Chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease are becoming increasingly prevalent in Chinese ageing population due to its accelerated ageing process, which has been a serious threat to peopl...Chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease are becoming increasingly prevalent in Chinese ageing population due to its accelerated ageing process, which has been a serious threat to people’s health. The prevention and treatment of these diseases have been increasingly emphasized in the medical field. Diabetes is a metabolic disease characterized by polydipsia, polyuria, and emaciation, in which the incidence of type 2 diabetes is much higher compared to type 1 diabetes. Diabetes causes a variety of complications during the progression of the disease. Diabetic constipation is one of the most common and harmful complications of diabetes, which can negatively impact the health of patients. There are limitations when treating these diseases using Western medicine, and there are obvious side effects associated with some drugs. The tolerance of the middle-aged and elderly towards the drugs are poor. Therefore, more and more experts and scholars have advocated the introduction of Chinese medicine into the treatment of diabetic constipation, of which acupuncture is widely used, and its efficacy has been well recognized by doctors and patients. In this study, we collated and analyzed relevant literature, reports, and studies in the past three years, and it was clear that the use of acupuncture for diabetic constipation can remarkably improve clinical symptoms, and it is efficacious and safe. Therefore, this treatment protocol has positive clinical application value.展开更多
基金Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(Project number:2022JQ-955)。
文摘Chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease are becoming increasingly prevalent in Chinese ageing population due to its accelerated ageing process, which has been a serious threat to people’s health. The prevention and treatment of these diseases have been increasingly emphasized in the medical field. Diabetes is a metabolic disease characterized by polydipsia, polyuria, and emaciation, in which the incidence of type 2 diabetes is much higher compared to type 1 diabetes. Diabetes causes a variety of complications during the progression of the disease. Diabetic constipation is one of the most common and harmful complications of diabetes, which can negatively impact the health of patients. There are limitations when treating these diseases using Western medicine, and there are obvious side effects associated with some drugs. The tolerance of the middle-aged and elderly towards the drugs are poor. Therefore, more and more experts and scholars have advocated the introduction of Chinese medicine into the treatment of diabetic constipation, of which acupuncture is widely used, and its efficacy has been well recognized by doctors and patients. In this study, we collated and analyzed relevant literature, reports, and studies in the past three years, and it was clear that the use of acupuncture for diabetic constipation can remarkably improve clinical symptoms, and it is efficacious and safe. Therefore, this treatment protocol has positive clinical application value.
