肥胖引起肝硬化医疗对此无计可施_BEC初级作文

肥胖引起肝硬化医疗对此无计可施

这并不是个例，肥胖引发的肝硬化正威胁着整个英国。奥本解释说，人们都知道肥胖症者的高血压和糖尿病发病率高，并因此导致新陈代谢紊乱。但是，人们从来不会把肝硬化和肥胖联系起来，而事实是，肥胖会导致肝硬化。

Oben, who recently launched the charity Obesity Action Campaign to help in the battle against the spread of the condition, said that 10 years ago he saw only an occasional case of obesity-related cirrhosis in his clinic. Today he has dozens of cases of the illness, which occurs when irreversible scarring causes a person's liver to deteriorate. In the past, excess alcohol consumption and hepatitis infections have been the main causes of cirrhosis in Britain. Now a third cause – obesity – has triggered a major increase in cases of liver disease in the UK.

奥本最近发起了一项名为“肥胖行动”的慈善活动，旨在抑制肝硬化疾病的传播。他说，十年前在他的诊所里，因为肥胖导致的肝硬化患者寥寥无几，现在情况却愈演愈烈，因为在病人肝脏的不可逆疤痕会导致其状况恶化。过去在英国，酗酒和肝炎是肝硬化的主要病因，如今，肥胖已经取代酗酒和肝炎，一跃成为英国肝脏疾病多发的主要原因。

The average age of death from liver disease is 59, compared with 82-84 for heart and lung disease and strokes, for example. It is the fifth largest cause of death in the UK, and in the past 10 years there has been a fivefold increase in cirrhosis for those aged between 35 and 55. Oben predicts that these figures are only going to get worse as obesity levels rise.