關注健康:身體健康的7個微妙信號

It's a fact of digital life that every time you're hit with a twinge of pain or a pang of discomfort, the natural impulse is to immediately google your symptoms, which will lead you to reach the eventual (and sensible) conclusion that you probably have cancer.
在現在的數字社會，當你忽然感到一陣疼痛或者一陣不適時，本能的反應就是去google一下你的症狀，然後得出最終結論：可能是癌症。
Relax! The good news is that you probably don't have cancer. Or AIDS, dengue fever, Lyme disease, Ebola, leprosy, or any of the other terrifying illnesses that keep WebMD in business. In fact, you may be even healthier than you think. Random pains can be distressing, but if your body displays these subtle signs of health, chances are good that you're actually doing just fine.
淡定！事實上你可能並沒有癌症，艾滋，登革熱，萊姆病，伊波拉病，麻風病，或者其它什麼能讓網絡醫生有利可圖的可怕的病。你可能要比你想象中的還健康。偶爾的疼痛的確很讓人痛苦，但是如果你的身體其實是在發出一些很微妙的健康信號，很可能你現在的生活方式就很好了。

1. Relatively Clear, Copious Urine 小便清長
If you're peeing a few times a day and it's pale yellow—not cloudy, dark, or super-concentrated—that means that you're adequately hydrated and your kidneys are healthy. Completely colorless urine, however, indicates that you may be over-hydrated, and while that's not as problematic as being dehydrated, it could mean that you're losing valuable salts and electrolytes.
如果你一天要小便多次並且呈淡黃色——不是大量，深色，過於濃縮的——這說明你的身體是富含水分，而且腎臟很健康。而完全無色的尿液則說明你身體的水分過多，如果沒出現脫水的症狀，則說明你正流失鹽分及電解質等營養成分。
2. Regular, Well-Formed Bowel Movements 規律、適當的腸部運動
Yes, it all comes down to poop. Normal feces come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors, but as long as yours isn't bloody, loose, or painfully hard, you're probably okay. Being regular is another good indicator of relative health; when your body is processing solid waste quickly and efficiently, it shows that there's adequate fiber in your diet and your digestive system is working properly.
這實質上指的是大便。正常的大便可能有着不同的形狀、大小、顏色。但是隻要你的大便不帶血色、稀薄或要非常痛苦的用力，一般都是沒問題的。而大便規律是身體相對健康的好徵兆。如果你的身體能夠快速高效的處理固體垃圾，說明你攝入了足夠的膳食纖維，而且消化系統運轉正常。
3. Stable Weight 穩定的體重
Assuming you're not grossly underweight or morbidly obese, a relatively stable weight is a sign of good health. Significant unexplained gains and losses or yo-yoing back and forth on diets are causes for concern.
只要你不是過於輕或病態肥胖，那麼相對穩定的體重是健康的一個標誌。而如果體重突然不明的增加或減少或者食量忽大忽小，這就要引起主意了。

4. Quick Wound Healing 傷口快速癒合
If you find that small cuts, scrapes, or burns take a very long time to heal or if you experience unexplained bruising from light pressure, see a doctor. If you don't, congratulations! Your blood is clotting normally, your white cells are carrying away bacteria, and your blood vessels are healthy. You're doing alright.
如果你發現即使很小的割傷、擦傷、燒傷都要很長時間才能癒合，或者經常有不明的瘀青，這時就要去看醫生了。當然如果你沒有上述情況，則要恭喜，這說明你可以正常的凝血，白細胞可以有效殺死細菌，血管也很暢通。
5. Healthy Hair and Nails 健康的頭髮和指甲
The integumentary system (which includes hair and nails) is often the first place that a serious vitamin deficiency shows up. This shortage can cause weak, deformed fingernails and toenails and hair that falls out in clumps. If your hair's biggest problems are frizziness or split ends, then it's more or less healthy.
當維生素缺乏時，首先會變現在表皮系統（包括毛髮和指甲）。維生素缺乏會導致手指甲、腳趾甲薄弱畸形，頭髮大量脫落。而如果你頭髮的主要問題是易打結、發稍分叉，那說明你至少還是比較健康的。
6. Regular Menstrual Periods 經期正常
Regular periods with normal premenstrual symptoms are one of the best indicators that your reproductive system is healthy. Irregular, painful periods and excessive or prolonged bleeding are symptoms that should be checked out by a doctor.
經期正常是生殖系統健康的最好標誌之一。如果出現經期不正常、痛經、量過大、淋漓不盡等症狀則要去看醫生了。
7. Decent Sleep 睡眠好
True, most of us don't get quite as much sleep as we should, and occasional insomnia is considered normal. But as long as you're sleeping through the night on a regular basis and not experiencing night sweats or being awakened repeatedly by the urge to urinate, you're probably hitting all the necessary sleep rhythms. And if you're generally waking up feeling at least moderately refreshed, things are looking good.
事實上，大多數人都沒有足夠的睡眠，偶爾的失眠也屬正常。但是隻要你的睡眠規律，沒有盜汗、尿頻的現象，那麼就可以說你的睡眠節奏不錯。而如果你醒來時感到了最起碼的精神恢復，就說明你的狀態很好。
It should go without saying that the absence of these signs can mean hundreds of different things and can signify dozens of different problems—or sometimes nothing at all—and a doctor is the only one who can say for sure. And that means a real doctor—because sometimes WebMD just doesn't cut it.
不言而喻，如果沒有出現上述症狀，那麼就有很多種可能的解釋，預示着各種不同的問題，當然也可能沒有什麼事。而這一切都需要醫生的診斷，當然是真正的醫生，不是網絡上的醫生。