| Objective:To provide survey data for clinical treatment of androgenic alopecia in the future, a study on corelation between androgenic alopecia and syndrome differentiation based on theory of TCM was carried out through obtaining relevant clinical information as well as all syndrome differentiation and exploring various factors causing the onset of androgenetic alopecia and its significance by surveying a lot of patients.Methods:Investigation on outpatients diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia was conducted with homemade clinical questionnaire. Then, syndrome differentiation of all the patients under the tutor’s guidance and correlating study on various factors and syndrome differentiation was carried out by analyzing the survey data with SPSS software.Conclusion:A variety of factors such as age, gender, educational background, occupation, marital status, family history, hair case, lifestyle and so on were involved in the onset of androgenetic alopecia. The severity of hair loss related with the age of onset, family history, course of disease, lifestyle, etc. Family history and time spent on computer everyday may affect hair case; Irregular living habits could cause and aggravate androgenetic alopecia; Severe acne may be one kind of complications; and most patients with hair loss begin from head and two temples and suffer sever hair loss in summer and autumn. Syndrome differentiation among120patients including74cases of accumulation of Heat-Dampness,25cases of deficiency of blood and dryness of wind,21cases of deficiency of liver and kidney showed that syndrome differentiation based on theory of TCM has significant differences in the age of onset but no significance in hair type, and whether congenital factors or acquired factors can cause and aggravate hair loss, and it’s helpful to slow down and treat hair loss with using drug, changing mean habits, releasing stress and leading a healthy study and work life. |
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