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KMID : 1053320020010010038
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Journal of Oriental Medical Thermology
2002 Volume.1 No. 1 p.38 ~ p.46
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Using DITI to examine the pattern of subcutaneous heat of the climacteric patients
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Kim Ro-Sa
Choi Jeong-Eun
Kim Yong-Suk
Lee Kyung-Sub
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Abstract
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1.Objectives Among many symptoms that the climacteric patients complain of, the major subjective symptom is both heat in the upper part and cold in the lower part of the body(e.g foot, knee, and leg). We use DITI as a method to prove the symptoms of climacteric patients such as both heat in the upper part and cold in the lower part of the body, diagnose these symptoms, and follow up the progress of the clinical treatments. 2.Subjects and Methods We compare the subcutaneous heat of the climacteric patients with the symptom of heat in the upper part and cold in the lower part of the body with young women without any specific disease. The age distribution of the experimental group is 28 patients in 40’s, and 22 in 50’s. The mean age of the experimental group is 48.5±4.25. The age distribution of the control group is 17 patients in teen, 26 in 20’s, 7 in 30’s. The mean age of the control group is 23.31±6.45. We measure the subcutaneous heat on the cheeks, upper arms, palms, thighs, knees, dorsum pedis, lower back, hip, upper abdomen, lower abdomen of both groups and analyse the results. 3. Statistical methods All the results are statiscally analysed using student T-test of Microsoft Exel program. Statistically significant value by the analysis of variance procedure is P<0.05. 4. Results 1. The subcutaneous heat of the whole body of the experimental group shows hypothermia compared with control group, and the hypothermic pattern gets severe on the periphery. △T between the right and left side of the body in experimental group is larger than that of control group. 2.△T between the cheeks and the hypogastric in the experimental group is significantly larger than that of the control group, which shows cold face. 3.△T between the upper arms and the palms in the experimental group is significantly larger than that of the control group, which shows cold hand. 4. △T between the thighs and the knees in the experimental group is significantly larger than that of the control group, which shows cold knee. 5. △T between the thighs and the feet in the experimental group is significantly larger than that of the control group, which shows cold foot. 6.△T between the hip and the lower back in the experimental group is significantly larger than that of the control group. That shows the Lower back is warmer than the hip. 7. △T between the upper and the lower abdomen in the experimental group is significantly larger than that of the control group, which shows cold hypogastric.
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KEYWORD
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climacteric patients, thermography
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