甲状腺功能亢进症的中西医治疗进展

Treatment Progress of Integrated Medicine in Treating Hyperthyroidism

甲状腺功能亢进症(hyperthyroidism),简称甲亢,为近年来临床的常见病,发病率很高,是指由于甲状腺分泌的激素增多或者血液循环中甲状腺激素水平增高所导致的自主神经系统紊乱以及基础代谢率增高的内分泌临床综合征。其主要的临床表现为高代谢症候群,包括多汗、心悸、多食、消瘦、怕热、易怒等。在我国本病的发病率逐年上升,多发病于中青年女性,且反复发病,日久难愈,而近年来,中医与西医在对甲亢的认识与治疗方面都有很大进展。

Thyroid overactive（hyperthyroidism）, known as hyperthyroidism, is a clinical disease in recent years, and there is a high in-cidence. It is an endocrine clinical syndrome which autonomic nervous system disorders and increased basal metabolic rate due to in-creased secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone or circulating in the blood thyroid hormone levels. The main clinical manifestations of metabolic syndrome included sweating, heart palpitations, polyphagia, weight loss, heat intolerance and irritability, etc. The incidence of this disease in our country increased, frequently-occurring in young and middle-aged women. It repeated attacks, and the course of disease was long. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine has a considerable progress in the understanding and treat-ment of hyperthyroidism.