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Hope for people with diabetes 新裝置給糖尿病患者帶來(lái)希望

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What painful thing does little Charlotte not need to do any more?

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Six-year-old Charlotte from Lancashire is one of 400,000 people in the UK with type 1 diabetes.

六歲的夏洛特來(lái)自蘭開(kāi)夏郡，她是英國(guó)40萬(wàn)1型糖尿病患者其中的一個(gè)。

Her body can't make insulin, the hormone which regulates blood sugar levels.

她的身體不能產(chǎn)生胰島素，胰島素是一種調(diào)節(jié)血糖的激素。

As part of a trial, she has a sensor on her arm which continuously monitors her blood glucose, and sends readings to this pump, which automatically delivers the insulin she needs.

作為一次試驗(yàn)的一部分，她手臂上裝有一臺(tái)傳感器，可持續(xù)監(jiān)測(cè)她的血糖，并將讀數(shù)發(fā)給這個(gè)泵，泵會(huì)自動(dòng)輸送她所需的胰島素。

Ange Abbott, Charlotte's mother
It's had such a massive impact. Prior to having the loop, everything was manual. We had to … We'd be up all night, and some nights, you know, every hour, every two hours to do finger pricks. Whereas now she can be the social child she was before and that's... that just makes me so happy.

安吉·阿伯特       夏洛特的母親
“影響太大了。在用閉環(huán)系統(tǒng)之前，一切都是手動(dòng)的。我們整晚都不能睡，有些晚上，每一兩個(gè)小時(shí)就要給孩子扎手指測(cè)血糖。而現(xiàn)在，她得以變回了以前那個(gè)善于交際的孩子，我開(kāi)心壞了。”

It's known as a hybrid closed-loop system --– a sort of artificial pancreas.

該裝置被稱(chēng)為 “混合閉環(huán)系統(tǒng)”，就像是人工的胰腺。

Charlotte, diabetes patient
I don't have to do finger pricks or needles any more.

夏洛特       糖尿病患者
“我不用再扎手指驗(yàn)血或者打針了。”

And it keeps her blood sugar from going too high or too low.

這樣做還可以防止她的血糖過(guò)高或過(guò)低。

Dr May Ng, Paediatric Endocrinologist
I think it's absolutely fantastic. I've been practising for 25 years in children's diabetes, and it's a game changer. To be able to improve the quality of life, to be able to see that most of the blood glucose readings are within the target range --–  it's very exciting.

吳詩(shī)梅醫(yī)生       兒科內(nèi)分泌學(xué)家
“我覺(jué)得這太棒了。我已經(jīng)在兒童糖尿病領(lǐng)域從醫(yī)25年，而這個(gè)裝置會(huì)帶來(lái)巨大的改變。能夠提高人們的生活質(zhì)量，并看到大部分的血糖讀數(shù)都在正常范圍內(nèi)，太讓人激動(dòng)了?！?

Yasmin Hopkins, diabetes patient
The sensors are on my arm, and they loop back through each other…

雅絲敏·霍普金斯       糖尿病患者
“傳感器貼在我胳膊上，這些部件之間會(huì)協(xié)同工作。”

Yasmin, from South London, is astounded how much her blood sugar levels have stabilised using the new technology.

雅絲敏來(lái)自倫敦南部，使用這款新科技產(chǎn)品后，她的血糖水平穩(wěn)定了下來(lái)，她對(duì)此感到非常驚訝。

Fergus Walsh, BBC correspondent
So, it's liberating?

弗格斯·沃什       BBC通訊員
“是不是讓你有種解脫感？”

Yasmin Hopkins, diabetes sufferer
Yeah, definitely, there's nothing I can't do. There's no situation now that makes me anxious or scared. I really feel like, before, I really could have been at risk of some of those long-term [issues], especially the kind of heart [heart-related] stuff and things like that. Whereas now I don't really see that happening.

雅絲敏·霍普金斯       糖尿病患者
“那肯定的，沒(méi)有什么我做不了的?，F(xiàn)在，沒(méi)有任何情況會(huì)讓我焦慮或害怕。我以前真的以為自己會(huì)面臨一些長(zhǎng)期的健康隱患，尤其是跟心臟有關(guān)的問(wèn)題。而現(xiàn)在我覺(jué)得不會(huì)了?！?

If blood sugar levels are not kept under control, diabetes patients risk long-term damage to their heart, kidneys, eyes and nerves.

如果血糖水平得不到控制，那么糖尿病患者就有心臟、腎臟、眼睛和神經(jīng)長(zhǎng)期受損的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

That's why this trial matters. If successful, it could mean patients like Yasmin have longer and healthier lives.

這就是為什么這次試驗(yàn)很重要。如果成功，就可能意味著像雅絲敏這樣的患者會(huì)更長(zhǎng)壽、更健康。

詞匯

trial 試驗(yàn)

monitors 監(jiān)測(cè)

game changer 徹底改變某領(lǐng)域的事物

quality of life 生活質(zhì)量

stabilised 穩(wěn)定下來(lái)

問(wèn)題答案

She doesn't need to wake up several times a night to have her finger pricked.