IgA Nephropathy Concurrent Patterns
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肢体、颜面水肿，肢体困重，纳差，腹胀，舌淡润苔白，脉沉
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Swelling may appear on the face and limbs, looking puffy and tight, with noticeable pitting when pressed.
- The limbs feel heavy and sluggish, lacking strength during movement, and fatigue worsens after prolonged walking.
- Appetite is poor, food intake is reduced, and there is little desire to eat even when seeing food.
- The abdomen feels distended and stuffy, as if pressed from inside, causing discomfort whether sitting or lying down.
- The tongue appears pale and moist, with a white coating, and looks glossy when extended.
- The pulse is only detectable with deeper pressure, with the pulsation located deeper and not easily felt.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
利水渗湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help promote the drainage of fluids from the body and relieve discomfort such as difficult urination, lower limb swelling, or generalized edema.
- May help dispel dampness-turbidity and alleviate symptoms such as heaviness of the body, muddled head sensation, or joint soreness.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
体形肥胖，口黏口腻，胸闷痰多，眩晕困倦，舌体胖大，苔白腻，脉滑
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Body shape tends to be heavier, appearing fuller than average.
- The mouth feels sticky and unclear, with a sensation of stickiness when speaking or swallowing.
- There is a sense of chest oppression and discomfort, with excessive phlegm and a persistent feeling of phlegm in the throat.
- Dizziness and drowsiness may occur, along with increased fatigue after physical activity.
- The tongue body is enlarged and appears swollen and thick when extended.
- The tongue coating is white and sticky, appearing thick and greasy on observation.
- The pulse feels smooth and flowing to the touch, with a tendency to be slippery.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
燥湿化痰
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help dry and transform dampness-turbidity in the body, relieving symptoms such as heaviness, muddled head sensation, or chest oppression.
- May help resolve phlegm-turbidity and relieve discomfort such as cough with profuse sputum, throat obstruction, or wheezing with phlegm sounds.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
小便短赤，大便溏臭，口干口苦，脘腹胀闷，舌红苔黄腻，脉滑数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Urine volume is scanty and yellowish-reddish, appearing dark and unclear during urination.
- Stools are loose and foul-smelling, with a sticky and unsatisfying sensation during bowel movements.
- The mouth feels dry and bitter, with noticeable dryness when speaking or swallowing.
- The upper abdomen and belly are distended and stuffy, causing a blocked and uncomfortable sensation.
- The tongue body tends to be red, with a yellow and sticky coating.
- The pulse feels smooth and somewhat rapid, with a hurried rhythm that is not easily steady.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热除湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help clear heat from the body and relieve discomfort such as feverishness, irritability, thirst with dry throat, or inner restlessness.
- May help eliminate dampness-turbidity and alleviate symptoms such as heaviness, scanty dark urine, or lower limb swelling.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
腰骶部及四肢关节酸冷，肢体困重疼痛，舌苔白腻，脉濡缓
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The lumbosacral region and limb joints feel sore, distended, and cold, with discomfort worsening during movement or prolonged sitting.
- The limbs feel heavy and sluggish with accompanying pain, making walking feel dragging and uneasy.
- The tongue has a white and sticky coating that looks thick and greasy on observation.
- The pulse feels soft and somewhat slow, beating in a leisurely manner without sufficient force.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
散寒除湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help dispel internal cold and relieve discomfort such as aversion to cold with cold limbs, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or heavy limbs.
- May help expel dampness-turbidity and alleviate symptoms such as heaviness, joint soreness, or impaired mobility.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
面色黧黑，唇色紫黯或有瘀斑，定位刺痛，夜间加重，腰痛，肢体麻木，肌肤甲错，经色黯，多血块，舌淡黯，舌有瘀点、瘀斑，舌下脉络瘀紫，脉细涩或涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The complexion appears dark and dull, lacking luster, and looking gloomy and unclear.
- The lips are purplish and dark, possibly with small purplish ecchymosis-like spots.
- Pain is fixed in location and does not move, with a more pronounced pricking or stabbing sensation.
- The pain tends to worsen at night and may not necessarily be relieved by rest.
- There is pain and discomfort in the lower back, felt during movement or prolonged sitting.
- The limbs may feel numb, with a crawling or tingling sensation and stiffness.
- The skin is dry and rough like fish scales, feeling uneven and resembling armor plate texture.
- Menstrual blood is dark rather than bright red, and often contains many clots.
- The tongue appears pale and dark, looking somewhat lackluster when extended.
- Purple stasis spots or ecchymosis-like dots are visible on the tongue surface, with a fairly obvious distribution.
- The sublingual veins are purplish and visibly distended, appearing tortuous and congested.
- The pulse is thin and not smooth, feeling rough and hesitant under the finger.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
活血化瘀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help promote blood circulation and resolve stasis, relieving discomfort such as pain from stasis spots, localized swelling and hardness, or irregular menstruation.
- May help improve the flow of blood vessels, promoting smooth circulation of qi and blood, and alleviating manifestations such as a dull complexion or joint pain.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋胀满，口苦，郁郁寡欢，善太息，月经失调，舌苔薄，脉弦
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There is often a feeling of distension and oppression in the sides of the chest and hypochondrium, with discomfort during movement or turning.
- A bitter taste is present in the mouth, more noticeable in the morning or on an empty stomach, and also sensed when speaking or swallowing.
- The mood is low and unhappy, often feeling gloomy and emotionally oppressed.
- There is frequent sighing without volition, and only after sighing does the chest feel slightly relieved.
- Menstruation is irregular, with significant changes in cycle or flow volume, sometimes heavy and sometimes scanty.
- The tongue coating is very thin, appearing as only a light layer upon observation.
- The pulse feels tense and straight, like a taut string rather than soft.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝解郁
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help soothe the liver qi and resolve stagnation, relieving discomfort such as chest and rib distension, depressed mood, or a sensation of a lump in the throat.
- May help regulate the qi mechanism, promoting a relaxed and light body feeling, and alleviating symptoms such as chest oppression or decreased appetite.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
恶心呕吐，头晕，头痛，口有尿味，小便量少，胸闷气促，皮肤瘙痒，身体困重，口黏，大便不通，舌苔白腻，脉细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There is nausea and sometimes actual vomiting, with a sudden onset of retching discomfort.
- Dizziness and a floating sensation occur, with more instability when standing or walking, becoming more obvious after activity.
- Headaches may occur, worsening with mental effort or head movement.
- An unpleasant urine-like odor is present in the mouth, clearly noticeable when opening the mouth.
- Urine output decreases, with difficult and unsatisfying urination, feeling insufficient.
- There is chest oppression and shortness of breath, which worsens with activity.
- The skin is itchy with a desire to scratch, and itching recurs repeatedly.
- The body feels heavy and tired, with the limbs being heavy and lacking strength.
- The inside of the mouth feels sticky and unclear, with a sensation of stickiness when speaking or swallowing.
- Bowel movements are not smooth, requiring effort, and feeling incomplete.
- The tongue has a white and sticky coating that appears thick and greasy upon observation.
- The pulse is thin and weak, lacking strength, feeling细小 and not full upon pressing.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
解毒化浊
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help eliminate harmful substances from the body, relieving discomfort such as sores and swelling, red and swollen throat, or skin rashes.
- May help resolve internal turbid qi and alleviate symptoms such as heavy body sensation, muddled head, or difficult urination.
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