中医药治疗慢性附睾炎临床研究进展

Research Progress of Chinese Medicine for Chronic Epididymitis

慢性附睾炎患者因长期的慢性炎症,可导致附睾局部组织纤维化、增生或钙化,从而影响精子的发育、成熟、输出、免疫等多个环节,最终导致男性不育症的发生。中医药治疗本病具有一定的优势。笔者从中医病因病机、辨证分型、辨证论治、中药外治法、中西医结合治疗等方面出发,对近几年来中医药治疗本病的研究进展进行概述,并在分析其不足的基础上展望研究方向。

The long-term chronic inflammation of patients with chronic epididymitis can cause fibrosis, hyperplasia or calcification in local epididymis tissue,then influence such links as development,maturation,excretion and immunization of sperms,and eventually result in male infertility. Chinese medicine has certain advantages in treating this disease. The authors summarized the research progress in treating this disease with Chinese medicine in recent years in respect of etiology and pathogenesis in Chinese medicine, syndrome differentiation typing, syndrome differentiation and treatment, external treatment in Chinese medicine,integrated Chinese and western medicine therapy and so on,and offered an outlook on its research directions based on the analysis of deficiency.