KHẢO SÁT ĐẶC ĐIỂM THIỆT CHẨN CỦA HỘI CHỨNG CAN THẬN ÂM HƯ TRÊN NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐỘT QUỴ GIAI ĐOẠN DI CHỨNG TẠI BỆNH VIỆN Y HỌC CỔ TRUYỀN THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH VÀ BỆNH VIỆN LÊ VĂN THỊNH

Abstract

Objective: Survey of diagnostic tongue characteristics in Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency syndrome in stroke patients during the sequela stage at Ho Chi Minh City Traditional Medicine (HCMC TM) Hospital and Le Van Thinh Hospital. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 95 stroke patients in the sequela stage with Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency syndrome at the HCMC TM Hospital and Le Van Thinh Hospital. Results: The average age of the study participants was 63.5 ± 9.5 (mean age ± standard deviation), with males comprising the majority at 57.9%. The group with a normal BMI accounted for the highest proportion (48.4%). Among the comorbidities, hypertension had the highest prevalence at 93.7%. The diagnostic tongue characteristics included dark red tongue/ red tongue edges (66.3%), yellowish-white tongue coating (51.6%), thin/scant coating (46.3%), and dry tongue (65.3%). The tongue shape was swollen (56.8%), with no tongue fissures (61.1%), presence of teeth marks (50.3%), dilated sublingual veins (55.8%), and absence of tongue papillae (66.3%). Conclusion: The most common diagnostic tongue characteristics in stroke patients during the sequela stage with Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency syndrome are a dark red tongue/red tongue edges, yellowish-white tongue coating, thin/scant and dry coating, swollen tongue shape, absence of tongue fissures, presence of teeth marks, dilated sublingual veins, and absence of tongue papillae.