Effects of Kampo Treatment on the Development and Progression of Diabetic Microangiopathy.
10.3937/kampomed.50.841
- VernacularTitle:糖尿病性細小血管症の発症・進展に対する和漢薬治療効果の検討
- Author:
Hiroaki HIKIAMI
;
Naotoshi SHIBAHARA
;
Hirozo GOTO
;
Toshiaki KOGURE
;
Kazuhiko NAGASAKA
;
Toshiaki KITA
;
Yutaka SHIMADA
;
Takashi ITOH
;
Katsutoshi TERASAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
diabetes mellitus;
diabetic microangiopathy;
diabetic nephropathy;
Kampo treatment
- From:Kampo Medicine
2000;50(5):841-850
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We investigated the effects of Kampo treatment on the development and progression of diabetic microangiopathy in 141 patients (95 male and 46 female patients, mean±S.D., 61.3±10.1 years) with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. To this purpose, we examined the severity of diabetic microangiopathy with respect to the duration of suffering from diabetes mellitus as well as the duration of the condition after the commencement of Kampo treatment. We obtained the following results. 1) The significantly lighter the severity of diabetic nephropathy was, the longer its duration under Kampo treatment was. 2) In the group of shorter duration of suffering from diabetes mellitus, although there was no statistical significance, the longer the duration under Kampo treatment was, the lighter the severity of diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy was. But, there was no significant difference in the longer duration of suffering. It was suggested that the combination therapy with Kampo treatment was effective for diabetic microangiopathy.
