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1、肥胖会导致肝硬化DoctorJudeObenhadgrimnewsforapatientlastweek.Theliverexperttoldthe60-year-oldmanthathehadcirrhosis-forthesecondtimeinhislife.裘德·奥本医生是一位肝脏病专家，上周他带给一位60岁的病人一个坏消息——他又一次患上了肝硬化。这已经是这位病人第二次得这种疾病了。 OnlyfouryearsagoOben'spatienthadrequiredalivertransplantafterhisfirstboutofcirrhosis（肝硬化）,aconditionh
2、ehadcontractedbecausehewasobese."Unfortunatelymypatientcontinuedtoovereatandremainedobese,"saidOben,ahepatologist（肝脏病学家）basedattheRoyalFreeandStThomas'hospitalsinLondon."Asaresult,hecontractedcirrhosisagain.Sadly,Ihadtotellhimthatthistimeitwasveryunlikelyhewouldbegivenanotherliver." Oben'spatientiso
3、neofa"tidalwave"ofcasesofcirrhosis,triggeredbyobesity,thatthreatenstosweepthroughhospitalsacrosstheUK."Peoplemightbeawarethattherearemetabolicdisorderssuchasdiabetesandhighbloodpressureassociatedwithobesity,butveryfewknowabouttheconnectionwithcirrhosis.However,thereisaveryclearlink.Obesitycantrigger
4、cirrhosis." Oben,whorecentlylaunchedthecharityObesityActionCampaigntohelpinthebattleagainstthespreadofthecondition,saidthat10yearsagohesawonlyanoccasionalcaseofobesity-relatedcirrhosisinhisclinic.Todayhehasdozensofcasesoftheillness,whichoccurswhenirreversiblescarringcausesaperson'slivertodeteriorate
5、.Inthepast,excessalcoholconsumptionandhepatitisinfectionshavebeenthemaincausesofcirrhosisinBritain.Nowathirdcause-obesity-hastriggeredamajorincreaseincasesofliverdiseaseintheUK. Theaverageageofdeathfromliverdiseaseis59,comparedwith82-84forheartandlungdiseaseandstrokes,forexample.Itisthefifthlargestc
6、auseofdeathintheUK,andinthepast10yearstherehasbeenafivefoldincreaseincirrhosisforthoseagedbetween35and55.Obenpredictsthatthesefiguresareonlygoingtogetworseasobesitylevelsrise. "AboutathirdoftheUKpopulationisnowobese,whileonegovernmentestimaterecentlysuggestedthatthisfigurewillriseto50%by2050,"saidOb
7、en."Frankly,Ithinkwewillhavereachedthatlevellongbeforethen,andwhenwedothatwewillfindthatcirrhosiscasenumbershaveincreasedsteeply." NorwillcirrhosiscasesbetheonlyonestofollowinthewakeofBritain'sincreas
