雅皮士流感：不是装病是真病_BEC初级作文

雅皮士流感：不是装病是真病

大约有两百五十万英国人患有此病，其中女性患病率更高。二十世纪八十年代，这种疾病被称为“雅皮士流感”，因为大多数患者年龄介于20岁到40岁之间，且多为专业人士。

Symptoms include extreme physical and mental fatigue and painful limbs. The condition can also affect memory, concentration and digestion, with some sufferers left so weak that they lose their job or become bed or wheelchair-bound. But with the cause unclear, scepticism has remained as to whether it is a physical illness or merely psychological.

此病的症状包括身心极度疲惫，四肢疼痛。这种病也能对记忆力、注意力和消化功能造成损害，因此一些患者变得越来越虚弱，以至于失去工作或者瘫痪在床，或依赖轮椅行动。由于病因不明，人们怀疑这到底是生理疾病，又或仅仅是心理上的疾病。

The researchers, from Columbia University in New York, analysed hundreds of blood samples taken from ME patients and healthy people. The blood from those with ME showed a distinct ‘chemical signature’.

纽约哥伦比亚大学的研究者们对数百份分别取自肌痛性脑脊髓炎患者和健康人的血液样本进行了分析，发现ME患者的血液显示出了明显的“化学特征”。

It had higher levels of various compounds released by the immune system to defend the body against infection. The link with an immune protein, interferon gamma, was particularly strong, the journal Science Advances reports.