Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Hi All I have a patient, 49, who reports she's been told she has high iron in the blood. She suffers from indigestion with chest oppression, obesity, swollen sinuses. Her tongue is swollen, purple pale, with a med dirty greasy coat and small horizontal cracks in the center. She wet the bed until she was 14 for which she was serially beaten. No particular urinary symptoms now. Her pulse is thin and deep on the left and slippery and empty on the right. I've diagnosed damp heat in spleen/St yin xu and blood stasis. Does anyone have any info on correlations of high iron in the blood in dx? Seems like acidic foods like lemon water help her indigestion a little. She has trouble digesting calcium supplements. She can take Gaviscon but not Tums. She's sensitive to smells and takes a lot of antihistimines for nasal blockage. She also gets small red acne papules along the center of her face from chin to eyebrows. She's a red head with lots of freckles but also a lot of age spots and cholasma on her chin and edges of face. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Shanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Hi Shanna, By " high iron in the blood " do you mean she has been diagnosed with haemochromatosis as well? If so, is she seeking treatment specifically for this condition? Heamochromatosis is a progressive and potentially deadly disorder involving iron deposits in the tissues/organs resulting in serious damage to from a WM perspective. I recall researching TCM treatment for haemochromatosis in the past and there are resources on the net if this is the actual problem. From memory, most treatments revolved around addressing a Liver/Spleen disharmony and any resultant complications. Best Wishes, Steve On 01/10/2004, at 4:51 AM, shannahickle wrote: > > > Hi All > > I have a patient, 49, who reports she's been told she has high iron > in the blood. She suffers from indigestion with chest oppression, > obesity, swollen sinuses. Her tongue is swollen, purple pale, with a > med dirty greasy coat and small horizontal cracks in the center. She > wet the bed until she was 14 for which she was serially beaten. No > particular urinary symptoms now. Her pulse is thin and deep on the > left and slippery and empty on the right. I've diagnosed damp heat > in spleen/St yin xu and blood stasis. Does anyone have any info on > correlations of high iron in the blood in dx? Seems > like acidic foods like lemon water help her indigestion a little. > She has trouble digesting calcium supplements. She can take Gaviscon > but not Tums. She's sensitive to smells and takes a lot of > antihistimines for nasal blockage. She also gets small red acne > papules along the center of her face from chin to eyebrows. She's a > red head with lots of freckles but also a lot of age spots and > cholasma on her chin and edges of face. > Any insights would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, Shanna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 , " shannahickle " <shannahickle> wrote: > > Hi All > > I have a patient, 49, who reports she's been told she has high iron > in the blood. > red head with lots of freckles but also a lot of age spots and > cholasma on her chin and edges of face. > Any insights would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, Shanna Hi Shanna, The treatment in WM for hemochromatosis is bleeding. They have to bleed the patient to keep the levels of iron down. Kinda sounds like blood stasis and heat on that basis. I don't know if there is sucessful CM treatment or not. One thing I did learn when I had a patient with this disorder is that they can have a coppery color to their skin. This could possibly be what you are seeing on her face. Good luck Jill Likkel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I treated a patient with hemochromatosis for quite a while. he also did bleeding therapy. this disease comes with very high cholesterol levels causing cardiovascular diseases. The patient responded well to herbal therapy combined with chelation therapy and was able to stop WM bleeding therapy. Mike _______________________________ Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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