In this paper,simple fire needle pricking the points of Du(Governor)and Ren(Conception)meridians was employed to treat 74 cases of menopausal syndrome.The result showedthat 41 cases were clinically cured,17 marked...In this paper,simple fire needle pricking the points of Du(Governor)and Ren(Conception)meridians was employed to treat 74 cases of menopausal syndrome.The result showedthat 41 cases were clinically cured,17 markedly improved,15 improved and 1 ineffective,with thetotal effective rate 87%.With the advantages of extensive materials used,simple manipulation andlarge variety of indications,this method is worthy to be popularized.展开更多
Case History
Ms. Li, aged 51 years, a staff member from a certain university in Beijing, paid her first visit on Feb. 17,2003, with the chief complaint of irregular menstrual cycle for more than 2 years. The patient c...Case History
Ms. Li, aged 51 years, a staff member from a certain university in Beijing, paid her first visit on Feb. 17,2003, with the chief complaint of irregular menstrual cycle for more than 2 years. The patient complained that in the recent two years, she had shortened menstrual cycle, sometimes only with a 10-day interval between each two cycles, and each menstrual period lasting 3-10 days. The menstrual blood was profuse and fresh-red in color, accompanied with such symptoms as feverish sensation in the face,uncontrollable irritability and peevishness, poor sleep,excitation, difficulty in falling asleep. She also sometimes had vexation, palpitation, dizziness,forgetfulness, lumbar soreness, dry throat and thirst,dry stool, and yellow urine. She had been diagnosed by western medicine to have menopausal syndrome,and treated with western medicine accordingly with little effect.展开更多
Objective:To study the effect of self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone on hormone levels, lipid metabolism and immune response in women with menopausal syndrome.Methods: Patients wit...Objective:To study the effect of self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone on hormone levels, lipid metabolism and immune response in women with menopausal syndrome.Methods: Patients with menopausal syndrome who were admitted in Hebei Weichang County Hospital between April 2014 and March 2017 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into to the combined group who accepted self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone therapy and the control group who accepted tibolone monotherapy. The serum levels of sex hormones, lipid metabolism and immune cytokines were detected before treatment and3 months after treatment.Results: 3 months after treatment, serum E2, HDL-C, Omentin-1, VaspinC, IL-4 and IL-10 levels of both groups of patients were significantly higher than those before treatment while LH, FSH, TC, TG, LDL-C, Rsistin, IFN-γ and IL-2 levels were significantly lower than those before treatment, E2, LH and FSH levels were not significantly different between the two groups, serum TC, TG, LDL-C, Rsistin, IFN-γ and IL-2 levels of combined group were significantly lower than those of control group while HDL-C, Omentin-1, VaspinC, IL-4 and IL-10 levels were significantly higher than those of control group.Conclusion: Self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone is equivalent to tibolone monotherapy in regulating the sex hormones, and more significant than tibolone monotherapy in improving the lipid metabolism and immune response in patients with menopausal syndrome.展开更多
Background: This study aims to understand the relationship between menopausal status and the presence of Metabolic Syndrome in women from 40 to 65 years, as well as to describe the distribution of each component of Me...Background: This study aims to understand the relationship between menopausal status and the presence of Metabolic Syndrome in women from 40 to 65 years, as well as to describe the distribution of each component of Metabolic Syn- drome according to sample characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 551 women treated at a clinic in southern Brazil. MetS and its components were defined according to NCEP-ATP III and menopausal status as pre, peri, and post-menopause. Prevalences of menopausal status and of MetS and its components were calculated. Estimates of prevalence ratios crude and adjusted with confidence intervals of 95% were calculated by Poisson Regression with robust variance. Demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and reproductive characteristics were considered as potential confounding factors in multivariable models based on a conceptual framework of MetS determination. Results: The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the sample was 56.1% (CI95%: 51.9 to 60.2), being more common among older women (56 to 65 years), with low education, menarche 11 years old, with three or more pregnancies and in the post-menopausal period. In multivariate analysis, there was an increase of prevalence ratios when comparing perimenopause and post-menopause with pre-menopause;however, the confidence intervals include the unit. Regarding the analysis of isolated components in the sample, the most prevalent altered components were: hypertension (84.8%;CI95%: 81.7 to 87.8), waist circumference (66.4%;CI95%: 62.5 to 70.4) and HDL cholesterol (51.7%;CI95%: 47.5 to 55.9). There was a linear increase on mean blood glucose through menopausal status. Conclusions: Our study indicates variation on the distribution of MetS and each component according to menopausal status and other women characteristics. Future studies on MetS should also have foresight to use this type of approach to improve understanding and targeting of actions and programs focusing on women in this period of life.展开更多
Objective: This paper aims to study the sociodemographic and clinical aspects of menopausal climacteric syndrome in the city of Kati in Mali. Patients and Methods: This was a quantitative descriptive and cross-section...Objective: This paper aims to study the sociodemographic and clinical aspects of menopausal climacteric syndrome in the city of Kati in Mali. Patients and Methods: This was a quantitative descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted in the city of Kati from February 1 to July 31, 2021. We included 112 menopausal women. Women were selected from a household survey using the sampling step. We were interested in conjugal, family and professional life, self-esteem and the state of health of women in general. Results: More than half of the women in our study were already postmenopausal (52.2%);the mean age was 50.5 years with the extremes ranging from 41 to 62 years. The majority of them were married (69.9%), housewives (43.4%) and Bambara (53.1%). The most common climacteric syndromes were: joint pain (65.5%), hot flashes (62.8%) and night sweats (56.6%). Genital-urinary syndromes (42.5%) were dominated by decreased libido (41.7%), urinary disorder (23%) and vaginal dryness (14.6%). Genitalia-urinary syndromes increased the frequency of disagreements;Pearson’s Chi-square = 33.63;ddl = 1;P = 0.001. There was a statistically significant relationship between night sweat, genital-urinary syndromes, joint pain, and increased disease frequency with, respectively: Pearson’s chi-square = 4.660;ddl = 1;P = 0.031;Fisher’s exact test, P = 0.001, Pearson’s Chi-square = 8.434;ddl = 1;P = 0.004. There was no statistically significant relationship between climacteric syndrome and family life, work life and self-esteem. Changes in the professional relationship between women and their co-workers included, respectively: arguments (50%);disagreements (25%) and disobedience (25%). Conclusion: Menopause deteriorates the quality of life of women who suffer in silence, hence the need to pay special attention to them.展开更多
目的系统评价坤宝丸治疗更年期综合征的有效性和安全性。方法采用计算机检索PubMed,EMbase,The Cochrane Library,Web of Science及中国知网(CNKI)、万方(WanFang)、维普(VIP)数据库自建库起至2022年12月的相关文献。由2位评价员独立筛...目的系统评价坤宝丸治疗更年期综合征的有效性和安全性。方法采用计算机检索PubMed,EMbase,The Cochrane Library,Web of Science及中国知网(CNKI)、万方(WanFang)、维普(VIP)数据库自建库起至2022年12月的相关文献。由2位评价员独立筛选文献、提取资料并评价纳入研究的偏倚风险,采用RevMan 5.3软件对纳入研究进行Meta分析。结果共纳入13项研究,涉及1590例更年期综合征患者,其中观察组803例,对照组787例。按对照组的用药种类进行亚组分析,坤宝丸单用组的临床疗效显著高于氟桂利嗪+谷维素+维生素B1组[RR=1.75,95%CI(1.38,2.22),P<0.00001],坤宝丸联用组临床疗效显著高于戊酸雌二醇+甲羟孕酮组[RR=1.18,95%CI(1.03,1.34),P=0.01]和刺五加组[RR=1.20,95%CI(1.08,1.33),P=0.0007];坤宝丸单用组对更年期临床症状调查表(Kupperman)评分显著低于替勃龙组[MD=-6.00,95%CI(-7.72,-4.28),P<0.00001];坤宝丸联用组卵泡刺激素(FSH)显著低于刺五加组[MD=-25.70,95%CI(-33.22,-18.18),P<0.00001];坤宝丸联用组促黄体素(LH)显著低于刺五加组[MD=-11.20,95%CI(-12.05,-10.35),P<0.00001];坤宝丸单用组雌二醇(E2)显著高于替勃龙组[MD=-7.00,95%CI(-11.44,-2.56),P=0.002]。药品不良反应主要为腹胀、便秘、头晕、阴道出血、体质量增加等,患者均能耐受。结论坤宝丸对更年期综合征患者的临床疗效、Kupperman评分、激素指标等的改善效果与激素类药物相当,甚至更优。但由于纳入研究的质量不高,尚需更严格、高质量的临床研究进一步证实。展开更多
Caused by hypo-ovarianism, menopausal syndrome usually occurs in women aged from 45-55 years. With high incidence and various symptoms, the disease often severely jeopardize the health of the women. The authors had tr...Caused by hypo-ovarianism, menopausal syndrome usually occurs in women aged from 45-55 years. With high incidence and various symptoms, the disease often severely jeopardize the health of the women. The authors had treated 300 cases of menopausal syndrome by acupuncture and obtained a good result.展开更多
文摘In this paper,simple fire needle pricking the points of Du(Governor)and Ren(Conception)meridians was employed to treat 74 cases of menopausal syndrome.The result showedthat 41 cases were clinically cured,17 markedly improved,15 improved and 1 ineffective,with thetotal effective rate 87%.With the advantages of extensive materials used,simple manipulation andlarge variety of indications,this method is worthy to be popularized.
文摘Case History
Ms. Li, aged 51 years, a staff member from a certain university in Beijing, paid her first visit on Feb. 17,2003, with the chief complaint of irregular menstrual cycle for more than 2 years. The patient complained that in the recent two years, she had shortened menstrual cycle, sometimes only with a 10-day interval between each two cycles, and each menstrual period lasting 3-10 days. The menstrual blood was profuse and fresh-red in color, accompanied with such symptoms as feverish sensation in the face,uncontrollable irritability and peevishness, poor sleep,excitation, difficulty in falling asleep. She also sometimes had vexation, palpitation, dizziness,forgetfulness, lumbar soreness, dry throat and thirst,dry stool, and yellow urine. She had been diagnosed by western medicine to have menopausal syndrome,and treated with western medicine accordingly with little effect.
文摘Objective:To study the effect of self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone on hormone levels, lipid metabolism and immune response in women with menopausal syndrome.Methods: Patients with menopausal syndrome who were admitted in Hebei Weichang County Hospital between April 2014 and March 2017 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into to the combined group who accepted self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone therapy and the control group who accepted tibolone monotherapy. The serum levels of sex hormones, lipid metabolism and immune cytokines were detected before treatment and3 months after treatment.Results: 3 months after treatment, serum E2, HDL-C, Omentin-1, VaspinC, IL-4 and IL-10 levels of both groups of patients were significantly higher than those before treatment while LH, FSH, TC, TG, LDL-C, Rsistin, IFN-γ and IL-2 levels were significantly lower than those before treatment, E2, LH and FSH levels were not significantly different between the two groups, serum TC, TG, LDL-C, Rsistin, IFN-γ and IL-2 levels of combined group were significantly lower than those of control group while HDL-C, Omentin-1, VaspinC, IL-4 and IL-10 levels were significantly higher than those of control group.Conclusion: Self prescription for nourishing liver and kidney combined with tibolone is equivalent to tibolone monotherapy in regulating the sex hormones, and more significant than tibolone monotherapy in improving the lipid metabolism and immune response in patients with menopausal syndrome.
文摘Background: This study aims to understand the relationship between menopausal status and the presence of Metabolic Syndrome in women from 40 to 65 years, as well as to describe the distribution of each component of Metabolic Syn- drome according to sample characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 551 women treated at a clinic in southern Brazil. MetS and its components were defined according to NCEP-ATP III and menopausal status as pre, peri, and post-menopause. Prevalences of menopausal status and of MetS and its components were calculated. Estimates of prevalence ratios crude and adjusted with confidence intervals of 95% were calculated by Poisson Regression with robust variance. Demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and reproductive characteristics were considered as potential confounding factors in multivariable models based on a conceptual framework of MetS determination. Results: The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the sample was 56.1% (CI95%: 51.9 to 60.2), being more common among older women (56 to 65 years), with low education, menarche 11 years old, with three or more pregnancies and in the post-menopausal period. In multivariate analysis, there was an increase of prevalence ratios when comparing perimenopause and post-menopause with pre-menopause;however, the confidence intervals include the unit. Regarding the analysis of isolated components in the sample, the most prevalent altered components were: hypertension (84.8%;CI95%: 81.7 to 87.8), waist circumference (66.4%;CI95%: 62.5 to 70.4) and HDL cholesterol (51.7%;CI95%: 47.5 to 55.9). There was a linear increase on mean blood glucose through menopausal status. Conclusions: Our study indicates variation on the distribution of MetS and each component according to menopausal status and other women characteristics. Future studies on MetS should also have foresight to use this type of approach to improve understanding and targeting of actions and programs focusing on women in this period of life.
文摘Objective: This paper aims to study the sociodemographic and clinical aspects of menopausal climacteric syndrome in the city of Kati in Mali. Patients and Methods: This was a quantitative descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted in the city of Kati from February 1 to July 31, 2021. We included 112 menopausal women. Women were selected from a household survey using the sampling step. We were interested in conjugal, family and professional life, self-esteem and the state of health of women in general. Results: More than half of the women in our study were already postmenopausal (52.2%);the mean age was 50.5 years with the extremes ranging from 41 to 62 years. The majority of them were married (69.9%), housewives (43.4%) and Bambara (53.1%). The most common climacteric syndromes were: joint pain (65.5%), hot flashes (62.8%) and night sweats (56.6%). Genital-urinary syndromes (42.5%) were dominated by decreased libido (41.7%), urinary disorder (23%) and vaginal dryness (14.6%). Genitalia-urinary syndromes increased the frequency of disagreements;Pearson’s Chi-square = 33.63;ddl = 1;P = 0.001. There was a statistically significant relationship between night sweat, genital-urinary syndromes, joint pain, and increased disease frequency with, respectively: Pearson’s chi-square = 4.660;ddl = 1;P = 0.031;Fisher’s exact test, P = 0.001, Pearson’s Chi-square = 8.434;ddl = 1;P = 0.004. There was no statistically significant relationship between climacteric syndrome and family life, work life and self-esteem. Changes in the professional relationship between women and their co-workers included, respectively: arguments (50%);disagreements (25%) and disobedience (25%). Conclusion: Menopause deteriorates the quality of life of women who suffer in silence, hence the need to pay special attention to them.
文摘Caused by hypo-ovarianism, menopausal syndrome usually occurs in women aged from 45-55 years. With high incidence and various symptoms, the disease often severely jeopardize the health of the women. The authors had treated 300 cases of menopausal syndrome by acupuncture and obtained a good result.