The tongue image in AIDS patients

VernacularTitle:艾滋病患者舌象与年龄、血常规和T淋巴细胞关系的初探
Author: Jiangrong WANG ; Xiaorong CHEN ; Yinzhong SHEN ; Hongzhou LU ; Qin ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Tongue inspection; Acquired immunodeficiency symdrom
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2009;8(2):131-132
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: We retrospectively reviewed the tongue images and related clinical data of 118 AIDS patients treated in Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center Affiliated to Fudan University. The tongue images included: cyanotic and purplish tongue ( 33, 28.0% ), light-reddish tongue ( 32, 27.1% ), light-whitish tongue (21, 17.8% ) , bulgy tongue(19, 16.1% ), dark-red tongue (7, 5.9% ) and fissured tongue (6,5.1% ). There were significant differences in counts of CD4+T lymphocytes, white blood cells and red blood cells among different tongue imagine groups. The tongue image can indicate the pathogenic factors of disease as well as the functions of viscera in AIDS patients.