Clinical Observation on 22 Cases of Serious Hypothroidism Treated by Combination of TCM and Western Medicine
- VernacularTitle:中西医结合治疗甲状腺功能减低危重症临床观察
- Author:
Jie CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thyroid crisis/combined therapy of TCM and WM
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1992;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the clinical effect of combined treatment of TCM and western medicine on serious hypothyroidism. Methods:40 cases of serious hypothyroidism were randomly divided into a treatment group of 22 and a control group of 18 cases. The treatment group were treated by thyroid hormone plus Chinese medicine for warming the kidney to promote diuresis.and the control group were treated by simple thyroid hormone.Improvement of main symptoms arid changes of thyroid functions were investigated.Results:The therapeutic effects of both groups were similar,the improvement of symptoms in the treatment group was significantly better than that in the control group,and the thyroid function increased in both groups(P
