Multimorbidities seriously threaten the health and life span of the elderly and are independent risk factors for frail-ty.Multimorbidities combined with frailty lead to increased vulnerability,disability,multiple infections,multiple organ failure,rapid deterioration of the disease and high mortality,which is a global public health problem.Multidisciplinary visits,multiple medications,drug-related gastrointestinal bleeding or liver and kidney function impairment pose great challenges for treatment.According to the syndrome differentiation system of traditional Chinese medicine,the basic pathogenesis of senile frailty is the de-ficiency of vitality,the depletion of physical and mental function,while multimorbidities have a long course of disease and the ac-cumulation of pathological products,and are still mixed with"phlegm,blood stasis and toxin".In addition to tonifying,different treatment methods are still needed to improve the overall physical function of the patients.Clinical practice shows that traditional Chinese medicine treatment can significantly reduce the incidence of adverse drug reactions in patients with multimorbidities,im-prove the quality of life and reduce the hospitalization rate and fatality rate,which fully reflects the advantages of traditional Chi-nese medicine syndrome differentiation.
关键词
老年共病衰弱/辨证论治/虚/痰/瘀/毒
Key words
senile patients with multimorbidity and frailty/syndrome differentiation and treatment/deficiency/phlegm/blood stasis/toxin
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