Integrative Medicine duration of chronic asthma in 60 patients.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Integrative Medicine duration of chronic asthma in 60 patients Of: Lee Hyun-Jun Tian Dong Sun Jie Zuo Bi CIVIL Research [Keywords:] elderly asthma; Integrative Medicine; treatment outcome The survey data show that 60 years of age or older was 0.68% overall prevalence of asthma, and asthma in developed countries over the age of 65 in the 0.77% ~ 1.54%, indicating that the older the rise of asthma prevalence (1). To explore aged more effective treatment of asthma, the use of TCM with western medicine combined and single method of treatment of elderly patients with asthma were compared, the report is as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General information into the group who were from October 2005 to April 2008 for medical treatment in our clinic diagnosed as chronic persistent asthma in elderly patients, a total of 60 cases, including 32 males and 28 females; aged 60 to 85 ( mean (65.36 + -13.72)) years of age; 27 cases of mild persistent, moderate persistent 33 cases. inclusion criteria: asthma and Western medicine meet the diagnostic criteria for asthma card (2,3); no heart, brain and other organ diseases; Agegt; = 60 years; within 1 month before treatment were not used corticosteroids and immune modulators, or Chinese medicine treatment; 24 h is not used within a class of anti-histamine, theophylline and -agonist drugs. 1.2 by treatment group randomly divided into 2 groups. 30 cases of Integrative Medicine, 17 male and 13 female; aged 62 to 85 (mean 64.21 + -12.58 years); 12 patients with mild persistent, moderate persistent in 18 cases . medicine alone, 30 patients with 16 males and 14 females; aged 60 to 79 (mean 63.60 + -11.46 years); 15 patients with mild persistent, moderate persistent in 15 cases. two groups of patients with chronic bronchitis were , of which 18 cases of Integrative Medicine, 20 patients with Western medicine alone. Chinese dialectical type: single lung with the western medicine group wasted ty