The debilitating condition once derided as ‘yuppie flu’ is a genuine illness, researchers say.

雅皮士流感是一种能让人慢慢衰竭的疾病，虽然曾经受到诸多嘲讽，但研究人员称，这其实是一种真实存在的病。

Controversy has raged for nearly 30 years as to whether the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome are real or all in the mind.

近30年来，关于慢性疲劳综合征的症状是否存在，一直争议不断。

Now a study shows the condition, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME, does trigger a distinctive immune response in the body.

如今，一份研究表明，这种病，也就是肌痛性脑脊髓炎（ME），的确能引发人体内的一种特殊的免疫反应。

The discovery paves the way for treatments that, given early enough, could prevent years of ill health.

这项发现为相关治疗提供了依据。而只要尽早采取治疗，就能预防常年的健康损害。

It should also help ease the stigma that has led to sufferers being dismissed as malingerers who imagine their symptoms.

同时，这项研究也能缓解患者因被怀疑装病而遭解雇的屈辱感。

ME affects some 250,000 Britons and is more common in women than men. It was called ‘yuppie flu’ in the 1980s because sufferers tend to be aged between 20 and 40 and the illness was most frequently seen among professional people.

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