"Okay, I can do it..." Not long ago, Yan Lixia, who had been suffering from illness for four years, tremblingly stood up from her wheelchair with the help of her husband, and faced the medical staff at the Jinan City Chinese Medicine Hospital with a tearful smile.
Yan Lixia, 30 years old this year, is from Yanjia Village, Huihe District, Jiyang Town, Jiyang County, Shandong Province. In 1998, she began to feel severe discomfort throughout her body, with unbearable pain in her ribs and both hip joints. Over the next four years, Yan Lixia's condition progressed from being able to stand and walk despite the pain to complete paralysis in bed. Her height of 1.58 meters shrank to less than 1.30 meters, and her weight dropped from 59 kilograms to 28 kilograms.
Last summer, after learning about Yan Lixia's condition, doctors at Jinan City Chinese Medicine Hospital believed that Chinese medicine should have an advantage in treating similar difficult and complicated diseases, so they admitted Yan Lixia for free diagnosis and treatment. After systematic examination upon admission, it was found that Yan Lixia had dozens of pathological fractures throughout her body, accompanied by injuries to multiple organs such as the kidneys, liver, stomach, and myocardium. A simple turn could cause a fracture at any time, making her condition extremely rare and complex.
Through expert consultation, Jinan City Chinese Medicine Hospital concluded that Yan Lixia was suffering from an "undifferentiated connective tissue disease" and should be treated with an integration of Chinese and Western medicine. Along with medication, acupuncture and moxibustion therapies were used to fully leverage the rapid efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion and the regulatory effects of Chinese medicinals, aiming for remarkable results. After nearly five months of careful treatment and conditioning, Yan Lixia no longer felt pain, all laboratory indicators returned to normal, multiple organ injuries completely recovered, and fractures healed, entering the functional stage of convalescence. Even more joyfully for her and her family, her height increased by 12 centimeters, her weight increased to 47 kilograms, and she was able to stand up with the help of her family.
Yan Lixia has achieved the first step of recovery—standing. The doctors' wish is for her to gradually regain the ability to live independently.Health Guide News
2003.01.16