didn't know what relation poisoning had to that program.

"A Bite of China 2" talked about the deliciousness of wild honey, but in June of the year after it aired, villagers in a certain village in Fujian collected their own wild honey and shared it with neighbors, resulting in 19 people poisoned, 3 deaths. The oldest victim was 83, the youngest only 1.

"..."

Three people died, Feng Jianguo instantly felt that his whole self was not well.

Difficulty breathing, accelerated heartbeat, the Function of alveolar gas exchange was somewhat restrained.

But he had some Doubt about what Su Yun said; the words 'domestic' and 'wild' seemed contradictory.

"The wild bees have been nesting at that villager's house for some years, and the family often eats the honey, yet nothing happened." Su Yun said mysteriously.

"Um..."

"Hurry up and speak, don't keep us in suspense." Zheng Renye was also curious; he urged with a slight disdain.

"Finally discovered it was the honey from the Gelsemium plant." Su Yun said, "The wild bees here collect pollen from Gelsemium to make honey, but it tastes a bit bitter, so that family rarely eats it. This isn't because they saw the program saying it's delicious, so everyone thought it was just a matter of taste, and they consumed too much at once."

Such a thing is really gossip, Zheng Ren shook his head. Influenced by psychological suggestion, performing some action is quite common in normal people.

"Later, after testing, it was found that this honey that poisoned people contains pollen from Gelsemium and Bo Lu Hui, and the concentration is high." Su Yun said, "This is gossip, and has nothing to do with Feng Brother and Director Dong."

"..." Feng Jianguo felt helpless inside, it's irrelevant yet you say so much, this isn't just scaring yourself, is it?

"As mentioned before, mad honey disease, this punning illness, originates from Turkey; we rarely see it domestically. Turkey has planted vast areas of azalea near the Mediterranean, and the wild bees there collect honey containing super-high concentration of grayanotoxin." Su Yun said, "After eating it, you won't have your reactions; death will come quickly."

"Later, after research, it became clear that such incidents rarely happen."

"Um... Xiao Su, what is that? I've never heard of it." Feng Jianguo's skin is thicker than Director Dong's, and being familiar with Boss Zheng and Su Yun, he just asked directly.

Grayanotoxin exerts its toxic effect by binding to sodium channels, preventing inactivation and keeping cells in a depolarized activated state. Binding of grayanotoxin to sodium channels produces neurological and cardiac symptoms, including burning sensation in the mouth, drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, and sensory abnormalities, as well as headache, muscle weakness, and blurred vision.

Your symptoms basically match; plus there's no ST segment change, reversible atrioventricular block, and narrowed QRS waveform, making speculation not difficult. Zheng Ren said.

"Mm, Boss is right." Su Yun said, "Director Dong used atropine, let's wait and see. After 24 hours, if the symptoms completely disappear, that proves the diagnosis."

"Should we test the honey?" Feng Jianguo asked.

"Take the honey for testing? Feng Brother, you know many people." Su Yun laughed: "Anyway we're not eating it anymore; as long as we get better, that's fine."

Feng Jianguo thought, whoever gets sick knows it themselves; not testing to have a clear idea always leaves one uneasy.

I've seen recent reports; it seems the number of grayanotoxin poisonings is increasing again. Zheng Ren said.

"Huh? Is Turkey selling that honey again?" Su Yun said doubtfully, "I've tried it once, just a drop in alcohol. Drinking a cup makes me dizzy and vision blurred, directly entering a tipsy state."

"Why are you so curious, can this stuff be eaten?" Zheng Ren asked.

"I didn't know back then; just heard friends say it's a good thing from Turkey, a drop can make you tipsy. They say many old Russians take a spoonful at a time, and many just never wake up." Su Yun said.

"..." Zheng Ren was quite speechless about this behavior.

Feng Brother, don't disbelieve; I ate it once and then researched. In ancient Greek times, when the Roman army invaded the Black Sea region, the locals used this mad honey to lure invading enemies; soldiers who ate it became poisoned, fainted, died, greatly reducing combat effectiveness. Su Yun said.

Mm, that does exist. In our country we more often encounter Nepalese wild honey. There it's not azalea, but the mechanism is similar. Zheng Ren said.

Feng Jianguo, listening to Boss Zheng and Su Yun talk, understood the matter clearly, with some feeling.

Usually these two people need to gossip a lot to know so much useless stuff.

If you say it's related to medicine, it indeed is. But which Specialty doctor would go research wild honey, mad honey disease; just hearing it sounds unprofessional.

"Director Dong observed for 24 hours, don't eat the honey." Zheng Ren said, standing up and laughing: "No problem, I estimate not eating honey will have you better soon."

"Mm." Director Dong nodded his head.

"Slow down, don't drip the IV." Su Yun said, "Feng Brother is fine, the last episode of atrioventricular block on the ECG has disappeared."

"Then we're leaving." Zheng Ren said, "By the way, Feng Brother, Xiao Cao's Shou Bing was well done."

"Oh?" Feng Jianguo knew it should be Boss Zheng leading Xiao Cao in the Shou Bing, but receiving such praise from Boss Zheng also made him somewhat happy.

"Today's Shou Bing was done by Xiao Cao himself, went very smoothly, Shou Bing completion degree was very high." Zheng Ren used the term "Shou Bing completion degree," which Feng Jianguo was relatively unfamiliar with, to describe it.

However, this term isn't hard to understand; Feng Jianguo hehe smiled and said, "I'm also thinking of finding time to let you guide Xiao Cao's Endoscopic technique."

"Sure, if there are relevant patients, I and Xiao Cao can team up and do it twice." Zheng Ren said while walking to the door, he turned back and continued to urge, "Don't eat the honey..."

Having just said four characters, he was pushed out by Su Yun: "Why are you so long-winded? You already said it's toxic; if you eat again, won't your brain just get waterlogged?"

"You're not eating it either, despite it being toxic." Zheng Ren laughed and then left the Gastroenterology Surgery.

"Boss, just now when I came back with Feng Brother, I received an email from Bota." Su Yun said, "I didn't have time to look closely; I just glanced at it—after Xiao Shitou took the medication, Reduction of tumor cells in his blood, but his breathing difficulty slightly worsened."

"Hmm?" Zheng Ren drew out the syllable, then quickened his pace toward the ward.

I think it's possibly a normal drug side effect; Reduction of tumor cells in the blood is already good news.

Xiao Shitou's situation is more complicated, I worry there might be other problems.