A pain in your joints might be caused by a bigger problem
痛風 不就是關節痛？可能沒那麼簡單！
You wake up in the middle of the night with intense pain in your big toe. It feels as if it's on fire. It could be gout. The pain comes on quickly, often at night. The joint at the base of the big toe is where it usually hits. But it can occur in other joints such as ankles, knees or fingers. Gout happens when high uric acid levels in your blood cause uric acid crystals to form in your joints. The crystals cause pain and swelling.
Your kidneys usually take the uric acid out of your blood. But sometimes there is too much for them to handle.
Many people think gout comes from eating too much red meat and drinking too much. But research shows that gout is genetic. Diet and weight can bring on attacks of gout but do not cause it. Eating a healthy diet and staying at a healthy weight will help. However, the best way to treat gout is to take medicine.
Info Cloud
stub one’s toe 腳趾頭踢到桌腳或是椅子
dip one’s toe 嘗試去學習或做一件新的事情
Hi, friends. Welcome to Info Cloud. Rex, are you OK? You look like you're in pain.
I am in a bit of pain. I stubbed my toe this morning, and it still hurts.
Oh, Rex. I'm so sorry. But that's a good point to talk about.
You want to talk about my toe?
No, no, no. The phrase, to stub your toe. When you stub your toe, you hit it against something. Rex, how did you stub your toe?
I stubbed my toe by hitting it against my chair when I got up from the breakfast table.
Oh, I see. Well, Rex, have you ever dipped your toe into something?
What do you mean? And why are we still talking about my toe?
OK, OK. It's just another fun phrase to teach. When you dip your toe into something, you try it out for the first time, or you try something that is unfamiliar.
Ah, yes. I recently dipped my toe into baking. I'm slowly learning how to bake a few things.
Well, that's great. Just don't stub your toe as you're in the kitchen dipping your toe into baking. And I do hope that your toe feels better soon.
相信大家都有過腳趾頭踢到桌腳或是椅子的經驗，真的是很痛，英文可以用 stub one’s toe 來形容，例如，I stubbed my toe by hitting it against my chair. 我踢到椅子，傷了我的腳趾頭。另外一個跟 toe 腳趾頭有關的用語是 dip one’s toe，字面上是用腳趾頭去碰觸一樣東西，意思就是嘗試去學習或做一件新的事情。I’ve recently dipped my toe into baking. 我最近開始嘗試去做烘焙。
Language Lab
joint n. 關節
a point where two bones meet in the body
- When Mrs. Clark got out of bed, her joints felt very stiff.
Clark 太太起床的時候，她覺得關節很僵硬。
joint adj. 共同的、共有的
doing something together
- After Jim and Anita got married, they decided to open a joint bank account.
Jim 跟 Anita 結婚後，就決定要在銀行裡開一個共有的戶頭。
joint n. 餐館、酒吧
a cheap bar or club
- Kelly is meeting her friends at the joint across the street from her apartment.
Kelly 跟她的朋友們要在她公寓對面的餐館碰面。
swelling n. (身體部位) 腫起來
an area on someone's body that is larger than normal because of an illness or injury
Greg hurt his knee, and he’s now putting ice on it to keep the swelling down.
Greg 傷了膝蓋，他現在在冰敷，以便控制膝蓋的腫脹程度。
- Rachel woke up with swelling on her right eye; she’s guessing a mosquito had bitten her.
Rachel 醒來時右眼是腫的，她猜是蚊子咬的。
- There is swelling on my arm; it doesn’t hurt but it itches a lot.
我的手臂上有個腫塊，它不痛但是非常癢。
attack n. 攻擊
to act violently against (someone or something) : to try to hurt, injure, or destroy (something or someone)
- The soldiers are planning an attack; it will happen at midnight.
軍人們在策畫要進攻，打算在半夜裡突襲。
attack n. 強烈的批評
to criticize (someone or something) in a very harsh and severe way
- The manager’s verbal attack during the meeting was very inappropriate.
經理在會議中的言語批評實在是非常的不妥當。
attack n. 身體內的疾病突然發作
to begin to harm, injure, or destroy (something)
- Michelle was so stressed out that she had a panic attack.
Michelle 的壓力過大，造成她恐慌發作。
genetic adj. 跟基因有關的、遺傳性的
of, relating to, or involving genes
- Sabrina is interested in becoming a genetic engineer.
Sabrina 有興趣成為一位基因工程師。
- Evelyn has diabetes and she says it is genetic; her mother has it, too.
Evelyn 有糖尿病，她說是遺傳的，因為她母親也有。
- His dysplasia is a genetic disease that affects German Shepherds.
髖關節發育不良是一種在德國牧羊犬中的遺傳性疾病。
