A discussion on preventive treatment of pre-diabetes mellitus in traditional Chinese medicine
- VernacularTitle:从糖尿病前期谈“治未病”
- Author:
Qiu PAN
;
Libo ZHOU
;
Xiaolin TONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Prevention;
Pre-diabetes mellitus;
Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pre-disease is a condition in which characteristic symptoms are not prominent.That is to say pre-disease is lack of key proof to be diagnosed as a disease,but has common symptoms as well as signs.It is said in Inner Canon of Huangdi that "prefer prevention to treatment",which needs doctors to find unusual symptoms in early stage of diseases then take positive preventive measures to help patients regain health.Diabetes mellitus(DM) is one of the life style-related diseases which associated with unhealthy habits of human beings.Pre-diabetes mellitus mainly refers to impaired glucose tolerance(IGT).With the help of modern medical technology,doctors and patients should focus on pre-diabetes by combining TCM treatment based on syndrome differentiation and health care,in order to stop DM at early stage.
