Clinical Observation on Treatment of Infantile Diarrhea by Tuina ann Medications

目的：观察推拿结合药物治疗婴幼儿轮状病毒感染性腹泻的临床疗效。方法：将确认的55例患儿按就诊先后随机分为2组。药物组30例，采用静脉滴注利巴韦林、口服思密达治疗；推拿加药物组25例，进行补脾经、清大肠、顺时针摩腹揉脐、推上七节骨、揉龟尾、捏脊等推拿手法治疗。并配合与药物组相同的药物治疗。结果：推拿加药物组总有效率96％，与药物组相比，P〈0．01。结论：推拿对治疗轮状病毒感染的婴幼儿腹泻具有良好的治疗效果，对于缩短病程、提高疗效、降低医疗费具有重要意义。

Clinical observation on treatment of infantile diarrhea by tuina and medications

Objective  To observe the clinical effect of tuina plus medications on infantile diarrhea induced by rotavirus infection. Methods  After 55 cases of confirmed sick infants were divided into two groups by the order of their visits, 30 cases in the medication group were treated by intravenous infusion of Ribavirin and oral administration of Smecta; 25 cases in the tuina plus medication group were treated by the manual techniques of tonifying Pijing(脾经) and clarifying Dachangjing (大肠经), rubbing the abdomen and kneading the navel clockwise, pushing Shangqijiegu (上七节骨), kneading Guiwei (龟尾), and pinching the skin of the spine, in combination with same medications used as in the medication group. Results  The total effective rate was 96% in the tuina plus medication group, P < 0.01, in comparison with the medication group. Conclusion  tuina has a good therapeutic effect in the treatment of infantile diarrhea induced by rotavirus infection and is importantly significant for shortening the course, enhancing the therapeutic effect and lowering down the medical cost. WANG Jian-xiong (1962- ), male, associate chief physician, associate professor