TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits
Gout is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by persistently high levels of uric acid and articular deposits of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals, causing acute pain during the flaring stage. Traditional Chinese Medicine body constitution (TCMBC) categorizes people based on TCM theory and refl...
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| author | Huang, Zhijie |
| author2 | Zhao Yan |
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| description | Gout is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by persistently high levels of uric acid and articular deposits of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals, causing acute pain during the flaring stage. Traditional Chinese Medicine body constitution (TCMBC) categorizes people based on TCM theory and reflects the overall wellbeing and state of health of individuals. Objective: Categorize the TCMBC of patients diagnosed with gout, determine the correlations between TCMBC of the patients with their corresponding lifestyle habits. A questionnaire was used to calculate the body constitution of 109 patients who were diagnosed with gout. Results: Balanced, qi deficient and yang deficient were the most common TCMBC; qi deficient for those who do not exercise regularly; damp heat constitution for those who smoke regularly. There is also a higher percentage of participants who prefers high purine diet with an unbalanced constitution, as compared to the group that did not adopt a high purine diet. This result suggests that lifestyle habits can influence the TCMBC of patients with gout. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1523382023-02-28T18:08:26Z TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits Huang, Zhijie Zhao Yan School of Biological Sciences Singapore Thong Chai Medical Institute Hong Qiuhui Teo Chun Huat ZhaoYan@ntu.edu.sg Science::Biological sciences Gout is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by persistently high levels of uric acid and articular deposits of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals, causing acute pain during the flaring stage. Traditional Chinese Medicine body constitution (TCMBC) categorizes people based on TCM theory and reflects the overall wellbeing and state of health of individuals. Objective: Categorize the TCMBC of patients diagnosed with gout, determine the correlations between TCMBC of the patients with their corresponding lifestyle habits. A questionnaire was used to calculate the body constitution of 109 patients who were diagnosed with gout. Results: Balanced, qi deficient and yang deficient were the most common TCMBC; qi deficient for those who do not exercise regularly; damp heat constitution for those who smoke regularly. There is also a higher percentage of participants who prefers high purine diet with an unbalanced constitution, as compared to the group that did not adopt a high purine diet. This result suggests that lifestyle habits can influence the TCMBC of patients with gout. Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences 2021-08-05T02:34:59Z 2021-08-05T02:34:59Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Huang, Z. (2021). TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152338 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152338 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Science::Biological sciences Huang, Zhijie TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| title | TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| title_full | TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| title_fullStr | TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| title_full_unstemmed | TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| title_short | TCM body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| title_sort | tcm body constitution study of patients with gout and its correlation with lifestyle habits |
| topic | Science::Biological sciences |
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