Record of Hospitalization
Name: Mr. H Sex: Male
Age: 52 Profession:
worker
Nationality: Saudi Arabia Date of hospitalization:
May 18, 2006
Marital Status: Married
Major complaints: Distending pains of the stomach duct for
23 years and the condition is getting worse since the recent
two years.
Disease history: The patient suffered distending pains of
the stomach duct for 23 years. There is relief after taking
the western medicine. He did test in his local hospital and
was diagnosed with stomach convulsion.
The stool is constipated and is as hard as a stone.
Difficulty in bowel movement and 3-4 times a day. No tary
stool.
In his country, the weather is hot and dry. He likes cold
drinks. The patient had ulcerative colitis two years ago and
was given operation for removing his intestinal segment
partly. Since then the condition of abdominal distention and
constipation became much more obviously. When the abdominal
distention getting worse, there is painful sense radiates to
his back waist as well. The condition could be under control
by taking his western medicine.
Individual
History: Mr. H was born in Saudi Arabia and the living
environment is hot and dry. He has an addiction of smoking
and 20 cigarette each day. No addiction of drink alcohol. He
once had a blood transfusion while having the operation two
years ago. No allergy to any medicine or food.
Physical examination: normal growth of his body and normal
nutrition level. Clear mind and cooperative. No yellowish
stain of his sclera. No
enlargement of lymph nodes. No abnormality of his
head and the five sense organs.
Gray hair.
Sanguine. Normal size of the
pupillae
and be sensitive to the reflection of light. No hyperaemia
in the throat. No
swelling of tonsil and thyroid gland. No varix. Thoracic
cage is
symmetrical and normal. Normal
breath sound in the lungs. Heart rate is 70 times/
minute. No cacophony. The abdomen touches even and soft.
There are pressing pains near to the left kidney. No rebound
tenderness. Normal
intestinal gurgling sound.
Acanthi is in a normal formation. Knee jerk and
tendon reflex are both OK.
Diagnosis:
Chinese
medicine: gastralgia (heat
syndrome of the stomach and impairment of body fluids)
Western medicine:
chronic
atrophic gastritis
May 19, 2006
Sleep well last night. The head of the left side pains.
Distending pains of the stomach duct. Fullness and
distention sense of the abdomen.
Thready and rapid pulse.
The tongue coating is thin and yellowish.
May 20, 2006
Obvious
abdominal distention. Good appetite. No any other
discomfort.
May 21, 2006
Abdominal distention is the same as before. The bowel
movement was only once yesterday and the stool was
constipated.
Thready and rapid pulse.
The tongue coating is thin and yellowish. Reddish tongue
body. The treatment strategy will be
regulating qi and relieving distension and
fullness,
nourishing yin and clearing heat.
rehmannia root 20g£¬
bupleurum root 5g£¬
toosendan fruit 10g£¬
adenophora root 12g, etc.
May 22, 2006
Today the patient had a CT test for head, and found no
abnormality of the head.
He
was diagnosed with chronic
atrophic gastritis checking by gastroscope.
May 25, 2006
The patient said that there is obvious relief of stomach
distending pains.
Thready and
rapid pulse. Thin and whitish tongue coating.
May 29, 2006
Abdominal
distending pains and there are
swollen pains around the bellybutton.
Thready and rapid pulse. Thin and whitish tongue. The
treatment strategy is nourishing yin and clearing heat.
rehmannia root 20g£¬
white peony root 10g£¬
bupleurum root 6g£¬
magnolia root 7g£¬
etc
June 2, 2006
Very obvious relief of the stomach distending pains.
String-like pulse. The tongue coating is thin and whitish.
bupleurum root 10£¬
ovate atractylodes root 10£¬
white peony root 10g£¬
ophiopogon tuber12g, etc.
June 5, 2006
Further relief of the stomach distending pains. Difficult in
bowel movement. String-like pulse. Thin and whitish tongue
coating.
June 8, 2006
Great relief of the stomach pains. Normal food intake. Deep
and fine pulse. The tongue coating is thin and whitish.
codonopsis root 15g£¬
bupleurum root 5g£¬
magnolia root 6g£¬
mulberry10, etc.
June 11, 2006
No distending pains of the stomach duct. Obvious relief of
the abdominal distention. Normal appetite. The patient left
hospital in June 13, 2006.
Doctor¡¯s advice for the patient:
1. Pay more attention to the daily
diet
2. less smoking
Another case of stomach problem that we treat
well here.