"porphyria" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 卟啉症

Definition

卟啉症是一組罕見疾病，身體無法正常製造血紅素的重要部分「血紅素」，有時會導致皮膚或神經問題。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「卟啉症」主要用於醫學和科學場合，很少在日常會話中出現。通常指一組疾病而非單一疾病，症狀和嚴重程度不一。常與對光敏感及神經問題有關。

Examples

Porphyria can cause serious health problems.

**卟啉症**可能導致嚴重的健康問題。

Doctors test for porphyria with blood and urine tests.

醫生通過血液和尿液檢查檢測**卟啉症**。

People with porphyria may feel pain or weakness.

患有**卟啉症**的人可能會感到疼痛或虛弱。

He was finally diagnosed with porphyria after years of mysterious symptoms.

經過多年無法解釋的症狀，他終於被診斷患有**卟啉症**。

Because porphyria is rare, many doctors have never seen a case.

由於**卟啉症**罕見，許多醫生從未遇到過個案。

Some people think porphyria explains old vampire legends because of its sunlight sensitivity.

有人認為**卟啉症**對陽光的敏感性解釋了古老的吸血鬼傳說。