美國一女子患怪病 腿粗如象直徑超腰圍

A 36-year-old New Jersey woman has started a series of surgeries to manage a chronic condition that caused her lower body and legs to swell as wide as 4 feet.

一名36歲的新澤西婦女日前開始接受一系列的手術來治療一種慢性疾病，這種疾病使她下身和雙腿腫脹至4英尺寬。

Katia Page was diagnosed with stage 5 lipedema in April 2014 after years of misdiagnoses, according to her blog. The syndrome is characterized by symmetric enlargement of the legs due to deposits of fat beneath the skin, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

根據客凱蒂婭·佩奇的博客顯示，經過多年的誤診後，她在2014年4月被診斷爲脂肪水腫第五階段。據美國國家衛生研究院表示，脂肪水腫的綜合徵特點是由於皮下脂肪的堆積造成的雙腿對稱性腫大。

The often painful condition affects up to 11 percent of women. The underlying cause is unknown.

這種經常疼痛的病症影響了多達11%的女性。根本原因目前還並不清楚。

Page underwent liposuction to reduce the swelling of her legs, which started at 50 to 54 inches wide, Daily Mail reported. She will undergo 10 to 12 surgeries over three to four years, her doctor, Dr. David Greuner, told the Daily Mail.

據《每日郵報》報道，佩奇通過抽脂來減少雙腿的腫脹，她的腿有50至54英寸寬。她的主治醫生大衛·格羅伊納博士在接受《每日郵報》採訪時表示，她將在三到四年內的時間接受10到12次手術。

Page, who is engaged to be married, first noticed her legs were swelling when she was seven years old, but it got worse when she was in her early 20s, she told the Daily Mail.

已經訂婚了的佩奇在接受《每日郵報》採訪時表示，在七歲時她就開始注意到自己的腿在腫脹，但情況在20歲出頭時更加糟糕。

"It's the last stage and it's just drastic. Some days I'll be in so much pain that I can't really do anything," she said. "It's bad when your calf is bigger than your waistline. One calf - not both - but one.

"這是最後一個階段，疼痛很激烈。有時候我非常痛苦，以至於什麼也做不了。"她說道。"當你的小腿甚至超過腰圍時，這太糟糕了。是一條小腿，不是兩條，只是一條小腿。"