Lupus is a name doctors give to more than one illness, not to a single tidy rash. When people say it now, they almost always mean an autoimmune disease: the body's defence system gets confused and starts to attack the body itself.

Lupus lupus is a name doctors give to more than one illness是醫生用來指不只一種病的名稱 not to a single tidy rash不是指單一一種乾淨俐落的疹子 When people say it now現在人們說這個字時 they almost always mean幾乎都是指 an autoimmune disease一種自體免疫疾病 the body's defence system身體的防禦系統 gets confused and starts to attack the body itself會搞混，開始攻擊身體自己

Skin and joints are often involved — pain, swelling, tiredness, a face rash that can look a bit like a butterfly — but it can also trouble the kidneys, the blood, and other parts. It comes and goes.

Skin and joints皮膚和關節 are often involved常常受影響 pain, swelling, tiredness疼痛、腫脹、疲倦 a face rash臉上的疹子 that can look a bit like a butterfly看起來可能有點像蝴蝶 but but 也 it它 can also trouble the kidneys, the blood, and other parts可能影響腎臟、血液和其他部位 It它 comes and goes會來來去去

Some stretches are quiet; some are hard. You do not catch it from a friend like a cold. It is more common in women, and doctors cannot simply switch it off; they try to calm it.

Some stretches有些時候 are quiet很平靜 some有些時候 are hard則很難熬 You你 do not catch it from a friend like a cold不會像感冒一樣從朋友那裡傳染到 It它 is more common in women在女性身上比較常見 and而 doctors醫生 cannot simply switch it off無法直接把它關掉 they只能 try to calm it設法讓它平靜下來

The most talked-about kind is systemic lupus erythematosus, often shortened to SLE, though more skin-only forms exist too. Though actually, the same Latin name was also used in the past for a different, eating-away skin disease that turned out to be a form of tuberculosis. So lupus is a family of medical names with a shared picture, not one thing.

The most talked-about kind最常被提到的一種 is systemic lupus erythematosus是systemic lupus erythematosus often shortened to SLE常縮寫成SLE though although more skin-only forms只影響皮膚的類型 exist too也是存在的 Though actually不過其實 the same Latin name同一個拉丁字 was also used in the past過去也曾用來指 for a different, eating-away skin disease另一種會侵蝕皮膚的病 that turned out to be a form of tuberculosis後來發現其實是一種肺結核 So所以 lupus lupus is a family of medical names是一整組共用一個名字的醫學病名 with a shared picture它們有共通的樣貌 not one thing而不是單一一種病

The word is Latin for wolf. Old doctors used it because a bad skin form seemed to eat the flesh the way people imagined a wolf would. That is a picture, not a fact about wolves, and it can sound more frightening than a careful explanation.

The word這個字 is Latin for wolf在拉丁文裡是「狼」的意思 Old doctors以前的醫生 used it用這個字 because因為 a bad skin form一種嚴重的皮膚病 seemed to eat the flesh看起來像在啃食皮肉 the way people imagined a wolf would就像人們想像中狼會做的那樣 That這 is a picture, not a fact about wolves是一種比喻，不是關於狼的事實 and而且 it它 can sound more frightening than a careful explanation可能會比仔細的說明聽起來更嚇人