Clinical Study of Chinese Medicine Fumigation in Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis
- VernacularTitle:中药熏蒸治疗强直性脊柱炎临床研究
- Author:
Dongtao WANG
;
Ying SHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ankylosing spondylitis;
Chinese medicine fumigation;
clinical efficacy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
2006;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation in treating ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods Sixty patients were divided into fumigation group (30 cases) and non-fumigation group (30 cases), the treatment course was 20 days. The changes of finger pitch, pillow away from the wall, hip flexion, hip extension of the patients and the impact of fumigation on acute inflammation (ESR, CRP) were observed. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine serum TNF-? and IL-10 before and after treatment to observe the effect of fumigation treatment on inflammatory cytokine expression. Results The total effective rate of treatment group was 90.0% and control group was 83.3%. The efficiency rate of the treatment group was 66.6% and control group was 33.3%. After treatment, finger pitch, pillow away from the wall, hip flexion, hip extension of the treatment group were better than before treatment, the difference was significant. ESR, CRP and TNF-?, IL-10 of the treatment group were significantly decreased compared with the control group (P
