[Study of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome features of AIDS-related chronic diarrhea].
OBJECTIVE
To study the AIDS-related chronic diarrhea in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical manifestations and syndrome factors, explore the characteristics of syndrome.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
AIDS-related chronic diarrhea symptoms involving multiple organs, the disease belongs to deficiency and excess.
Beijing Ditan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China. nl5461@126.com
Liang
L
Ni
Rong-Bing
RB
Wang
Xiao-Ping
XP
Yang
Hui
H
Gao
Xing-Hua
XH
Tan
Cui-Fang
CF
Wang
Feng
F
Li
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult