ĐẶC ĐIỂM BỆNH NHÂN ĐÁI THÁO ĐƯỜNG TẠI BỆNH VIỆN Y HỌC CỔ TRUYỀN LÀO CAI

Abstract

Objective: Present the clinical characteristics of patients with diabetes at Lao Cai traditional medicine hospital. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional descriptive study. Overall sample size, collected 238 patients diagnosed with diabetes. Results: Diabetes are female common, accounting for 55%; aged 60 and over, accounting for 81.5%; 51.3% are retired officials. Clinical characteristics: common symptoms when coming for examination are: poor appetite (86.6%), insomnia (96.2%) and numbness in hands and feet (30.3%); 61.0% of diabetic patients are overweight and obese; common comorbidities are hypertension (68.5%), sciatica (55.0%) and osteoarthritis (33.6%); traditional medicine disease type: qi and yin deficient (35.7%); kidney yang deficient (26.1%), kidney yin deficient 15.1%. Paraclinical characteristics: 52.5% of patients had serum glucose below 7.0 mmol/l, 47.4% had well-controlled HbA1c index, liver enzymes and blood creatinine tended to increase with the number of years of illness. Conclusion: Diabetes is more common in women, over 60 years old, the most common physical condition according to traditional medicine is qi yin deficient, kidney yang deficient, kidney yin deficient.