医学英语轻松学 第28期:哮喘

 Today, we’re talking about asthma¹.

今天我们要谈论的是哮喘

Asthma is when air can’t get into your lungs and you have trouble breathing.

因空气无法到达肺部，造成呼吸困难。

When you have an asthma attack, you have trouble catching² your breath.

若发生哮喘，你会感到呼吸困难。

There are a lot of asthma “triggers” that can cause an asthma attack.

哮喘病发作有许多诱因。

People may not have the same triggers.

诱因因人而异。

Some common asthma triggers include tobacco smoke, dirty air outside, cockroach³ droppings, pets, mold, and hard exercise that makes you breathe really fast.

普遍因素包括烟草、空气污浊、蟑螂屎、宠物、霉菌以及一些造成呼吸加快的高难度动作。

If you have asthma, it’s really important to know what your triggers are.

你如果患有哮喘，了解诱发因素至关重要。

Your parents and doctor can help you figure them out.

家长和医生可以帮助你。

Not everyone who has asthma takes the same medicine.

服药同样因人而异。

Some people use inhalers to breathe in the asthma medicine and some take pills. Some have to use both.

有人使用雾化吸入器，有人服用药物。还有人两者兼用。

A lot of people have to use an inhaler right away when they have an asthma attack to help them breathe.

若突发哮喘，许多人会使用吸入器，此举可快速缓解呼吸困难。

If you have asthma, always remember to follow your doctor’s orders.

若患有哮喘，请自己遵循医嘱。

If you’ve been running or playing hard and feel out of breath, stop and take a break.

若跑步或运动过量，感到呼吸困难，请停下休息。

Know the warning signs of an asthma attack, wheezing⁴ and coughing, breathing too hard and too fast, or feeling tightness in your chest.

了解哮喘的警告信号，气喘咳嗽，呼吸困难或呼吸加快，胸腔发紧。

And when you leave the house, always take your inhaler with you, if you use one for asthma attacks.

吸入器需随身携带，以防哮喘突发。

1 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。

2 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

3 cockroach   

n.蟑螂

参考例句：

• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
• She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。

4 wheezing   

v.喘息，发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的现在分词 )；哮鸣

参考例句：

• He was coughing and wheezing all night. 他整夜又咳嗽又喘。
• A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune. 一架手摇风琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏着一首古老的曲子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》