鱼疗可传染HIV等病毒

　　Here, there are rules forbidding broken skin, cuts and bites and I am relieved just to pass the test. I am smiling and relaxed as I pad up to the banquette behind the fish tank.

　　规定有划伤和咬伤不得入内，检查后，我就等着。

　　I am chatting as I slip off the spa slippers and plunge my feet into the tank. But nothing prepares me for what comes next. Dozens of little mouths - like suction pads - head for your feet. You look down and see a swarm covering everything below the ankles, while the really cheeky ones dive between your toes, under your nails and flicker up your instep. I feel as if I'm being vacuumed.

　　边闲聊边脱鞋，脚放进鱼缸，但我没想到---十几只小嘴---像十几只吸盘---附在脚上，脚踝以下都是鱼，有的在脚趾、脚指甲和脚背上游来游去，感觉像真空的。

　　It has been described as a tickling sensation and a light massage but make no mistake - you are bait. It is such a bizarre sensation that I start to giggle.

　　听说是有点痒的轻微按摩---人脚是鱼饵。奇妙感觉叫人不禁发笑。

　　It takes me a good ten minutes before I am able to glance down at my feet without wanting to whisk them out. After 20 minutes in the water, the novelty (and indeed the skin) has started to wear off.

　　十分钟后方能看脚上有鱼。20分钟死皮就掉了。

　　Afterwards my skin feels vaguely softer but not very different. And if chunks were taken out of my toes, well, the munchers have covered their tracks pretty well.

　　感觉脚柔软了，但没特别大变化，若掉了大块死皮，鱼疗后也看不出来。

　　But if you ask me if it was therapeutic, I'd have to say yes. I haven't laughed like that in ages.

　　若问我是否有疗效，我觉得有，我好几年没那么笑过了。

　　Dr Hilary Kirkbride, consultant epidemiologist at the HPA, said: ‘Provided that good standards of hygiene are followed by salons, members of the public are unlikely to get an infection from a fish spa pedicure, however the risk will be higher for certain people.’

　　HPA流行病顾问学家Hilary Kirkbride博士说：“若卫生达标就不太会染病，但某些人就可能。”

　　Dr Kilbride said salons should first check their clients have no underlying health conditions that could put them at risk, and thoroughly examine their feet to make sure there are no cuts, grazes or infectious skin conditions.

　　应先检查客人有没有传染病，确定足部没有伤口、擦伤或传染性皮肤病。

　　Dr Paul Cosford, the HPA’s director of health protection services, added: ‘If a member of the public is concerned about the level of cleanliness of a salon they visit, they should report this to their local environmental health department.’

　　HPA健康防护服务主管Paul Cosford博士补充：“人们应向当地环境保健部门报告。”