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Top 5 Thanksgiving Health Threats

Nov 26, 2013

除非你是一只火鸡,否则感恩节似乎是一个无害的节日. 但如果你不小心的话,今年你可能会去急诊室. Emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen列出了他在假日周末在急诊室看到的前5件事,以及为什么他认为感恩节后的周一是在急诊室工作最糟糕的一天.

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Interviewer: 感恩节似乎是一个相当无害的节日, 但实际上,这个感恩节你可能会以你以前从未想过的方式去看急诊. We're with Dr. 大发娱乐急诊科的特洛伊·马德森说. 是时候公布感恩节前五名急诊人次了. Number one.

Dr. Troy Madsen: Number one is heart failure. So what happens at Thanksgiving, you know, 你和家人朋友聚在一起,你只是不想考虑你的健康问题. It's just a time, 就像让大发娱乐忘记我有这些问题, you know, 你吃了很多咸的食物对于那些可能有一点心脏衰竭的人来说, means they retain a lot of fluid. Lots of salt equals lots of fluid, 心力衰竭患者只是体液过多, can't breathe and come to the ER.

Interviewer: 所以真的,一顿饭就能把人变成这样.

Dr. Troy Madsen: A really big meal, sure. Yeah, let's think about Thanksgiving though, we're not just eating one meal, 大发娱乐可以称之为一顿饭,但人们是在吃零食, 也许是看橄榄球比赛,然后吃东西,然后吃馅饼,吃剩菜, 所以大发娱乐说的是在12小时内吃很多咸的食物,这可能会造成一些损害.

Interviewer: 感恩节有人可能去急诊室的五大原因,第二.

Dr. Troy Madsen: 糖尿病的问题,又和食物有关,可能会有一些问题. 我认为糖尿病患者, most people are really on the ball, taking care of things there, 但是我认为很多人只是想忘记一天左右的事情, 现在他们又和家人朋友在一起了.

Interviewer: 是啊,就像一天一样. What harm could one day do?

Dr. Troy Madsen: Exactly, and you know, they're eating a lot of carbs; carbs are sugars. These raise their blood sugar up, they can have some diabetic issues, 甚至是非常严重的糖尿病紧急情况.

Interviewer: 好了,感恩节去急诊室的五大理由,第三个.

Dr. Troy Madsen: 第三个是火鸡碗受伤.

Interviewer: Oh, Turkey Bowl.

Dr. Troy Madsen: 所以你和家人聚在一起,让孩子们和青少年们去踢球,然后让老人们去教这些年轻人怎么踢足球, 大发娱乐不可避免地会在感恩节看到至少一些火鸡碗受伤. People, maybe they just twisted an ankle, 或者他们摔倒摔断了前臂, 他们可能高估了自己的运动能力,并因此遇到了问题.

Interviewer: Wow, all right, number four.

Dr. Troy Madsen: So number four is driving issues. 人们长途驾车,我认为大发娱乐最重要的是每个人, you know, 你想和家人一起过感恩节, so people, you know, 他们可能没有太多的休息时间, they get off Wednesday night, they think, I've got to be there by Thursday, maybe they're living a ways away, maybe it's 6 hours, 10 hours, 12 hours, who knows, but they're driving long distances, often late at night, 通常非常困倦,而且经常在非常恶劣的天气.
And sometimes it's the worst, you know, 这是今年第一场真正的暴风雪, 或者是结冰的道路,他们就会遇到问题. 所以你在旅行的时候一定要注意这一点.

Interviewer: 好了,感恩节你可能会去急诊室的五大原因.

Dr. Troy Madsen: 最后是食物卡在食道里.

Interviewer: 这似乎有点陈词滥调了.

Dr. Troy Madsen: It does, it does, but it does happen. 这种情况当然全年都会发生,但大发娱乐在感恩节前后也会看到. 那些试图吃得太多的人,他们不会咀嚼食物,尤其是肉. You get that piece of meat in there, it gets stuck in the esophagus, 你得去急诊室把它取出来.
We have to call the G.I. doctors in, so I'm sure our G.I. 当感恩节来临的时候,医生们并不兴奋, 但这不是一个你想要的地方,因为一大块食物卡在喉咙里,还得去急诊室.
And so, 想想人们来急诊室的五大原因还有一件事让所有这些都复杂化了. We've got a four day weekend here, it starts off with Thanksgiving, people are overeating, 他们在那里遇到了问题,然后是黑色星期五. 所以他们不想进急诊室因为今天是黑色星期五.

Interviewer: How are you going to get the deals?

Dr. Troy Madsen: Yeah, exactly, and then it's the weekend, 谁想在周末去急诊室, so I'll tell you, 在急诊室工作最糟糕的日子不是感恩节, it's the Monday after Thanksgiving, 我很高兴今年看了一下时间表,发现我没有被安排在日程表上,因为周一是个灾难,很多事情都是在那个时候开始在急诊室发生的, 感恩节和接下来的周末的所有后果.

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