Investigation on diarrhea of 285 HIV/AIDS cases / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To get overview about diarrhea condition of HIV/AIDS cases among paid blood donors in our country. Methods One-to-one questionnaire was adopted to investigate a total of 285 HIV/AIDS cases among paid blood donors in Henan province. Diarrhea HIV/AIDS patients were further picked out according to 'Criteria of HIV/AIDS diarrhea'and their syndrome characteristics were analyzed. Results There was 41 diarrhea HIV/AIDS patients in all 285 HIV/AIDS cases (14.39%). Deficiency Syndrome and mixed insufficiency and excess syndrome were predominant Syndromes in these patients. Conclusion The rate of diarrhea in HIV/AIDS cases among paid blood donors of our country was lower than some foreign countries. Such internal organs as spleen, liver, kidney, stomach and lung were mainly involved in the disease.