100多位電子菸民已感染嚴重的肺部疾病

More than 100 vapers have contracted a severe lung disease

100多位電子菸民已感染嚴重的肺部疾病

153 people have been diagnosed

153人已確診

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that it's looking into 153 possible cases of a mysterious lung disease that seems to be associated with e-cigarette use. The agency says it's investigating the illness alongside 16 states where the cases were reported from June 28th to August 20th.

疾控中心表示，他們正在調查153起肺病的原因，發現可能與抽電子煙相關。從6月28日起至8月20日止，陸續有16個州報道出這一疾病，該機構還表示，他們正在這些州調查疾病起因。

The illness seems to start out gradually with symptoms that include difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, and / or chest pain. Some cases also involve mild to moderate gastrointestinal illness, including vomiting, diarrhea, and fatigue. No one has died of the still-unnamed illness. The CDC and impacted states haven't identified a cause, but in all reported cases, affected people had used vapes. In multiple cases, these people also said they had recently used tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing products. THC is found in marijuana, so it could be possible that people are vaping weed products.

該疾病的初期症狀表現如下：呼吸困難、呼吸短促、胸痛。有些情況還涉及輕中度胃腸道疾病，包括嘔吐、腹瀉和疲勞。目前，尚未有人死於這種未命名的疾病。疾控中心和受影響的各州尚未明確起因，但在所有已報道的案例中，患者都曾抽過電子煙。在多個案例中，患者表示他們最近還抽過含四氫大麻酚（THC）的產品。大麻含有四氫大麻酚，所以他們抽的可能是大麻類產品。

The CDC has ruled out an infectious disease as the cause, but are still working to narrow down the possible cause and verify the cases. The agency is asking doctors to report any suspected cases to their state health office, along with details of their patient's symptoms, information about what kind of e-cigarette they were using, and what they might have been vaping before symptoms set in. The Food and Drug Administration is also investigating faulty e-cigarettes and is asking the public to report any "adverse experiences" online.

疾控中心已將傳染病誘因排除在外，但仍在儘可能的縮小範圍以確定原因。該機構要求醫生，一出現任何可疑案例應及時向州衛生辦公室彙報，並詳細說出病人的症狀、抽的電子煙類型，以及發病前可能抽的菸草類型。美國食品與藥品監管局正在調查有問題的電子煙，並讓公衆在網上說出“不良經歷”。

The CDC says most cases involve adolescents and young adults, which isn't necessarily a surprise given that the US Surgeon General declared youth vaping an epidemic in December this past year. Vaping among high schoolers increased by 78 percent between 2017 and 2018, with more than 27 percent of high schoolers using e-cigarettes regularly.

疾控中心表示，大多數患者都是青少年和年輕人。這一現象並不足爲奇，因爲美國公共衛生署署長宣稱：年輕人已於去年12月掀起了一股電子煙浪潮。2017至2018年間，高中生抽電子煙的人數上漲了78%，其中27%的學生經常抽電子煙。