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Have a food allergy? Your broken skin barrier might be to blame
팟캐스트 영어단어정리
My nose would get totally stuffed up.
*stuffed up 코가 막힌
In the scheme of things, though, it was just a mild allergy.
*In the scheme of things (일이 돌아가는) 상황/~가 원하는 상황
– considering everything
It’s like your body’s trying to purge something that did not stay well with it.
*purge 몰아내다, 없애다, 제거하다
It is just kind of, like, a whole-body takeover.
*takeover 인수, 점령, 탈취, 장악
Waheeda’s specialty is food allergies, and their prevalence is exploding.
*prevalence 널리 퍼짐, 유행, 보급
Now we look at 1 in 13 children have a food allergy.
That means allergy rates have basically doubled.
*on the rise 상승세인, 증가 추세인, 오름세에 있는, 뜨고 있는, 인기 상승중인
Food allergies are definitely on the rise in certain countries but not others.
That is the million-dollar question, right?
*be back with ~로 다시 오다, ~를 가지고 다시 보다
We have a lot of theories. Some of them are backed with significant amount of research.
*emerging 최근 생겨난
*molecular (물리, 화학) 분자의
*piece together (=put together)
Along the intestinal lining, you’ve got tons and tons of immune cells.
*lining (인체 부위의) 내벽, (무엇의 안에 대는) 안감[안지]
*cytokines (생물) 시토킨 (면역체계 세포에서 만들어져 다른 세포의 분열을 촉진하는 물질의 총칭)
It sets off signals.
*set off (일련의 사건·과정을) 유발하다[일으키다], 출발하다
And so that sets off multiple different cascades throughout the body.
*cascade 연쇄작용, (정보통신) 종속, 단계식
*histamine 면역반응을 돕기 위해 체내에서 내보내는 화학물질
*hives 두드러기
*indicative [ɪnˈdɪkətɪv] …을 나타내는[보여주는/시사하는], 직설법의
+) indicate 나타내다[보여 주다]
These are all very, you know, indicative of a more severe reaction.
*airways 기도
It will raise your blood pressure by constricting your blood vessels.
*constrict 수축되다[하다], 조이다[죄다]
Food allergies have risen in the United States over the last few decades. Research suggests that 40 years ago the actual prevalence of food allergies was less than 1%. But this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing that almost 6% of U.S. adults and children have a food allergy.
But this trend is not present in all countries — and what people are allergic to varies globally. Researchers are still trying to piece together why this prevalence and the specifics of the allergies are so variable.
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Have a food allergy? Your broken skin barrier might be to blame
Food allergies have risen in the United States over the last few decades. Research suggests that 40 years ago the actual prevalence of food allergies was less than 1%. But this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showin
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