Study of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome features of AIDS-related chronic diarrhea / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the AIDS-related chronic diarrhea in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical manifestations and syndrome factors, explore the characteristics of syndrome.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>A multicenter, prospective collection of 311 cases of AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea, study the characteristics of TCM syndrome by using the method of descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The common clinical manifestation of TCM: fatigue (229 cases, 73.63%), bowel (229 cases, 68.81%), diarrhea (194 cases, 62.38%), thin fur (201 cases, 64.63%), pink tongue (166 cases, 53.38%), greasy fur, thready pulse (126 cases, 40.51%), sink vein (64 cases, 20.58%), slippery pulse. 17 common factors were extracted, common disease syndrome factor as the spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder and colon syndrome factors of disease, Qi, Yang deficiency, Qi stagnation, dampness and heat evil.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>AIDS-related chronic diarrhea symptoms involving multiple organs, the disease belongs to deficiency and excess.</p>