CNN News:开学季迎来了“感冒流行季”

Back to school season can mean back to school colds. We are going to tell you what to watch out for today on CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl Azuz. Welcome into the show.

返校季的来临也就意味着学校感冒季的到来。下面在CNN学生新闻里我们将告诉你怎样来预防感冒，欢迎收看节目。

On average, you can expect to get about four to six colds per year, and you`ve heard how to avoid them, wash your hands with soap. If you haven`t done that, don`t touch your face or your food. Don`t kiss or drink after people who are sick. There`s a virus that`s been spreading in some parts of the U.S. It`s called enterovirus. It`s common. And it`s usually not deadly, but a particular strain of enterovirus has sent hundreds of kids to the hospital this summer. One doctor says many of the cases she`s seen are from children who have a history of breathing problems like asthma or wheezing. So, if you have asthma, doctors say it`s important to keep taking your medication.

平均来讲，每个人每年都会得四到六次感冒，你肯定也听过该怎样来预防感冒，就是勤用香皂洗手，如果没有的话就不要用手触摸你的脸或者你的食物，不要与感冒的人亲密接触。这是在美国部分地区广泛传播的病毒叫做肠道病毒。这是一种很常见的病毒，通常来讲并不致命，但是某一种肠道病毒已经导致数百名孩子住进了医院。一位医生告诉我们称这些孩子中大多数都有呼吸病病史，例如气喘或者哮喘。所以如果你有气喘类病史的话医生建议说继续服药很重要。

Other signs to watch out for in this particular strain of enterovirus include coughing, fever or getting a rash.

这种特殊肠道疾病病变症状还包括咳嗽，发烧或者出皮疹现象。

This particular virus is called enterovirus D 68, and they are seeing it mostly in the Midwest and the Southeast.

这种特殊病毒被称为68号肠道病毒，在中西部和东南部比较常见。

There are dozens and dozens of different types of enteroviruses and they cause different kinds of symptoms. Some cause respiratory symptoms, others might cause gastrointestinal symptoms. And often an enterovirus is really no big deal. If you`ve ever had a summer cold, there`s a very good chance that that was caused by an enterovirus. But there`s something about D68 that makes it worse. There`s something about this particular type of enterovirus that gives much more severe symptoms that often land people in the hospitals.

肠道病毒分很多种不同类型的病毒，并可以引发不同症状疾病。一些可能引起呼吸道系统疾病，一些可能引起胃肠道系统疾病，通常感染一种肠道病毒不是什么大问题。如果你夏天曾经得过感冒的话，那很可能就是肠道病毒引起的。但是如果感染68号肠道病毒的话那病情就会严重一些。这种肠道病毒可以引起很多种不同并发症。

For example, let`s just look at Mercy Hospital, it`s a children`s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. They`ve had more than 400 children in the hospital with signs of this virus. 60 of those children have ended up in intensive care, and this is the important part: that`s been in less than a month. That`s pretty severe. Pediatricians there say they`ve never seen anything like it.

例如拿慈善医院来讲，这是在密苏里州堪萨斯市的一家儿童医院。他们已经接纳了超过400名感染这种病毒的儿童。有60名儿童在重症监护室进行治疗，最重要的这种情况发生在一个月之内，是相当严重的现象。儿科医生也表示从未见过这样严重的病毒感染。

This type of enterovirus has been around since the 1960s, it`s popped up here and there in the United States and in other countries as well. They don`t know why it`s gotten so bad this year.

这种病毒自20世纪60年代以来就有了，突然出现在美国各个地方，其他国家也有。但是不知道今年为什么这么严重。