Categorization of Functional Constipation in Traditional Persian Medicine: A Descriptive Study
| Autor: | Mohammad Kamalinejad, Farshad Amini Behbahani, Peyman Adibi, Majid Anushiravani, Mohammad Reza Fartookzadeh, Mahin Elsagh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Constipation Adolescent Traditional Persian Alternative medicine Iran Gastroenterology Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Adverse effect Temperament Aged biology business.industry Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Quality of Life Functional constipation 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Observational study Female Medicine Traditional medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of evidence-based complementaryalternative medicine. 21(1) |
| ISSN: | 2156-5899 |
| Popis: | Functional constipation (FC) is a common clinical condition without any specific physiological causes with economic cost and adverse effects on patients’ quality of life. The present study aimed to evaluate the causes of nonobstructive constipation in traditional Persian medicine and its prevalence in patients with functional constipation by content analysis of patients’ interviews and clinical exams. In this study, almost two thirds of the patients with functional constipation had mild to severe cold distemperament of the gastrointestinal system, and in almost half of them the signs and symptoms were compatible with dry distemperament of the gastrointestinal. This observational study reports high prevalence of gastrointestinal system distemperaments in patients with functional constipation. According to the results, we can consider the proposed management of distemperaments in traditional Persian medicine for functional constipation treatment and pathophysiology explanation. This project is a novel study that provides the opportunity for investigating the epidemiological aspects of these distemperaments and their relationship with functional constipation. |
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