Relationship between TCM syndrome types and the severity of PHG
Objective:To investigate the relationship between different TCM syndrome types and the severity of portal hyper-tensive gastropathy(PHG).Methods:Clinical data of 247patients with PHG diagnosed and treated in the hospital from January 2019to November 2022were reviewed.The patients'baseline data,serum indicators and other general data were collected.All pa-tients received TCM syndrome diagnosis.Disease severity,Child-Pugh grade and clinical indicators in patients with different TCM syndrome types were comparatively analyzed,and correlation analysis was performed.Results:Among the 247patients,there were 52patients with dampness-heat amassment syndrome,45patients with liver qi stagnation syndrome,35patients with liver-kidney yin deficiency syndrome,33patients with water dampness stagnation syndrome,45patients with static blood blocking collaterals syndrome and 37patients with spleen-kidney yang deficiency syndrome.There were statistically significant differences in the con-stituent ratios of different grade of PHG among patients with different TCM syndromes.The proportions of grade 2and grade 3static blood blocking collaterals syndrome were the highest(20.61%and 25.64%).There were statistically significant differences in the constituent ratios of Child-Pugh grades among patients with different TCM syndromes(P<0.05).The proportions of grade B and grade C dampness-heat amassment syndrome were the highest(20.61%and 25.00%).There were statistically significant differences in fibrinogen,platelet count and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels among patients with different TCM syn-dromes(P<0.05).Referring to liver qi stagnation syndrome,there was a statistically significant difference in the risk of grade 4PHG in patients with static blood blocking collaterals syndrome(P<0.05).Conclusion:The common TCM syndrome types of PHG include dampness-heat amassment syndrome,liver qi stagnation syndrome,liver-kidney yin deficiency syndrome,water dampness stagnation syndrome,static blood blocking collaterals syndrome and spleen-kidney yang deficiency syndrome.These TCM syndrome types are closely related to the severity of the disease and Child-Pugh grade.Conditions of patients with static blood blocking collaterals syndrome and dampness-heat amassment syndrome are relatively severe,which can be used as an ob-jective basis for treatment based on TCM syndrome differentiation.