Every time a case is mentioned, the brows of the orthopedic doctors present furrow a bit more. These situations are too common, so common that they are encountered almost daily in the orthopedic outpatient department.
"These patients have similarities with Ms. Lin: the pain is real and significantly affects their lives; routine examinations cannot diagnose textbook-defined diseases; the explanations and advice they receive are often vague and ineffective," Yang Ping said slowly. "We often use descriptive diagnoses like sub-health, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and fasciitis to categorize. But these labels are more symptom collections than etiological diagnoses. They may comfort some patients but offer limited help in finding an intervenable cause for precise treatment."
Xu Zhiliang moved his lips wanting to speak but didn't dare to, fearing he would stammer, and so he chose not to say anything.
