Doctor Jude Oben had grim news for a patient last week. The liver expert told the 60-year-old man that he had cirrhosis – for the second time in his life.
裘德·奥本医生是一位肝脏病专家,上周他带给一位60岁的病人一个坏消息——他又一次患上了肝硬化。这已经是这位病人第二次得这种疾病了。
Only four years ago Oben's patient had required a liver transplant after his first bout of cirrhosis, a condition he had contracted because he was obese. "Unfortunately my patient continued to overeat and remained obese," said Oben, a hepatologist based at the Royal Free and St Thomas' hospitals in London. "As a result, he contracted cirrhosis again. Sadly, I had to tell him that this time it was very unlikely he would be given another liver."
四年前他为这位患者进行了肝移植手术,那是这位患者首次因肥胖患肝硬化。“不幸的是,我的这位病人继续暴饮暴食并保持肥胖状态,”在英国皇家自由医院和圣托马斯医院工作的肝脏病专家奥本说道。“因此,他再一次感染肝硬化疾病。不幸的是,我只能告诉他这一次他可能不会再得到另一个肝脏了。”
Oben's patient is one of a "tidal wave" of cases of cirrhosis, triggered by obesity, that threatens to sweep through hospitals across the UK. "People might be aware that there are metabolic disorders such as diabetes and high blood pressure associated with obesity, but very few know about the connection with cirrhosis. However, there is a very clear link. Obesity can trigger cirrhosis."
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