Visiting a doctor

Last week I caught a bad cold. I had a running nose, a bad cough and a sore throat. The temperature was 38.5. I also had a headache and couldn’t sleep. I decided to go to the clinic. The doctor examined me and said that I had the flu. He told me to stay in bed for a few days and prescribed some medicine. He put me on the sick list. When I returned home, I went to bed at once. I had some hot tea with honey and took some medicine. The treatment helped me. Soon I felt better and a few days later I recovered. My temperature became normal. When I came to the doctor, he advised me to spend a lot of time in the open air and devoted more time to sport.

The doctor visited me

Four days ago I suddenly fell ill. I had a splitting headache and a terrible cough. The temperature was 38,1 (thirty-eight point one). Besides my nose was clogged up.

My mother telephoned to our doctor and she came in an hour. She examined me, tock the temperature, measured my blood pressure and said: «Nothing serious, just a flu. Keep your bad for a few days. Don’t go out or else you’ll get complications. Mustard plasters will be useful for you. »

The doctor prescribed me to gargle, and to take mixture and pills. She was wished me good luck and went away. She was very busy because it was the epidemic of flu.

Four days passed. I followed all the instructions of the doctor and was almost well.

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions:

1. You were ill last month (week), weren’t you?

2. What were the symptoms?

3. You consulted a doctor, didn’t you?

4. What did the doctor tell you to do?

5. Did you take his advice?

6. How long did you stay in bed?

7. When did you recover?

8. How do you fell now?

9. Do you spend much time in the open our?

10. Do you keep to a diet?

11. What is it necessary to do to be healthy?

12. What’s do you usually do when you have a headache?

Exercise 3: Read and translate the dialogues:

DOCTOR: What’s the matter?

PATIENT: I’m quite ill.

D.: What are your symptoms?

P.: I feel very weak and have a high temperature since yesterday.

D.: What is your temperature?

P.: Two hours ago it was 37,8.

D.: I must examine you. Your throat is inflamed. Yes, you’ve caught cold/

You have to lie down and use a gargle and some medicine.

P.: How long have I to stay in bed?

D.: I think you will recover in a few days. Don’t forget to gargle your throat as often as you can and take the medicine three times a day.

RECEPTIONIST: Doctor Brown’s office!

Mrs. SMITH: This is mrs. Smith. I’d like to make an appointment.

R.: Very well. Is it for yourself?

Mrs. S.: No, it’s for my boy. He is 10.

R.: What’s the matter with him?

Mrs. S.: He has been coughing for a week.

R.: Let him come to the therapist. I can give him an appointment for today at 16.30 or tomorrow at any time.

Mrs. S.: Thank you so much. He will come today.

Заняття 16

Діагнози та лікування

Vocabulary

• remedy/medicine — ліки, лікарські засоби

• bandage – бинт

• raspberry jam — малинове варення

• herb, herbal tea — трав`яний чай

• garlic — часник

• to gargle — полоскати горло

• ointment — мазь

• illness – хвороба

• allergy — алергія

• quinsy — ангіна

• gastritis — гастрит

• bleeding — кровотеча

• fracture — перелом

• canker — язва

• a backache — біль у спині

• аn earache — біль у вусі

• а burn — опік

• a hangover — похмілля

• to deal with – мати справу з

• to perform medical operations – робити операції

• to sneeze – чхати

• to hurt – боліти (my knee hurts \ I have a kneeache – у мене болить коліно)

Exercise 1: Read types of Doctors and the explanation of each professsion:

Pediatrician – a doctor, who deals with children and their illnesses.  Oculist – a specialist in diseases of the eye.  Therapist / therapeutist – a specialist in therapy.  Dentist – a person whose work is in filling, cleaning, taking out teeth and fitting  artificial teeth.  Surgeon – a doctor who performs medical operations.  Midwife – someone, who helps children to be born.  Cardiologist – a doctor, who specialized in heart diseases.  Psychotherapist – a doctor, trained in the treatment of mental illness  Dermatologist - a doctor, who specialized in skin diseases.  Radiologist – a specialist, who works on an X-ray machine 

Exercise 2: Read and translate: