抽风病

[Kev]

Can anyone suggest a good translation for 抽风病?

Hyperventilation doesn't seem right and doesn't seem to convey the idea of sickness/pathology or chronic nature of possible recurrence.

I've found that none of these is right:

Bronchitis 支气管炎

Emphysema 肺气肿

Asthma 气喘﹔哮喘

Hyperventilation 过度换气

[muyongshi]

Doesn't it have to do with convulsions or spasms? Perhaps a form of turrets (not sure of spelling).

[Kobo-Daishi]

Perhaps a form of turrets (not sure of spelling).

It's Tourettes.

https://www.google.c...rch?q=tourettes

Just them crazy Frenchies messing with us.

Kobo.

[Kev]

I presume you're talking about the spelling of Tourette's not that Tourettes is "抽风病"?

Because if you google for

Tourettes "抽风病"

you only gets 3 hits.

google for

"图雷特氏" tourettes

gets 87,000 hits

google for

"图雷特氏" "抽风病

gets 0 hits

Search goes on.

[muyongshi]

Thank for the spelling- I suck at spelling French words.

In regards to google, my specific thought is that Tourette's is a "Western" discovery so if course the translation will be phonetic. That is why I said some "form" of Tourette's based on it being neurological and involving spasms. It's could be a colloquial usage referring to a non-medical diagnosis of things like Tourette's. I'm not a doctor so I do t know, I'm just offering a thought of a possibility.

[muyongshi]

I'm basing my speculation off of this definition from 规范大词典.

抽风

[动] 中枢神经系统受刺激,引起肌肉痉挛、口眼歪斜等

[Kev]

Thanks

I think you're right. So into my dictionary goes

抽风病 convulsions, seizures

[muyongshi]

I do hope someone with more specific knowledge will be able to clarify.