Advances in diagnosis and treatment of liver cirrhosis with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2018.05.003
- VernacularTitle: 肝硬化的中西医结合诊治进展
- Author:
Yuemin NAN
1
;
Lingbo KONG
Author Information
1. Department of Traditional and Western Medical Hepatology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liver cirrhosis;
Treatment;
Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
2018;26(5):328-331
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Liver cirrhosis is a chronic progressive liver disease. A non-invasive diagnostic technique for hepatic fibrosis combined with liver biochemistry, molecular biology, and immunology, imaging study, liver histopathological assessment, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation can accurately diagnose the cause, severity of disease, and determine the prognosis. In clinical practice of Western medicine, there are five-stages of cirrhosis classification, with periods 1 and 2 being compensated stage, and periods 3 to 5 being decompensated stage. Etiological treatment and anti-hepatic fibrosis treatment are the basic measures for different disease severity and complications. Comprehensive application of modern medical technology and traditional Chinese medicine differentiation therapy can improve the treatment effect and survival rate.
