GUO Zijia, CHEN Feng, LIU Junming, et al. Analysis of clinical characteristics and distribution rules of TCM patterns in 148 patients with fibromyalgia syndrome[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 46(11): 1481-1489.
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GUO Zijia, CHEN Feng, LIU Junming, et al. Analysis of clinical characteristics and distribution rules of TCM patterns in 148 patients with fibromyalgia syndrome[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 46(11): 1481-1489.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2023.11.001.
Analysis of clinical characteristics and distribution rules of TCM patterns in 148 patients with fibromyalgia syndrome
This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics and distribution rules of TCM patterns of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and provide a basis for the TCM diagnosis and treatment of FMS.
Methods
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A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of TCM Rheumatology at China-Japan Friendship Hospital
recruiting 148 FMS patients from April 2022 to April 2023. The observation indexes included pain triggering and exacerbating factors
pain VAS scores
pain locations
pain characteristics
and other major symptoms. Relevant TCM patterns were analyzed.
Results
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FMS patients’ pain induced by fatigue
emotional stimulation
and climate change accounted for 52.0%
48.6%
and 39.2% of the FMS patients’ pain
respectively; these factors aggravated pain in 64.9%
49.3%
and 54.1% of patients
respectively. Mild
moderate
and severe pain were reported by 11.5%
47.3%
and 41.2% of the patients
respectively. The upper left region
upper right region
lower left region
lower right region
and central axis region accounted for 89.2%
88.5%
90.5%
86.5%
and 93.2% of the patients’ pain respectively. Regarding pain sites
the back
lumbar area
right scapular region
right upper arm
and left scapular region were more commonly affected
accounting for 84.5%
81.8%
76.4%
75.0%
and 75.0% respectively. Regarding the nature of pain
heavy
aching
and distending pain accounted for 69.6%
63.5%
and 52.7%
respectively. Regarding the common symptoms
fatigue
waking unrefreshed
cognitive symptoms
sleep disorder
emotional disorder
and chronic headache accounted for 95.9%
91.2%
67.6%
88.5%
93.2%
and 71.6%
respectively. Patients with combined migraine
irritable bowel syndrome
and osteoarthritis accounted for 29.1%
16.9%
and 14.2% respectively. The major types of TCM patterns with FMS
using cluster analysis
were liver depression transforming into fire (98.6%)
dampness accumulated due to spleen deficiency (95.3%)
and deficiency of both the liver and kidney(16.9%). Patients with FMS often have a combination of TCM patterns
in which liver depression transforming into fire combined with dampness accumulated due to spleen deficiency (77.7%) is the most common.
Conclusion
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FMS is often characterized by fatigue and emotional disorder
easily aggravated by exertion
emotional stimulation
and climate change. The most common TCM pattern is liver depression transforming into fire combined with dampness accumulated due to spleen deficiency.
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