世界節(jié)假日博覽 第44期:世界腎臟日

　　World Kidney Day is on the 12th of March. It started in 2006 and has grown quickly. In its first year, 66 countries celebrated it and two years later that number rose to 88. The day is a joint venture of the International Society of Nephrology and the InternationalFederation of Kidney Foundations. The aim of the day is to raise awareness about the importance of our kidneys. Campaigns and campaigners also want to highlight how harmful kidney disease is, and spread the message that most forms of kidney disease are treatable. Few of us ever stop to think about our kidneys. Perhaps even fewer know exactly what they are and what they do. Our two kidneys form an amazing organ that keeps our body healthy.

　　世界腎臟日會在每年的3月12日召開。該節(jié)日開始于2006年，并迅速發(fā)展開來。舉辦之初，全球有66個國家慶祝了該節(jié)日，兩年之后這一數(shù)字上升到了88個。它是國際腎臟病學會和國際腎臟基金聯(lián)盟聯(lián)合共同創(chuàng)立的。該節(jié)日的目的是為了提高人們對腎臟的重視程度。宣傳活動和活動開展人士還希望人們提高對腎臟疾病危害的重視，讓人們了解到絕大多數(shù)腎臟疾病是可以治愈的。很少有人會隨時關注著我們的腎臟?；蛟S，很少有人會對腎臟是什么，以及腎臟的功能有著確切的了解。人類的兩個腎臟能夠讓我們保持身體健康。

　　So just what are our kidneys and what do they do, exactly? They are (of course) kidney-shaped organs each about the size of an apple. They are located under our rib cage, deep in our abdomen. Their main job is to keep our blood clean. They do this by filtering and removing poisons and excess water from our blood - 200 litres every day. They also help to control our blood pressure, and they produce red blood cells and keep our bones healthy. They’re pretty busy all the time. Kidney disease can affect anyone – about ten percent of us suffer from it. Most of us don’t know we have it because it rarely causes pain. If we have regular health and blood checks, doctors can quickly detect any disease early on and treat it.

　　那么，腎臟究竟是什么，它們有什么作用呢?腎臟形狀的器官大約與蘋果一邊大。它們位于胸腔的下部，深藏的腹部中。它們的主要工作就是清潔血液。它們過濾，轉移血液中的有毒物質和過量水分，每天會過濾200公升。它們還幫助控制血壓。制造紅細胞，保持骨質健康。它們總是忙忙碌碌。腎臟疾病能夠對我們所有人造成影響，有大約10%的人口會遭受腎病的困擾。但是絕大多數(shù)人都沒有注意到它的存在，那是因為腎病很少會引起人們的疼痛感。如果我們定期進行健康和血液檢查，那么醫(yī)生會及時發(fā)現(xiàn)早期病癥，并進行治療。

本篇內容翻譯來自可可英語網(wǎng)。