医患英文对话 | 心力衰竭

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Heart Failure

Doctor: What is troubling you?

你觉得什么不舒服？

Patient: I have great difficulty in catching my breath. My heart is beating very fast.

我呼吸很困难，心跳得很快。

Doctor: When did you begin to notice these symptoms?

你什么时候发现这些症状的？

Patient: Well, five years ago in a routine check-up my school doctor told me that I had heart trouble. But it didn’t bother me and I could carry on as usual. In the last two years, I have noticed when I climb stairs my heart beats faster and I have to stop and catch my breath.

五年前在常规体检时校医告诉我我的心脏有问题。但是我毫无不适，能照常活动。最近两年我发现上楼梯时心跳得很快，并且不得不停下来喘气。

Doctor: How many pillows do you use when you sleep?

你睡觉时用几个枕头？

Patient: Two. I used to need only one, but since last year I’ve had to add another.

两个。我以前都是枕一个枕头，但从去年起，我必须增加一个。

Doctor: Do you ever have to get up at night to pass water?

你夜里需要起来小便吗？

Patient: No. 不需要。

Doctor: Have you had any swelling of your ankles?

你有过踝部水肿吗？

Patient: No, I don’t think so.

没有，没有水肿过。

Doctor: Have you ever had any pain in the small of your back?

你有过腰背部局限性疼痛吗？

Patient: Yes, every once in a while. But it doesn’t last long.

有过，偶尔有过。但是疼痛持续的时间不长。

Doctor: On both sides? 两侧都痛吗？

Patient: Yes. 是的。

Doctor: Have you had this recently?

近来你有过这种疼痛吗？

Patient: Once about a week ago, I believe.

大约一周以前确实有过这种疼痛。

Doctor: Did you have chills and fever at the same time?

与此同时你有寒战和发烧吗？

Patient: Yes. For a couple of days I felt as if I had some fever.

有。近两三天来我感觉好像有点发烧。

Doctor: Have you had any burning when you urinate?

你小便时有过灼烧感吗？

Patient: No. 没有。

Doctor: Has your urine ever been cloudy or bloody?

你的尿液有过浑浊或血样颜色吗？

Patient: Well, I haven’t noticed.

哦，我没有注意到。

Doctor: Has anyone in your family ever had kidney or heart disease?

你家里有人得过肾脏病或心脏病吗？

Patient: Well, my mother died of high blood pressure. And my father had what they called kidney cysts.

嗯，我母亲死于高血压。而我父亲患过他们所说的肾囊肿。

Doctor: Lie on the bed, please. I’ll examine you. I’ll give you an EKG and a chest x-ray. It seems you had better be hospitalized.

请躺在床上，我给你检查一下。我要给你做一个心电图，再做一个X线胸部检查。看来你最好还是住院。

Patient: Is it that bad? 有那么严重吗？

Doctor: No, it is not very serious, but I don’t want to take any risk. You’ll be all right soon.

不，情况不很严重，可是，还是小心点好，你很快就会好的。