ZHANG Yan,YANG Jianying,ZHANG Lining,et al.Characteristics of Tongue Manifestations and Syndromes of Patients with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome of Different Time[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(08):52-58.
ZHANG Yan,YANG Jianying,ZHANG Lining,et al.Characteristics of Tongue Manifestations and Syndromes of Patients with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome of Different Time[J].Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae,2023,29(08):52-58. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20231590.
Characteristics of Tongue Manifestations and Syndromes of Patients with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome of Different Time
To explore the characteristics of tongue manifestations and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) of different time.
Method
2
pSS patients who visited TCM Department of Rheumatism in China-Japan Friendship Hospital from December 2018 to October 2021 were included and grouped according to the disease courses (short
<
5 years, medium 5-10 years, long
>
10 years). Chi-square test was used for comparison between three groups and Bonferroni method for multiple comparisons. In the pairwise comparison,
P
<
0.017 indicated significant difference. Chi-square test was performed on the syndrome and specific tongue manifestations with inter-group differences to analyze the trend of tongue manifestations and TCM syndromes over time (interval: two years).
Result
2
A total of 193 pSS patients were enrolled, with 85 (44.0%) of short disease course, 69 (35.8%) of medium disease course, and 39 (20.2%) of long disease course. The common tongue manifestations were crimson tongue, fissured tongue, thin tongue, lack of fluid, and dry coating, which showed no significant difference among the three groups. Higher proportion of patients with light red tongue was observed in the group with short disease course than in group with medium disease course (
χ
2
=6.407,
P
<
0.017). Higher proportions of patients with thick coating (
χ
2
=6.784,
P
<
0.017) and phlegm-dampness syndrome (
χ
2
=11.545,
P
<
0.017) and lower proportion of patients with Qi deficiency syndrome (
χ
2
=12.706,
P
<
0.017) were found in the group with short disease course than in the group with long disease course. Patients with medium (
χ
2
=6.358,
P
<
0.017) and long (
χ
2
=8.279,
P
<
0.017) disease course tended to have exfoliated coating compared with those with short disease course, and the proportion of patients with exfoliated coating rose and the proportion of patients with thick greasy coating decreased over time (
P
trend
<
0.05). In addition, the proportion of patients with phlegm-dampness syndrome decreased and that with Qi deficiency syndrome increased over time (
P
trend
<
0.05).
Conclusion
2
In the early stage, patients with pSS often show both dryness and dampness, as manifested by the thick greasy coating and phlegm-dampness syndrome. In the medium and late stage, patients often have Qi-Yin deficiency, as evidenced by exfoliated coating and Qi deficiency. In the clinical practice, medicines should be prescribed based on tongue manifestations and TCM syndrome of patients.
关键词
干燥综合征病程舌象中医证候
Keywords
Sjögren's syndromedisease coursetongue manifestationtraditional Chinese medicinesyndrome
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