BEIJING - Le Le stumbled into the second-floor treatment room and immediately slumped into the nearest chair. His forehead was dripping with sweat after climbing the short flight of stairs.
"Fine, fine," he gulped between breaths, as doctors and nurses asked him how he was feeling.
However, as a 10-year-old boy weighing 155 kilograms, the boy is far from fine. But he's trying. After less than a month of treatment at Beijing Huakang Hospital, he has already shed 10 kg and medics say they have seen a marked change in his mood.
"He's a lot more open and willing to talk to us," said Niu Guichen, a doctor in traditional Chinese medicine who began treating Le Le on Oct 3.
"He used to just lie in the chair and make no effort to communicate. Now he brings us candies and plants."
As well as putting him on a strict diet, Niu sees his patient five times a week for acupuncture and light stretching exercises.
Like most 10-year-olds, Le Le at first pulled every trick in the book to get out of the treatments - crying, screaming for his mother or fidgeting so much that the nurses had to give up. But the youngster has become increasingly calm during his visits.
His change in attitude has been especially encouraging for his parents, who were becoming increasingly concerned about their son's health: He has already developed a fatty liver and doctors say he runs a high risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.
"He's a lot more active and looks happier. Losing that 10 kg has really boosted his confidence," said his mother.
She said that her son started gaining weight when he was one year old.
"Everything we did to try and help him lose weight either had no effect, or was too expensive to keep up or the boy refused to do it," she added.
"Fine, fine," he gulped between breaths, as doctors and nurses asked him how he was feeling.
However, as a 10-year-old boy weighing 155 kilograms, the boy is far from fine. But he's trying. After less than a month of treatment at Beijing Huakang Hospital, he has already shed 10 kg and medics say they have seen a marked change in his mood.
"He's a lot more open and willing to talk to us," said Niu Guichen, a doctor in traditional Chinese medicine who began treating Le Le on Oct 3.
"He used to just lie in the chair and make no effort to communicate. Now he brings us candies and plants."
As well as putting him on a strict diet, Niu sees his patient five times a week for acupuncture and light stretching exercises.
Like most 10-year-olds, Le Le at first pulled every trick in the book to get out of the treatments - crying, screaming for his mother or fidgeting so much that the nurses had to give up. But the youngster has become increasingly calm during his visits.
His change in attitude has been especially encouraging for his parents, who were becoming increasingly concerned about their son's health: He has already developed a fatty liver and doctors say he runs a high risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.
"He's a lot more active and looks happier. Losing that 10 kg has really boosted his confidence," said his mother.
She said that her son started gaining weight when he was one year old.
"Everything we did to try and help him lose weight either had no effect, or was too expensive to keep up or the boy refused to do it," she added.
Source: Asia One
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