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西氏内科学中英文对照翻译(部分) 来源：医学全在线 更新：2009-11-2 医学英语论坛 Part XXV - NEUROLOGY 第八分册——神经系统疾病 Section - Evaluation of the Patient 病人评估 Chapter 438 - APPROACH TO THE PATIENT 第438章——诊疗途径 Robert C. Griggs The symptoms of nervous system diseases are a part of everyday experience for most normal people. Slips of the tongue, headaches, backache and other pains, dizziness, light-headedness, numbness, muscle twitches, jerks, cramps, and tremors all occur in totally healthy persons. Mood swings with feelings of elation and depression, paranoia, and displays of temper are equally a part of the behavior of completely normal people. The rapid increase in information about neurologic diseases coupled with the intense interest of people in all walks of life in medical matters has focused public attention on both common and rare neurologic conditions. 神经系统症状是大多数正常人每天都能体验到的一些情况。像口误(slips of the tongue)、头痛、背痛和其他疼痛、头晕、肌肉抽搐或抽动、痉挛性震颤等，都是完全健康者也可能发生的。情感波动时的喜气洋洋或郁郁寡欢、妄想、发怒等，也是完全正常者可能出现的。神经系统疾病认识的迅速提高，以及医疗活动与各界人士的密切关系，使得常见和罕见情况都能引起公众的关注。 Most older people are concerned that they or their spouse have or are developing Alzheimers disease or stroke or both. The almost ubiquitous tremor of the elderly prompts concern about Parkinsons disease. Many younger patients are concerned about multiple sclerosis or brain tumor, and few normal people lack one or more symptoms suggesting the diagnosis of a serious neurologic disease. For most of these and other common diagnoses, imaging and other tests are typically normal when symptoms first appear and should not be obtained to reassure the patient or physician. Moreover, the widespread availability of neurodiagnostic imaging and electrophysiologic, biochemical, and genetic testing has detected abnormalities in many young and most elderly persons. In evaluating a patients symptoms, it is imperative that a clinical diagnosis be reached without reference to a neurodiagnostic laboratory finding. Patients with disorders such as