polymyalgia rheumatica
Conditions
Sponsors
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Western medicine diagnostic criteria: (1) Aged > 50 years; (2) Muscle pain and morning stiffness in one of the neck, shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle, and the duration of the disease is more than 1 week; (3) ESR increases rapidly and CRP increases; (4) Low-dose glucocorticoids (prednisone<=15mg/day) are effective; (5) No muscle weakness or muscle atrophy, and muscle redness, heat and swelling; (6) Exclude other lesions similar to PMR manifestations such as myositis, tumor, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic infection, etc. 2. Diagnostic criteria for spleen deficiency and damp resistance syndrome: Shenpi fatigue, shortness of breath, lazy speech, low voice, numbness and heavy limbs, heavy muscles and ligaments, soreness and pain, soreness and weakness of limbs, inability to lift, pale complexion, poor appetite, fullness and fullness in the stomach and abdomen, loose stools, the tongue is pale, the body is fat with tooth marks, the coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep and slow.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Incomplete data and or non-prescribed medication, etc., which affect the judgment of efficacy or safety; 2. Patients with liver cirrhosis, chronic lung inflammation, patients with peptic ulcer in the past 3 months, recent fractures, etc. who cannot take hormones; 3. Patients taking steroids or immunosuppressants; 4. Obvious abnormal liver and kidney function; 5. Patients with mental illness or disturbance of consciousness who cannot cooperate with treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ESR;C-reactive protein;Polymyalgia rheumatica activity score;Evaluation standard of curative effect of traditional Chinese Medicine; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactDong Hongsheng
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University
Outcome results
None listed