The Theoretical Research And Clinical Investigation On Treating Xerophthalmia Due To The Diabetes From Dampness Syndrome Differentiation

Objective: By reviewing the Chinese and Western medical literature and observing the clinical effect of treating Xerophthalmia due to the Diabetes that shows the symptom of dysfunction of Qi and retention of pathogenic dampness in the spleen and stomach by using dampness dispersing therapy and regulating qi to the spleen therapy. The study enriches the understanding of the disease and expands the treating principles thus develops the new treating rules.Methods: Clinical observation method is adopted in the paper. The collected cases are randomly divided into the treatment group and the control group, 30 patients in each group. Patients in the former group are treated with dampness dispersing therapy and regulating qi to the spleen therapy as well as the hyaluronic acid sodium eye drops. While the later group only uses the hyaluronic acid sodium eye drops. The two groups are given different points according to the observation of the symptoms of the eyes, the quantity of tears, corneal staining and corneal sensitivity changes,Results: The treatment group: 11 cases are markedly effective, 15 cases are effective, 4 cases get progress and 0 cases are ineffective. The control group:0 cases are markedly effective, 3 cases are effective, 27 cases get progress and 0 cases are ineffective. In the treatment group, all indexes get improvement. The difference has statistical meanings(P <0.05). On the other hand, in the control group, the symptom of acid red eyes and itchy eyes and Schirmer I Test have not statistical meaning(P> 0.05) while difference of other indexes have statistical significance(P <0.05). Thus dampness dispersing and regulating qi to the spleen can improve the patients’ symptoms, create more tears, prolong tear film breakup time and improve corneal epithelial situation.Conclusion: dampness dispersing therapy and regulating qi to the spleen therapy can be very effective in treating xerophthalmia due to the Diabetes. treating from dampness can provide new methods and new ideas in TCM Diagnosis...