ZHOU Wei-qiang, LU Xi-wan, ZHU Li-hua. Internal and External Treatment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine on Type 2 Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy:A Clinical Study of 19 Cases[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2007, (1): 41-43.
ZHOU Wei-qiang, LU Xi-wan, ZHU Li-hua. Internal and External Treatment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine on Type 2 Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy:A Clinical Study of 19 Cases[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2007, (1): 41-43.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2007.01.020.
Objective To observe the clinical effect of internal and external treatment of integrated Chinese and western medicine on type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).Methods All patients were randomly divided into 3 groups.Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV)
Michigan Diabetic Neuropathy Score (MDNS)
hemorheologic index
blood glucose and blood lipid were observed before and after treatment.Results The total effective rate in treatment group (89.5%) was superior to that in western medicine control group (P<0.01).NCV
MDNS
blood glucose
blood lipid and hemorheologic index in treatment group were greatly improved after treatment (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion Internal and external treatment of integrated Chinese and western medicine on type 2 DPN can relieve clinical symptoms and improve MDNS and NCV.Its therapeutic effect is superior to that of simple internal treatment.