Does Cao Cao really have a head wind disease? If it's not against the wind, what will it be?

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao's head wind disease has a long history and often occurs. He had an attack when he saw Chen Lin's crusade, and he also had an attack after Guan Gong was killed. Various treatments failed, and his counselor Hua Xin recommended the famous doctor Hua Tuo to him. After taking the pulse to see a doctor, Hua Tuo decided that Cao Cao's headache was rooted in his head. He had to anesthetize Cao Cao first, and then open the skull to take out the root cause-wind saliva, in order to cure Cao Cao's headache. Hua tuo's medical skill is trustworthy. But in the treatment of Cao Cao's head wind disease, Hua Tuo met the wrong person at the wrong time and place. First of all, during the Three Kingdoms period, people's scientific cognition was very limited. It's ok to throw a piece of meat with small arms and big legs, but they can't touch their heads. Secondly, before Cao Cao found Hua Tuo, Hua Tuo used to treat Guan Yu by curettage. Later, Guan Yu and Hua Tuo had a good personal relationship ... Cao Cao himself always had doubts. He heard from Hua Tuo that the method of this kind of operation is "with a sharp axe" (not to mention Cao Cao, Bian Xiao feels chilling every time he reads it).

Therefore, Cao Cao suspected that Hua Tuo wanted to avenge Guan Gong. He not only refused to let Hua Tuo treat diseases, but also arrested famous doctors and put them in prison until a generation of famous doctors died in prison. Does Cao Cao's head wind disease really need craniotomy as Hua Tuo said? Today may be inaccurate, because there are three other possibilities for Cao Cao's head wind disease. One possibility is migraine. Cao Cao suffered many head injuries. In Puyang, his head once blocked Lu Bu's halberd. Cut your hair instead of your head in the wheat field, cut your robe in Tongguan, and caught the first two colds. It is difficult for him to get a cold into his brain without feeling pain. In Hanzhong, someone was hit by an arrow, and the impact directly shook his head. These abnormal stimuli may be the cause of migraine. However, according to modern medicine, if it is migraine, there is no need to open the skull at all, and taking medicine can alleviate and cure it.

The second possibility is a brain tumor. This speculation is due to Cao Cao's frequent symptoms of dreaminess, auditory hallucination and hallucination in his later illness. In order to treat brain tumors, tumors can be removed by surgery. Hua Tuo has rich experience in treating diseases. After craniotomy, the specific location of the tumor can be completely determined. If Cao Cao's head wind disease is indeed a brain tumor, then Hua tuo may cure Cao Cao's head wind disease as long as the operation is smooth. The third one is not that simple. Cao Cao's head wind disease may also be cerebral cysticercosis. First of all, Cao Cao's head wind disease is intermittent headache, which has seriously affected his troops fighting; Secondly, it is said that Cao Cao was blind before his death. Third, Cao Cao's emotions are out of control, which is very consistent with the "madness" symptoms of cerebral cysticercosis. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao also probably suffered from cerebral cysticercosis. Because he likes to eat a bad diet called "Ai". It is to slice fish and meat, soak them in wine, dip them in various sauces and eat them directly raw. This way of eating is really delicious, but it makes Cao Cao easily infected with the parasite cerebral cysticercosis.

If Cao Cao really has cerebral cysticercosis, can Hua Tuo be cured? Bian Xiao first talked about how we treat cerebral cysticercosis today. The first thing to do is to carry out insect repellent treatment, which is to ensure that there will be no more eggs outside the brain. Secondly, it is to locate the position and number of insects in the brain. According to the position of the worm, it can be removed by surgery, but if the worm happens to be in an important functional area of the brain, such as the language center, there is no way to remove it by surgery.

In short, it is possible to completely cure cerebral cysticercosis today. However, during the Three Kingdoms period, no matter how superb and experienced Hua Tuo was, he had neither today's equipment nor today's technology. It can be said with certainty that if Cao Cao has cerebral cysticercosis, even if Hua Tuo really craniotomy Cao Cao's head, it can't be cured.

But in any case, Hua Tuo's spirit of exploration still deserves our study and respect today. However, in the face of treacherous Cao Cao, Hua Tuo's desperate "bipolar" spirit of "lifting the axe and beheading" needs us to take a warning.