Study on the relationship between TCM syndrome and gastroscopic feature in children with stomachache / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the characteristic of TCM syndrome in children with stomachache and its relationship with the gastroscopic feature.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The relationship between macroscopic syndrome differentiation and microscopic syndrome differentiation in 300 children with stomachache was analyzed by means of clinical syndrome differentiation and gastroscopic examination.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total disease detectable rate of gastroscopic examination was 98.3%. Dampness-heat syndrome and deficiency-cold syndrome were the syndromes that most commonly be detected by either macroscopic or microscopic syndrome differentiation. And the two methods of differentiation showed better coherence in superficial gastritis.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The clinical effect of TCM therapy on children stomachache could be improved through integrative Chinese and Western medical approach, by conducting syndrome differentiation referring to the gastroscopic features, which could conduct microscopic guidance to the clinical macroscopic syndrome differentiation.</p>