Crazy Psychologist

"Mu Chun, you convinced him so easily?" Fang Ming was a little surprised.

"Well, that's about it." Muchun smiled at Fang Ming, then held a cup to cover his face.

"What's going on with that ball of thread? Does Dr. Mu know?" Fang Ming put away his smile. Compared to talking about magic and the like, Fang Ming found it hard to find an explanation for such a strange thing appearing in the belly of a second-grade child.

"It's something like a stuffed toy, maybe a sweater or something like that. You have to ask the child himself." Mu Chun replied.

"Why did you eat these things by mistake?" Fang Ming and Shen Zifeng were shocked and couldn't understand.

"Because, there is a disease called [pica]. Although humans are omnivorous animals, they cannot eat everything. Mainly because of the long evolutionary process, we gradually understand what is good for our health. , what is bad to eat, what can be digested, and what cannot be digested. For example, you will definitely not eat this disposable paper cup after drinking coffee, because you know that you cannot eat that thing, or it is bad to eat it. .”

Shen Zifeng and Fang Ming nodded, and Fang Ming said: "Well, that's understandable. Of course I won't eat disposable paper cups, because I can't eat paper."

Muchun added: "You can't do it, but that doesn't mean others can't. Many people not only eat paper, but also eat sawdust, broken glass, hair, cement, old newspapers, books, dolls, and candles. , eat pencil lead, eat rubber, eat shoe soles.”

Shen Zifeng's eyes shrank smaller and smaller, and finally he simply closed his eyes.

Fang Ming was calmer, "I know that some children who lack trace elements will have symptoms of eating clods, but eating dolls and candles is too unbelievable."

"The daily work of psychosomatic doctors is to face these unbelievable things in the eyes of ordinary people, and to understand the scientific principles behind these unbelievable things."

When Muchun said this, Fang Ming almost wanted to give him a thumbs up.

"But," Fang Ming added, "how do you know?"

"What do I know?"

"[Pica], how do you know this word?"

"Ah? I learned this when I was a graduate student. Dr. Fang Ming, please don't laugh at me. If I can pick up the scalpel like Dr. Fang Ming and save living lives and beautiful families, I will I’ll like myself better.”

Muchun circled around, but Fang Ming had no intention of letting him continue to be confused like this.

"Dr. Mu, let's be serious. Isn't it true that there is a lack of trace elements or there are parasites in the intestines? Which groups of people are more likely to suffer from this [pica] problem?"

Fang Ming took out a small notebook with a gray cover from the pocket of his white coat. This move scared Mu Chun so much that he almost rolled from his seat to the bottom of the table.

"Doctor Mu? Where is Doctor Mu?" Shen Zifeng asked.

"I'm here, here." Mu Chun slowly floated up from the table and said, "Director Fang, just ask questions. What are you doing with a notebook? Do you want to record everything I say?" ? Don’t be like this, we are just discussing the condition. If you record it like this, if something goes wrong then, you can have conclusive evidence. It’s not good, okay?”

Fang Ming looked at Muchun's cowardly look and thought to himself that he probably really thought that Muchun had some kind of magic, but he was just trying to trick children.

So he put the notebook into the pocket of his white coat.

Muchun felt relieved now, so he answered Fang Ming's questions seriously.

"Early medicine did believe for a time that such diseases were caused by a lack of trace elements in the body or certain parasites in the intestines. In particular, abnormalities were found in some children with iron deficiency anemia and zinc deficiency. Symptoms of food addiction include eating dirt from the garden shed and treating it like chocolate.

After a period of trace element supplementation, the symptoms of iron deficiency or zinc deficiency were improved, and the problem of pica also disappeared.

So for a long time people have been accustomed to believe that pica is related to these two factors.

However, medicine is not always so static. Now medical opinions tend to agree that [pica] is closely related to human psychological factors. Especially for children, who are in a period of rapid physical and mental development. If parents neglect to take care of their children, the family environment is poor, or the child is autistic and has severe loneliness, it may lead to pica.

Children will gradually develop a habit of eating these things by accidentally putting food in their mouths. They know clearly that they cannot eat that thing, but they just can't control it.

If the child associates the swallowing of these 'foods' with certain expectations and inner desires or escaping from some reality, this swallowing behavior will be more difficult to change.

The main thing is, they always do it secretly. They feel uncomfortable if they don't eat them, and they develop an emotional dependence on these 'foods'. Over time, they eat them for half a year or a year, and many of them continue to eat them until adulthood. "

Fang Ming wanted to say something, but felt that he couldn't.

Shen Zifeng also felt the same. He was very flustered but didn't know what to say.

Finally, Fang Ming spoke, "Then do you know why Zhou Ming wants to eat?"

Muchun shook his head, "I didn't know he was [pica]. I don't have any doctor's magic, just..."

"Just what?" Shen Zifeng asked.

"I'm just analyzing the child's emotional and behavioral reactions. Well, I'll leave the rest to me. Although he has temporarily solved the problem of this mass through surgery, things like this will continue to happen in the future. , or even more serious problems, so my work has just begun.”

Muchun said seriously.

Fang Ming was amused by Mu Chun's serious look. He was used to Mu Chun's cynical look, but he didn't expect him to be so handsome when he looked serious. He really looked like a great doctor.

Shen Zifeng even praised him directly, "Dr. Mu, I also want to study psychosomatics."

When Fang Ming heard this, he slapped Shen Zifeng on the back. "What are you thinking about? Go downstairs."

"Would you like to go to Zhinan Affiliated to see Zhou Ming? I can help you arrange it."

Mu Chun saw that Fang Ming was a sincere invitation, so he nodded and agreed to visit Zhou Ming at the Zhinan Affiliation before he was discharged from the hospital. But more, Mu Chun hoped that Fang Ming would find a chance to tell Zhou Ming's mother, hoping that she could Come to the Huayuanqiao Community Hospital. After all, there is no mental and physical department in the Zhinan Affiliated Hospital. He can't spend a long time chatting with the patients' families in the inpatient department as a doctor from an outside hospital.