The Journal of the Society of Stroke on Korean Medicine (대한중풍순환신경학회지)
- Volume 10 Issue 1
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- Pages.68-73
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- 2009
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- 2466-0248(pISSN)
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- 2466-0272(eISSN)
A Clinical Report on a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes
- Shin, Ae-sook (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Gwak, Ja-young (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Cho, Seung-yeon (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lee, In-whan (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Kim, Hye-mi (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Kim, Na-hee (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Park, Sung-wook (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Park, Jung-mi (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Ko, Chang-nam (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Bae, Hyung-sup (Stroke & Neurological disorders center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2009.12.01
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a progressive disorder caused by a combination of insulin resistance and 𝛽 cell dysfunction. Sogal(消渴) is a traditional Korean medical term referring to a condition pertaining 3 major symptoms - thirst, polyphasia, polyuria. Sogal has been reported to have similar characteristics with DM. This case report demonstrates a patient with T2DM complaining of typical Sogal symptoms. We diagnosed him as So-yang person Sogal and treated him with acupuncture and herbal medicine.