中医治疗咳嗽变异性哮喘的研究进展

Research Progress in the Treatment of Cough Variant Asthma with Traditional Chinese Medicine

摘要: 咳嗽变异性哮喘(cough variant asthma, CVA)是当前最常见的慢性咳嗽原因，大约有1/3。CVA是一种特殊的哮喘，以咳嗽为主要症状。单纯应用西医疗法，长期的激素治疗会导致耐药性和激素依赖性，而且出现肺部感染和骨质疏松等并发症的风险，而中医药治疗CVA具有症状消失快、复发率低等优势。因此，通过中医药治疗本病，可提高综合疗效并改善患者生存质量对临床治疗具有重要意义。

Abstract: Cough variant asthma (CVA) is the most common cause of chronic cough, accounting for about 1/3. CVA is a special type of asthma, with cough as the main symptom. Using western medicine alone, long-term hormone treatment will lead to drug resistance and hormone dependence, and there is a risk of complications such as lung infection and osteoporosis. Traditional Chinese medicine treat-ment of CVA has the advantages of rapid disappearance of symptoms and low recurrence rate. Therefore, it is of great significance for clinical treatment to improve the comprehensive efficacy and improve the quality of life of patients by treating this disease with traditional Chinese medicine.