Common TCM Patterns in IgA Nephropathy During High-Dose Corticosteroids or Immunosuppressants
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
潮热盗汗，心烦失眠，颧红耳鸣，咽痛，口干唇燥，大便干结，小便短赤，舌红少苔，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Episodes of heat sensations, sweating easily after falling asleep, often waking up soaked in sweat and feeling uncomfortable.
- Feeling restless and agitated, difficulty falling asleep at night, often experiencing insomnia and unrefreshing sleep.
- Both cheeks often flush and feel hot, appearing reddish frequently.
- Ringing in the ears, audible even in a quiet environment.
- Throat pain and discomfort, worse during swallowing or speaking.
- Dry mouth and lips, feeling of dryness and discomfort when speaking or swallowing.
- Dry, hard stools that are difficult to pass, straining during bowel movements with a sense of incomplete evacuation.
- Scanty urine that is yellowish-red or darker in color, appearing deep red when urinating.
- The tongue is reddish with very little coating, appearing almost without a thick fur upon observation.
- The pulse is thin and rapid, feeling fast in rhythm and fine in strength.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋阴降火
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help nourish yin fluids and clear deficiency fire, reducing discomfort such as dry mouth and throat, tidal heat and night sweats, or restlessness and insomnia.
- May help balance yin and yang, reducing manifestations such as facial flushing, palpitations, or heat sensations in the chest, palms, and soles caused by deficiency fire flaring upward.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
口渴欲饮，咽干咽痛，口腔溃疡，皮肤痤疮，大便秘结，小便短赤，血尿，舌红或红赤起刺，苔黄厚腻，脉数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Persistent thirst with desire to drink, with only temporary relief after drinking.
- Dry and painful throat, with noticeable discomfort when speaking or swallowing.
- Recurrent mouth ulcers, easily irritated and painful when eating or speaking.
- Acne and pimples on the skin, with local redness, swelling, and inflammation looking unclean.
- Dry, hard stools difficult to pass, straining during bowel movements with reduced frequency.
- Scanty, yellowish-red urine that appears deep red when voiding.
- Blood in the urine, appearing red or blood-tinged upon voiding.
- The tongue is red or even bright red with a shiny appearance and prickles, looking noticeably red when extended.
- The tongue is covered with a thick, greasy yellow coating, appearing heavy and oily upon inspection.
- The pulse is rapid, feeling accelerated and urgent in rhythm.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热解毒
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help clear internal heat, reducing manifestations such as feverishness and restlessness, thirst and dry throat, or facial redness discomfort.
- May help expel pathogenic factors from the body, reducing manifestations such as throat swelling and pain, red and swollen sores, or skin rashes.
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