共度SARS難關

西佛吉尼亞大學醫學院(West Virginia University School of Medicine)的博士班研究生寫了篇預防SARS的方法之建議. 摘錄如後. 請跑友卓參;
The fact that the mysterious pneumonia has been widely spread in HK drives me to do a literature review on the suspected cause （i.e. coronavirus）of the SARS （Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ）. As a biomedical researcher, let me show you my concern and make the following suggestions.
神秘的非典型性肺炎正在香港廣泛傳播，於是我對引起SARS（嚴重呼吸綜合征）的病因（例如冠狀病毒）作了一下研究。現在讓我從生物醫學研究者的角度給您一些建議。

The basic mechanism of viral attack is that the viruses replicate themselves using the host's （in this case "our" ） DNA genetic replication system. By doing this, our body couldn't function well due to the massive viral replication. Supposedly, the immune cells in our body will fight off the infected viruses quickly. However, the viruses are so smart that they could be able to produce some chemical substances to cause our immune cells to die. Besides, this coronavirus is a new kind of virus which belongs to a mutated strain and our body cannot recognize it. No antibiotics have been proved to be 100% effective in treating viral infection so far. The only effective way to get rid of it is by ourselves. It is like a prolonged battle between the viruses and our immune response. In fact, viruses couldn't kill all the immune cells in a healthy individual. The stronger your immune function, the less viral injury you get. Therefore, the degree of sickness after infection and the rate of recovery mainly depend on how strong your immune function is.
濾過性病毒能夠引起疾病的原因是，病毒能夠通過使用病人身體中的DNA 基因複製系統來複製自己。如果病毒大量複製自己，則我們的身體就不能正常工作了。於是，我們身體當中的免疫細胞就會很快的殺掉這些感染病毒。然而，這些病毒非常聰明，他們能夠産生某種化學物質而導致我們的免疫細胞死亡。除此以外，冠狀病毒是一種新型的變異病毒，它不能被我們的身體識別。這樣，在我們的免疫系統和病毒之間就會展開一場長時間的鬥爭。實際上，病毒並不能殺死一個健康人身體中的所有免疫細胞。人身體的免疫功能越強，此人受病毒侵害的幾率就越小。所以，在感染病毒後的病情嚴重情況和康復的幾率基本上看此人的免疫功能有多強。

You cannot avoid the infection unless you stay away from those infected individuals/area. But, you can try your best to boost up your immune function by several regimes. Make sure you are "extremely healthy" at least during this critical period. Stronger immune function could keep the viral damage to a minimal if you were so unluckily being infected. Also, stronger immune function delays the onset of any detrimental effects from the viral infection. Scientists are now working on tracking the treatment and so make sure you are still surviving until an effective treatment occurs. The following suggestions aim to strengthen your immune function within a short period of time.
你無法避免被感染，除非你不去接觸被感染者和被感染地區。但是，你可以盡你所能調動你的免疫系統，確保你處於“非常健康”的狀態，至少在這段非常時期。如果你的免疫系統夠強，就算你非常不幸的被感染上病毒，也會將病毒的侵害降到最低限度。科學家們現在正在研究如何治療此種肺炎，所以一定要保證你能夠活到有效治療方法研究出來之前。下面是一些在短時期內能夠增強你的免疫功能的方法：

1. Antioxidant nutraceuticals ： Antioxidants are chemicals found in foods which exert a great value in strengthening our immune system. Boost up your immune function by taking a cocktail of antioxidant supplements.
抗氧化劑： 抗氧化劑是一種存在於食品中的能夠很好增強我們免疫系統的化學物質。你可以靠服用一些抗氧化劑保健品來增強你的免疫功能：

n Vitamin E 1000 IU per day. Alpha-tocopherol is the biological active form of vitamin E. There are two forms of it： d-tocopherol and dl-tocopherol. d- is the natural form and dl- is the synthetic form. Try to get the d- form because it is absorbed faster in our body.
每天服用維他命E 1000 IU（醫學國際單位，international units）。Alph- 維生素E 是一種生物活性維他命E. 它有兩種形式：d-維生素E 和dl- 維生素E. d-維生素E 是自然形式，dl- 維生素E 是合成形式。最好服用d-維他命 E ，因爲它可以更快的被我們的身體所吸收。
n Vitamin C （ascorbic acid ） 1000 milligram （mg） daily. Instead of taking supplement, you can take 2 pieces of citrus fruits （e.g. orange ）a day to get the vitamin C.
每天1000毫克維他命C （抗壞血酸維生素C ）。你也可以靠每天食用兩個柑桔類水果（例如桔子）來獲取維他命C
n Beta-carotene, not more than 10000 IU daily
Beta胡羅蔔素，每天服用不超過10000IU
n Selenium, 200 microgram daily
硒，每天200 微克
n Zinc, not more than 500 milligram (mg) daily
鋅，每天不超過500 毫克
n Lipoic acid, 50 mg daily
硫辛酸，每天50毫克
n Glutathione, 50 mg daily
谷胱甘肽，每天50毫克

No any adverse effects have been reported from the above suggested supplementation dose.
沒有任何人反映服用以上物質有副作用。

2. Let green tea to be your daily beverage because it contains tremendous amount of antioxidant flavonoid, catechins. Eat more tomatoes, broccoli or fruits and vegetables in red and dark green color. They carry a huge amount of antioxidant carotenoids，lycopene and carotene.
每天喝綠茶，因爲綠茶中含有大量抗氧化劑類黃酮和茶酸。
多吃番茄，椰菜，和其他紅色和深色的水果。

3. No intense physical activities during this critical period!
It has been shown that intense exercise will suppress your immune function (related to the upper respiratory infection) even several days following your workout. Instead of intense exercise, light-to-moderate workout helps if you have been training regularly.
在這段非常時期不要做劇烈運動！
因爲劇烈運動會壓抑你的免疫系統功能（與你的上呼吸感染有關的免疫系統功能），並且此壓抑情況會持續好幾天。如果你以養成定期鍛煉的習慣，那麽在這段時間你可以做一些輕度或中度運動。

4. Make sure you get enough carbohydrate foods (e.g. rice, food concentrated in starch, .......... etc.) because carbohydrate is the primary food for immune cells. Drink some Gatorade or Pocari if needed since they are both good sources of carbohydrate.
確保你食用足夠的碳水化合物食物（例如，大米及其它富含澱粉的食物）， 因爲碳水化合物是免疫細胞最重要的食物。喝一些Gatorade（一種運動飲料）或Pocari （寶礦力），因爲他們都是富含碳水化合物的飲料。

5. Make sure you get enough sleep and don't make yourself so stressful!
Anxiety, depression and tiredness will influence your body's stress hormones (e.g. catecholamine and glucocorticoids) and so suppress your immune status.
每天保證充足睡眠，不要使自己處於緊張和壓力之下。焦慮、緊張都會影響身體的壓力荷爾蒙（例如，兒茶酚安和糖皮質激素）從而壓抑身體免疫功能。

6. Mouth-mask helps despite it is not 100% effective. But it can still decrease the chance from infection.
口罩雖然不能100%預防感染，但是能夠起到一定的作用，仍然可以減少被感染幾率。

All the above information is supported by peer-reviewed biomedical literatures, that means they are credible and reliable! God bless and I really hope that none of you will get infected and I will pray for all of you in every moment!
以上所有資訊均有生物醫學理論支援，這些建議都是可信和十分可靠的。

看完這篇文章後. 我想提出的是該文第三點所說:
‘在這段非常時期不要做劇烈運動！因爲劇烈運動會壓抑你的免疫系統功能（與你的上呼吸感染有關的免疫系統功能），並且此壓抑情況會持續好幾天’
正如同running yam兄所說的:
‘隨劇烈的 Run (如比賽或長跑訓練等) 而來的, 卻是抵抗力降低的一段真空期’

有實證研究; Boston 馬拉松跑進三小時內的選手其於賽後得感冒的機率較常人大增.

提出這篇文章的用意在於建議眾跑友於此期間內盡量提昇自己的免疫力. 如須參賽宜於賽後補充抗氧化劑保健品來增強免疫功能. 願大家共度難關.

最近看電視新聞~~一幕又一幕民眾抗議sars的畫面,真的很讓人心寒,若大家都要免於受sars的威脅,那麼那些病人怎麼辦,難不成把他們殺了嗎?這些人太現實了,一點也不團結,希望大家共體時艱!