Synopsis : It follows Fan Chang Yu, a butcher’s daughter, and Xie Zheng, a fallen noble seeking revenge. Their fake marriage turns into true love, but war tears them apart. Determined, Fan Chang Yu wields her butcher’s knife on the battlefield, searching for justice and her husband. Meanwhile, Xie Zheng reclaims his title, fighting to protect his country and love. Reunited in battle, they stand together, defying fate and uncovering the truth. (MDL)
Genre : Historical, Mystery, Romance, War
Warning ! Possible spoilers below !
Xie Zheng
Ep 1 : (08:15) Unconscious buried under the snow, barely alive, carried, brought to a home, bleeding heavily, given medicine — (14:45) Looked after — (20:35) Woke up, weak — (Flashback) (22:00) Fighting, spitting blood — (Present) (23:45) Coughing, hit on his back, spitting blood, passes out
Ep 2 : Still very weak, using a crutch, arm in a sling
Ep 3 : Still weak and recovering
Ep 4 : (02:55) Helping in a fight while still being heavily injured, in pain, concern for him — (06:25) Wound reopened, treated
Ep 5 : (03:35) Wound treated, medicine applied, in pain, lots of scars shown on his back — (11:45) Body wiped with a wet cloth
Ep 6 : None
Ep 7 : (04:50) Pursued by enemies, hiding, bandaging a new wound — (07:30) Fighting injured, stumbling, weak, keeps fighting, cut — (10:30) Bleeding, on one knee, tells his loved one to run and leave him behind, keeps fighting, hit, spitting blood, saved, collapses, concern for him, carried, unconscious — (20:10) Wakes up after a nightmare, fed medicine — (32:35) Using strenght while injured — (39:25) Weak, spitting blood, passes out
Ep 8 : (01:45) In bed unconscious — (Flashback) (09:15) Fighting injured, falls from cliff
Ep 9 : (17:00) Found unconscious, concern for him — (Flashback) (19:25) Fighting, injuries reopen, bleeding heavily — (Present) Wakes up, weak
Ep 10-16 : None
Ep 17 : (04:35) Slapped
Ep 18 : (40:45) Very worried, crying
Ep 19-21 : None
Ep 22 : (41:55) In battle, cut, bleeding
Ep 23 : (03:50) Injured, concern for him
Ep 24 : (20:40) Bandage bleeding, in pain — (24:30) Still bleeding through, weak, resting in bed, reunited with his loved one, in pain — (36:45) Looked after, wound cleaned and treated, spitting blood, concern for him
Ep 25 : (06:10) Looked after — (09:25) Cleaned, looked after — (41:55) Is willing to take punishment instead of his loved one
Ep 26 : (24:20) Drugged, passes out, carried — (33:15) Wakes up, ears ringing, vision blurry, cuts the palm of his own hand to fight the drug effect
Ep 27 : (02:10) Identity discovered, crying, slapped, pushed
Ep 28 : (03:50) Cuts his arm
Ep 29 : (Flashback) (28:45) Arm injury discovered, concern for him, medicine applied, wincing in pain
Ep 30-35 : None
Ep 36 : (15:00) Whipped 108 times, back bloody, in a lot of pain, laying on the floor, concern for him, helped up — (31:00) Helped to walk, in bed, bandaged, looked after — (37:00) Crying
Ep 37 : (17:15) Drugged with an aphrodisiac, cuts the palm of his hand, dizzy, fighting, walking unsteadily, found, concern for him, burning up, out of it, flushed — (27:15) Still drugged and out of it, knocked out — (41:30) Still weak and flushed
Ep 38 : (0:25) Still under the effect of the aphrodisiac drug, helped to walk — (09:30) Wakes up from a nightmare
Hanguang-jun knew A-Yuan would never be as unrestrained as Wei Ying once was. Even so, he could not bring himself to subject the boy under the full severity of the Gusu Lan Sect’s discipline. Somewhere, there had to be a middle ground. Just enough structure, balanced with the freedom for A-Yuan to simply be himself. What Hanguang-jun had not anticipated was how quickly time would slip through his fingers. One day, A-Yuan was just tall enough to swing from his arms; the next, he was far too big for it. When had children started growing up so fast?
Can you do something about fevers? Like their progression, causes, and symptoms as they get worse?
*sighs* you know you’re a nursing major when the index directs you to page 1,941 to answer a question…. anyway….
Also this is a super ass-long post that I’m ridiculously happy about. Be prepared.
And if anyone can find a good picture for this post, I’m coming up empty.
There, I’m done, enjoy!
Introduction:
The human body is basically a protein, fat, and mineral vessel made up of symbiotic chemical processes that have come together for the purpose of… well, as far as we can figure, continuing to run those chemical processes. Meaning of life. You’re welcome. Now, somewhere along the line, evolution figured out that the best temperature for the majority of those particular human chemical processes to take place was between 36.5C and 37.5C, because those within that parameter tended to live and reproduce more often than those who didn’t. Most of the rest of the gene pool died off.
Nature likes efficiency.
Somewhere along the same line, evolution also figured out that the ability to temporarily raise that temperature in response to certain stimuli (pyrogens) gave us a better chance of fighting bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that might seek to do us harm (called pathogens), thus also allowing us to live longer and make more little chemical reaction vessels.
Current thought is that the increased survival is because some of those human chemical processes (like the kind necessary to fight infections) actually work better at slightly higher temperatures, and at those same temperatures, toxins produced by those pathogens aren’t as effective at causing us problems.
Still with me?
Fever occurs when the body detects something called a pyrogen. Pyrogens are chemical messengers that, when present, tell the body that something is wrong that might be helped by turning up the heat. Sometimes this is purposeful (we evolved to recognize the coatings on some pathogens as pyrogens) and sometimes accidental (medications and poisons can also act as pyrogens by coincidence (turning up the heat probably won’t help, but worth a shot)).
Other pyrogens come from inside the body as a result of inflammation. This can be because of tumors, a prolonged diet of white sugar/flour, damage to blood vessels, bad sunburn or other tissue damage.
Whatever the trigger, the part of the brain that sets temperature (the hypothalamus) reacts to the pyrogen by “setting” that temperature higher.
Now, with that temperature set higher, your body goes “oh $#*%, I’m too cold!” And promptly does everything it would do if you were actually hypothermic (see this post for info on hypothermia). First, it makes the blood vessels near the surface of your skin smaller so they lose less heat (and make you feel really cold so you pile on clothes/blankets and curl up). If that doesn’t work, and you’re still “too cold,” you begin to shiver, which further raises the temperature. Between these two processes, the body can pretty efficiently reach the new “set point.”
That’s a fever.
Now, only in super duper limited circumstances are true fevers actually dangerous. Uncomfortable, maybe, and the body ends up burning more calories and using more water to maintain them, so hunger and dehydration become a problem more quickly, but because they’re entirely controlled by the “set point,” they’re typically not going to get so high on their own that they start being detrimental to life.
Hyperthermia, on the other hand, is pretty awful and definitely needs treated ASAP. Hyperthermia is not a fever. Where a fever is a higher temperature because the brain’s temperature set point is higher (brain is in control), Hyperthermia is where the body’s cooling systems have failed and body temperature gets too high despite a “normal” set point (external forces (hot tubs, dehydration on a really hot day, stroke, certain medications different from those above) are in control).
Now, The Part That Might Actually Help You Write About Fevers:
How fevers present:
Fevers come in cycles. A body develops a fever, has the fever, gets rid of the fever. One “fever cycle” is known as a febrile episode. Certain fever-inducing problems may have one long febrile episode, several febrile episodes, or may have a specific pattern of febrile episodes (different disease processes have different fever patterns).
One Febrile Episode:
The Chill Phase: The first phase of a fever is called the “Chill Phase.” In the chill phase, the person feels very cold, their skin is pale and they may or may not be shivering (baseline temperature –> peak temperature)
The Fever Phase: The fever phase is when the person’s temperature has reached the new set point. At this point, the person feels neither hot nor cold, but may feel thirsty, weak, achy and generally sick. Their skin is hot and flushed (peak temperature –> peak temperature). If the fever hits about 40C during the fever phase, neurological symptoms start to occur- most commonly because of dehydration and electrolyte imbalances (this is seriously the main reason. Not kidding. Drink fluids when you’re sick). These include drowsiness, restlessness, delirium (difficulty concentrating, mood swings, anxiety, euphoria, behavioral changes like becoming combative or particularly withdrawn, irritability, nightmares, hallucinations). Seizures may also occur, especially in children. Cerebral nerve cell irritation due to temperature can cause similar problems, but not as commonly.
The Crisis Phase: During this phase, the person feels warm and flushed and becomes extremely diaphoretic (sweaty). This is another period where the person may experience severe dehydration (peak temperature –> baseline temperature).
Treating Fevers:
The interesting thing about fevers is that the general population assumes that they are super dangerous and need to be treated super aggressively. This is great for you as a writer, because it is yet another way you can freak your characters (and audience) out without putting them in serious medical danger. Honestly, if the fever is under 39C, it doesn’t need treated. If its over that, the goal is to get it under that. Completely eliminating a fever isn’t going to do much good, and if your story is in a lower resource environment, it will just deplete supplies much faster.
That being said…
The first thing a character needs is comfort/prevention of further symptoms. If the fever is below 39C, give them lots of water. It will make them more comfortable and reduce their chances of having worse neuro symptoms if their fever gets higher. If they’re hungry give them food, and if they’re not, get some kind of drink with calories and electrolytes (sports drinks or clear supplement drink (especially if the fever has been going on for a few days and they still haven’t eaten)).
But say the fever gets higher than that? Here’s what your supporting characters can give/do:
Antipyretic medications: These medications help move the set point back down. They work for fever, but not for hyperthermia. They also may make a person more comfortable, because they’re painkillers (aspirin and ibuprofen will reduce inflammation as well). Examples:
Acetaminophen
Aspirin
Ibuprofen
Acetaminophen and ibuprofen can be given at the same time.
Mechanical cooling: These are more effective for hyperthermia, but are only very temporary measures for fever.
Bathing a character in slightly warm or tepid water
Dressing a character only in very light clothing/blankets
Placing a fan in or cooling the character’s room
Cold or ice water baths will actually make things worse, because while they lower external temperature, they encourage shivering, which raises core temperature and is just really, horribly uncomfortable for someone with a fever (Winchester the Younger can’t get a break, can he?).
Antipyretics are a good starting point because they are treating the biological cause of the fever. Mechanical methods will only work for very short periods of time, and like I said, they’re usually uncomfortable for the character (unless this is what you’re going for, then be my guest).
R E F E R E N C E S
Craven, R. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing: Human health and function (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Lippincott, W. (2013). Brunner and suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health.
So I actually had this explained to me by my Thailand moot. Cause it confused me. Where I'm from it rains all the time and ya, you just do your thing. However, because it's basically tropic weather, where the air stays hot all year long, the flu/covid season tends to peak with the heavy monsoon rains. And can make you feel extra cruddy.
But the weather in Thailand and Korea is vastly different. True, in Thailand it's warm all year round, but Thailand is almost on the equator, while Korea is far closer to the North Pole. The average temperatures in Thailand throughout the year are between 70° and 95° F. In Korea it's much closer to the climate of the states at the center of the US. The temperatures average between 21° and 85° F. So the same rules don't apply.
Alright as someone who grew up being told "get in out of the rain, you'll catch a cold" and who STILL regularly tells people "you better change out or you'll catch a cold", let me try and shed some light on this seemingly mass obsession eastern dramas seem to have with "the rain" and "catching a cold".
This got long - skip to the bottom for the tl;dr.
First off - is there a scientific basis for this? Well, not really. Yes, there is a link between the weather and the flu, where the flu season often coincides with cold and wet weather, and various ideas as to why viruses transmit more easily then. But there isn't much evidence to show that the act of being rained on itself somehow predisposes you to getting sick (unless you are immunocompromised).
So, if we know that, then why do we still make comments like that? And why do shows keep showing them? Most explanations fall somewhere along the line of "the rain/being wet lowers your body temperature, which lowers your immunity level, so you get sick more easily from the pathogens in rain water", which sounds like a reasonable explanation to arrive at if it hadn't already been refuted by Western medicine.
Eastern medicine however, much of which is based off of traditional chinese medicine (TCM), is a whole different story. It's an incredibly huge topic and most people will have heard of some concepts but have zero clue about them because why should they gaf when Western medicine works so well? Still though, these ideas linger in our cultural memory. My advice is DON'T try to understand it with Western medicine concepts. Your brain will break, and I swear I am not insulting your intelligence.
This is a gross oversimplification but in TCM, good health is when everything in and around you is in some form of balance. You get sick when this balance is disrupted and your body cannot right that balance. This disruption can begin internally, or externally - one of which takes the form of "external pathogens". Pathogens are not viruses/bacteria in TCM. There are 6 of them, all environmental - Wind, Cold, Summer-Heat, Dampness, Dryness, and Fire. Gentle reminder, your brain will break if you try to understand this with the western concept of medicine. STAPH.
The concept of Qi/Chi is also important here - sometimes translated as life-force, sometimes as vital-energy and sometimes just as breath. Qi is in us and around us, it moves and it can be transformed. One of the manifestations of Qi is in Protective Qi, or Defensive Qi, which functions like a layer that covers every inch of our body and wards off Pathogens. So, when you get caught in the rain or stay wet too long - your Protective Qi can weaken, and it may weaken to the point where the Pathogen Cold invades your body.
Now look at that explanation again - "the rain/being wet (external pathogens) lowers your body temperature, which lowers your immunity level (protective qi), so you get sick more easily from the pathogens in rain water (external pathogens)". This explanation is a result of the mixing of the (often poor) general knowledge of TCM - which is culturally ingrained in places like Korea, Japan, HK, Taiwan, Thailand etc - and the general knowledge of Western medicine. People are using Western terminology together with TCM concepts.
Tl;dr - it's an eastern medicine thing.
(Obligatory disclaimer - traditional medicine differs in each country, but ultimately they all share many similarities)
Whumpee : Seo Hwi played by Yang Se Jong and Nam Sun Ho played by Woo Do Hwan
Synopsis : Set during the end of the Goryeo period to the early Joseon period. Two friends aim their swords against one another due to differences in opinion. (MDL)
Note : Great story, beautiful brotherhood between the characters and of course this show is FULL of whump ! These two are hurt non-stop (both physically and emotionally) so this list is pretty long. @love-me-a-lotta-whump, you wanted it and here it is !
⚠️TW⚠️ Mention of and attempted suicide in some episodes!
Warning ! Possible spoilers below!
Seo Hwi
Ep 1 : Hit in the head twice (playful) — Hit in the head again — Arm cut, bandaged
Ep 2 : Hit in the head, collapses, bleeding, angry outburst, hit, restrained, beaten, dragged, thrown to the ground, coughing, crying, devastated , collapses unconscious — Helped to walk, in bed, treated and looked after — Hit in the head, bleeding, beaten, begging the guards to save his sister, hands tied, thrown in jail — Wakes up on the battlefield, in pain
Ep 3 : On the battlefield trying to survive, fighting — Injured, holding his side — Hit by an arrow, keeps fighting — Injury treated, wound stitched — Hit in the head, beaten — Crying
Ep 4 : Shocked, crying, worried for Sunho, screaming — Begging his friends to save Sunho — Worried for Sunho — Tired, told his sister is dead, angry, crying — Shocked, crying
Ep 5 : None except some fighting
Ep 6 : Crying — Teary-eyed — Beaten, dragged by a horse — Thrown to the ground, bloody, water thrown at his face, coughing, sits up with difficulty, sword at his neck
Ep 7 : Still bloody and on the ground, teary-eyed, grabs a sword with his bare hand, collapses — Thrown to the ground — Passes out, concern for him — In bed, multiple injuries treated, sweating, groaning in pain, concern for him — Wakes up, weak and bloody — Punched
Ep 8 : Sword at his neck — Hit in the head, collapses, bag put over his head, taken away — Hands tied
Ep 9 : Slashed by a sword in the chest, collapses, passes out — Tied up, thrown to the ground, unconscious — Wakes up, groaning in pain — Asked to kill himself, stabs himself in the stomach, crying, collapses, passes out — Carried, wakes up, revealed that he didn’t fully stab himself, heavy breathing, concern for him, takes the knife out, groaning in pain, bleeding — Bandaged, teary-eyed — Crying — Wound infected (or poisoned?) — Fighting while still injured — In pain form his previous wound, grabbing his chest, heavy breathing, sees someone he loves dearly die in front of him, screaming
Ep 10 : (Repeat of previous scene), panicked, crying, emotional, devastated, screaming — Fighting, collapses, coughing blood, revealed he was poisoned, heavy breathing, crying, helped up, passes out, concern for him —Unconscious, shallow breathing, poisoned wound revealed — Wound treated, concern for him — Groaning in pain, wakes up, heavy breathing, hands shaking, weak, can’t hold his sword, screaming — Depressed, crying, almost kills himself — Fighting, cut in the chest
Ep 11 : In pain from his previous injury, collapses, grabbing his chest, heavy breathing, passes out — Wakes up in bed, bandaged, in pain — (Flashback) Passing out, treated, groaning in pain — (Present) In pain, leaning on a pillar, bleeding, bandaged, body full of scars — Hit in the stomach, collapses on one knee — Fighting, grabbing his chest
Ep 12 : Intense fight against Sunho, cut multiple times — Worried for Sunho — Crying
Ep 13 : Stops a blade with his bare hand, bleeding, crying — Worried for someone
Ep 14 : Fighting, cut multiple times, collapses on one knee — Stabbed in the stomach, collapses holding his side
Ep 15 : (Repeat of previous scene) On his knees bleeding — Stumbles, holding his side, in pain
Ep 16 : Worried for Sunho — Teary-eyed — Fighting a lot of people — Watches his best friend die in his arms, crying — Shot by multiple arrows, dies
Nam Sun Ho
Ep 1 : Hit in the chest — Hand bloody from training at shooting arrows, collapses exhausted
Ep 2 : Attacked, arm cut, thrown to the ground, restrained — Treats the cut on his arm, wincing in pain — Wakes up from a nightmare, heavy breathing — Trains with his injured arm — Hit in his injured arm, hit in the chest, collapses, bleeding, continues fighting, hit, collapses unconscious, wakes up briefly before collapsing again, vision blurry — Teary eyed, injured arm grabbed, in pain, crying — Panicked, teary-eyed
Ep 3 : None except some fighting
Ep 4 : Stabbed in the side by a sword, bleeding from the mouth, collapses, concern for him, passes out in Hwi’s arms — Unconscious in bed, bleeding — Still unconscious and carried by Hwi — Still unconscious, wound bleeding — Carried on a horse unconscious — Wound treated — Finally wakes up, gasping in pain, holding his side, grabbed by the collar, teary-eyed — Trapped in a burning building — Punched
Ep 5 : Angry outburst, teary-eyed
Ep 6 : Drinking, crying, drunk, stumbles
Ep 7 : Arrested, tortured, tied to a chair, brutally flogged, water thrown at his face, bloody — In jail, lying on the ground, bloody, weak, stumbling while walking
Ep 8 : None
Ep 9 : Hit, falls to the ground, restrained, hit in the head — Tied up, thrown to the ground — Taken away, struggling, screaming — Thinks Hwi is dead, crying, knocked out — Arm cut, crying — Fighting, arm cut, using himself as a human shield, learns that Hwi is still alive, teary-eyed — Hit in the shoulder by an arrow, pulls the arrow out, fighting while injured, arm cut, stays behind to fight so Hwi can escape
Ep 10 : Still fighting while injured, stumbling — Bloody, finds out someone dear to him is dead, devastated, sobbing — Grieving, sobbing — Using drugs to forget his grief, crying — Fighting, cut in the stomach, holding his side
Ep 11 : None
Ep 12 : Intense fight against Hwi, cut multiple times, badly stabbed, coughing up blood, collapses, laying on the ground bleeding, watches someone important die in front of him, helped to sit, gasping in pain, left alone badly injured
Ep 13 : Still sitting bleeding out — Walking holding his side, clearly unwell — Depressed, almost kills himself, stopped by Hwi, crying — Drinking — Hit in the head, collapses, knocked out, dragged — Hands tied, half conscious, bleeding from the head — Fighting, stabbed in the chest, pulls the sword out
Ep 14 : None
Ep 15 : Fighting, arm cut, slashed in the chest by a sword, collapses, helped up — Unconscious on a horse — Unconscious, wound treated (by Hwi), wakes up, teary-eyed — Fighting, cut multiple times, collapses, watches a friend die in front of him, crying, gets up and collapses again twice, prepared to die, saved, collapses again, laying on the ground barely conscious, helped up, crying
Ep 16 : (Repeat of previous scene), helped to walk (more like half-carried), collapses — Unconscious in bed, wounds treated — Wakes up, groaning in pain, crying — Fighting a lot of people, stays behind to fight to help Hwi, stabbed in the stomach three times, bleeding from the mouth (basically bleeding from everywhere) , collapses on his knees, stabbed a fourth time, holding the blade that pierced him with his bare hand, crying — Collapses in Hwi’s arms, dying, speaking weakly, dies
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RECOMMENDATION : If you want to see another show with Woo Do Hwan (plays Sunho here), I really recommend Mad Dog. This show has some of my favourite whumpy moments ! @whumpily-ever-after made a whump list for it that you can find >> Here
This is my favorite kdrama and one of the first ones I watched. I’ve never consumed anything so fast. You also can not tell me that they are not in love.
