Subsequent Observation of Tongue in 137 Kidney Disease Patients

Objective:Study tongue changes continuously in a group of kidney disease patients to find the diagnostic significance from tongue. Methods:Changes of tongue and variation of disease of 137 cases were recorded in different time. Regulation were analysed as a whole. Results: As admitted, pale tongue was found in 39 cases, including 22 cases of kidney function deficiency (56 4%). The rest 17 cases were edema and anemia. Colour of tongue was consistent with the condition of disease in 102 cases. The consistent rate was 74 4%. 57 cases of indented tongue were edema, kidney function difficiency and acute nephritis. 10 cases of pale tongue below indented margin were uraemia, the others were all consistent with total colour chage of tongue. The percentage of constant change of yellow coated tolngue and white coated tongue was 70%. The rate of thickness of coated tongue consistent with variation of disease was 82%. In 23 hypernitremia patients, serious blurring stripped tongue margin was in 19 cases with the 82 6% consistent rate. Results: The diagnostic value of red tongue, pale tongue, thickness of coated tongue, indented tongue and stripped tongue is high in kidney disease. No significant value is in yellow tongue and white tongue.