Dermatomyositis
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
急性起病，皮肤大片水肿性红斑或紫红班，肌肉疼痛无力，关节肿痛或吞咽不利，伴高热，口苦咽干，口渴喜饮，心悸烦躁，大便干结，小便赤黄；舌绛苔黄，脉滑数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Sudden onset, abrupt presentation.
- Large edematous erythematous patches or purplish-red plaques appear on the skin.
- Muscle pain and weakness.
- Joint swelling and pain, or difficulty swallowing.
- Accompanied by high fever.
- Bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat.
- Thirst with a preference for drinking plenty of water.
- Palpitations with restlessness and irritability.
- Dry, hard stools that are difficult to pass.
- Urine that is reddish or yellowish in color.
- Deep red or crimson tongue with a yellow coating.
- Pulse is slippery and somewhat rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热解毒，凉血活血，滋阴生津
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help clear heat and eliminate toxins from the body, reducing discomfort such as fever, irritability, sore throat, or sores and swelling.
- May help cool the blood and promote blood circulation, alleviating symptoms such as skin erythema, ecchymosis, pain, or swelling.
- May help nourish yin fluids and generate body fluids to relieve thirst, easing discomfort such as dry mouth and throat, tidal fever, night sweats, or emaciation.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
皮疹为暗红色，肌肉酸痛乏力，纳呆便溏，舌淡苔白，脉沉缓
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The rash is dark red and appears dull rather than bright.
- Muscle soreness and easy fatigue, with tiredness worsening after activity.
- Poor appetite, with little desire to eat.
- Loose stools that are poorly formed.
- Pale tongue with a white coating; the pulse is deep and somewhat slow.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾祛湿，活血止痛
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help strengthen the spleen and stomach and eliminate dampness turbidity, reducing discomfort such as poor appetite, heaviness in the body, or loose stools.
- May help promote blood circulation and relieve pain, alleviating symptoms such as ecchymosis pain, joint soreness, or abdominal distension and pain.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
皮损呈暗红色斑块，少量脱屑，全身肌肉酸痛无力，活动受限或手足肿胀，伴气短乏力，畏寒腹胀，舌质暗淡苔白，脉沉细或沉缓
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dark red patches appear on the skin with slight scaling; the color looks somewhat dull.
- Generalized muscle soreness and weakness with limited movement; difficulty walking or handling objects.
- Possible swelling of the hands and feet, with noticeable discomfort upon pressure.
- Shortness of breath and fatigue; easily tired even with slight activity.
- Pronounced cold intolerance, abdominal distension and discomfort with a sense of fullness and blockage.
- The tongue is pale and darkish with a white coating; overall it appears lackluster.
- The pulse feels deep and thin, or deep and slow, lacking strength.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温阳散寒，活血通络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help warm and support yang qi and expel cold from the body, easing symptoms such as cold intolerance, cold limbs, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or worsening with cold.
- May help promote blood circulation and unblock the meridians, alleviating symptoms such as limb numbness, joint soreness, or restricted movement.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
皮损暗红或紫红，有细小鳞屑，局部肌肉萎缩，关节僵硬，肢端紫绀发凉心悸气短，动则喘促，畏寒，腹胀便溏舌质淡胖，苔白润，脉细无力
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The skin lesions are dark red or purplish-red with fine scales on the surface.
- Localized muscle atrophy may occur, appearing thinner and smaller.
- Joint stiffness and inflexibility, with limited bending and rotation.
- The extremities (hands and feet) turn purplish and cold, feeling icy to the touch.
- Palpitations and shortness of breath, with breathlessness easily triggered after activity.
- Pronounced cold intolerance, with discomfort worsening upon exposure to cold.
- Abdominal distension and discomfort with loose, unformed stools.
- Pale and slightly swollen tongue with a white, moist coating.
- Pulse is thin and forceless, lacking strength upon pressure.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补中益气，调和阴阳
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help tonify middle qi, reducing discomfort such as fatigue, shortness of breath, poor appetite, or bodily tiredness.
- May help harmonize yin and yang balance in the body, alleviating symptoms such as alternating cold and heat sensations, irritability, insomnia, or mental restlessness.
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