Study of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome features of AIDS-related chronic diarrhea.
- Author:
Liang NI
1
;
Rong-Bing WANG
;
Xiao-Ping YANG
;
Hui GAO
;
Xing-Hua TAN
;
Cui-Fang WANG
;
Feng LI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; complications; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Chronic Disease; Diarrhea; complications; diagnosis; pathology; physiopathology; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Middle Aged; Young Adult
- From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2013;38(15):2476-2479
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the AIDS-related chronic diarrhea in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical manifestations and syndrome factors, explore the characteristics of syndrome.
METHODA multicenter, prospective collection of 311 cases of AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea, study the characteristics of TCM syndrome by using the method of descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis.
RESULTThe common clinical manifestation of TCM: fatigue (229 cases, 73.63%), bowel (229 cases, 68.81%), diarrhea (194 cases, 62.38%), thin fur (201 cases, 64.63%), pink tongue (166 cases, 53.38%), greasy fur, thready pulse (126 cases, 40.51%), sink vein (64 cases, 20.58%), slippery pulse. 17 common factors were extracted, common disease syndrome factor as the spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder and colon syndrome factors of disease, Qi, Yang deficiency, Qi stagnation, dampness and heat evil.
CONCLUSIONAIDS-related chronic diarrhea symptoms involving multiple organs, the disease belongs to deficiency and excess.
