Blood pressure (b.P.)

The blood pressure(B.P.) is the pressure of the blood in the arterial wall.

The blood pressure can be normal, high and low. The nor­mal BP is between 110-140 (the systolic pressure) over 70-90 (the diastolic pressure).

When you check the patient's BP you must think of his, her) age. If a person of 20 has a blood pressure of 140-150 it is dangerous. And you must immediately take care of such a patient. But if the same BP has a person of 50 it is not so dangerous.

If a patient has hypertension, he may often complain of headaches, nosebleedings, heartaches. The doctor prescribes him hypotensive. Hypertensive patients must not work hard.

Hypotension or low BP is caused by different conditions. Anaemia may be a cause of hypotension. Great fatigue may also cause hypotension. In all cases it is very serious and the nurse must be very attentive to the patient.

Read the text and be ready to speak about cardiovascular diseases:

Cardiovascular diseases

At present the scientists consider that much attention must be paid to the treatment of the cardiovascular diseases. They are arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, whose gravest complication is the infarction of the myocardium and cardiac insufficiency caused by various diseas­es of the heart.

Mass scale epidemiological check-ups of the population show that people contract coronary insufficiency and hypertension from 40 to 60 years of age. Hypertension, especially symptomatic hypertension, which is a symptom of diseases of some organs or systems, for example, of kidneys or the endocrine glands, may set in at an even earlier age than that.

Considerable headway has been registered lately in the diagnostics of symptomatic hypertension. This is of great importance for the successful combat­ing of arterial hypertension,

Definite success has also been achieved in the treatment of athero­sclerosis and of coronary insufficiency and infarction of the myocar­dium which are closely related to it.

Ex.6. Make up the summary to the given text using the following expressions:

to be of great importance; at present; the scientists consider; the cardiovascular diseases; to give gravest complication; arterial hypertension and athero­sclerosis of the coronary arteries; check-ups of the population; mass scale epidemiologi - cal; to show that; not only old people; to have coronary insufficiency and infarction of the myocardium; but young people of 20—30 years of age; in the treatment of some cardiovascular diseases; to have been achieved; definite success.

Grammar. Participles.

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Participle I (“ing” - форма) та Participle IІ (ІІІ форма дієслова)
writing - пишучи		written - написаний
discussing - обговорюючи		discussed - обговорений
doing – роблячи, який робить		done - зроблений
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Present Participle та Perfect Participle
writing - пишучи	having written – написавши
Perfect Participle виражає дію, що передує дії, вираженій дієсловом в особовій формі

Ex.7. Translate into Ukrainian:

1. A person taking a bath is our patient.

2. A person taken to the hospital was his brother.

3. The letter written by him was very long.

4. Don’t make mistakes writing a letter.

5. The question put to the professor were important.

6. While putting the flowers into the vase he broke it.

7. I saw my friend saying good bye to his girl-friend.

8. She didn’t understand the word said by him.

9. Having lost his address, I couldn’t write to him.

10.Having traveled about the Europe for two months, he returned home.

11.She went home, having finished her work.

12. Having made the injection, she left the ward.

Ex.8. Choose the right form of Participles :

1. The book (writing, written) by him is very interesting.

2. The translation (doing, done) by me was very easy.

3. The (loosing, lost) keys were found.

4. The (loosing, lost) team will not get the prize.

5. I don’t like the video (buying, bought) yesterday.

6. Do you know the boy (coming, come) here?

7. We like the songs (singing, sung) by this singer.

8. The girl (singing, sung) is our student.

9. The question (discussing, discussed) at the meeting was very

important.

10.Who is the girl (doing, done) her task in the laboratory?