Vocabulary
Injury – zranění, bruise – modřina, scratch – škrábnout se, rash – vyrážka, swollen ankle – oteklý kotník, break the leg – zlomit si nohu, broken leg – zlomená noha, fracture – zlomenina, faint – omdlít, unconscious – v bezvědomí,
Illness – nemoc, serious illness - Serious illness, infectious disease - Infectious diseases, Ill Be / Diseased - to be sick, have a cold - a cold have a bad cold - be very cold, and have virosis-a virus disease, influenza / flu - flu, tonsillitis - tonsillitis inflamation - inflammation, tonsillitis - tonsillitis, laryngitis - laryngitis, bronchitis - Bronchitis, pneumonia - pneumonia, asthma - asthma, tuberculosis - tuberculosis, otitis - otitis media, Jaundice, hepatitis, diabetes - diabetes, Measles - Measles, Small-pox - chicken pox, scarlet fever - scarlet fever, cancer - cancer, mental disorder - mental illness, insomnia - insomnia, high blood pressure - high blood pressure, heart defect - infakt, Deaf and Dumb - deaf, symptoms - Symptoms Ache - more pain, headache - headache, curable - curable, incurable - incurable, cure an illness - to treat the disease, suffer from an illness - suffering from the disease
going to the doctor - visit doctors, go to the doctor - go to the doctor, get over the cold Easily - easily overcome by a cold, stay in bed - stay in bed, take pills - taking medication, keep warm - to be (keep) in the heat, sweat - sweat, gargle - gargle, drink herbal tea with honey or lemon - drinking herbal tea with honey or lemon, and try to Overcome feverish sickness - to try to move febrile illness, and also risk - risk, very dangerous aftereffects of leave - leave serious consequences DECIDE to see a physician - to decide to go to the doctor, wait in a waiting room - waiting in the waiting room, to invite thr consulting room - invite you into the office, look for one's medical record - search medical records (with a drug card. records), insurance card - health insurance card, take one's temperature - measure the temperature, enter the surgery - to enter the clinic to see a doctor, strip to the waist - undress to the waist, Examination and chest and throat - to investigate the chest, listen to heart and lungs - listen to the heart and lungs, take a deep breath - take a deep breath, stop breathing - hold breath, feel pain - to feel pain, open one's mouth, say 'Áh'- say 'A', ckeck the tonsils if They Are Red - Almond check whether they are red, the blood pressure check-check blood pressure, feel the pulse - to measure pulse, blood Take the account - do sedimentation, also throat culture - do swabs neck, put the urine through lab tests - laboratory examination of urine do, say how we feel - to say how they feel daignose the time and the therapy - diagnosis and therapy, medicine PRESCRIBE - prescribe drugs, go to the pharmacy - go to the pharmacy , Health Service - health care, health facilities - medical facilities, a health center - health center, provide medical care - to provide medical care, look after - take care of, care, medical lékřský Supervision, supervision, surgery - surgery, surgery hours, office hours, a tribute to surgery - ordain, make the visits - to make visits, Policlinico clinic, clinic - the clinic, hospital - hospital out-patient department - outpatient operating theater - Operating Room, Emergency Night Service - Night emergency services, First Air Station - Station první pomoci, general treatment room – ošetřovna, life-saving centre – stanice záchranné služby, doctor - lékař, general practitioner (G.P.) – praktický lékař, physician – lékař, head physician – primář, surgeon – chirurg, specialist – specialista, paediatrist – dětský lékař, oculist – oční lékař, gynaecologist - ženský lékař, dermatologist - kožní lékař, neurologist – neurolog,
dentist – zubař, state registered nurse – diplomovaná zdravotní sestra, nurse – ošetřovatelka, male-nurse – ošetřovatel, home-nurse – pečovatelka, physiotherapist – rehablilitační pracocnice, examine the patient – vyšetřovat pacienta, treat- ošetřit, léčit, render first aid – poskytnout první pomoc, admit to hospital – přijmout do nemocnice, examine the patient – vyšetřit pacienta, submit to/ undergo an operation – podrobit se operaci, operate on the patient for – operovat pacienta na něco, discharge from he hospital – propustit z nemocnice, medical check-ups – lékařské kontroly, preventive medical and dental check ups – preventivní lékařské a zubní Sightseeing, Examine the body - a body to investigate, check teeth - dental check, have one's eyes tested - have your eyes checked
medicaments - medicines, pharmacy - a pharmacy, injection - injections, bandage - bandage plaster - plaster, surgical intervention, surgery, X-ray - X-ray extract (pull out) the tooth - tooth pulled
Health Service - health care, hospital - Hospital, Health Centre - Health Centre to look after - take care of, care, Surgery - Surgery, Surgery hours, office hours, hold Surgery - Ordain, General Practitioner (GP) - practitioner, physician - a physician, head physician - head physician, surgeon - a surgeon specialist - specialist paediatrist - pediatrician, oculist - eye doctor, Gynaecologist - a female doctor, a dermatologist - dermatologist, neurologist - neurologist, dentist - a dentist, nurse - a nurse, nursing, First Aid - First Aid Hospital Admit it - admitted to hospital Examine the patient - to examine the patient, submit it / undergo an operation - subject surgery, he Operate for the patient - the patient to operate on something, Examine the body - to investigate the body, go to the doctor - go to the doctor, get over the cold Easily - easily overcome by a cold, stay in bed - stay in bed, take pills - take medication, keep warm - to be (keep) in the heat, Take a risk - risk DECIDE to see a physician - to decide to go to the doctor, wait in a waiting room - waiting in the waiting room, card insurance - health insurance card, also One's temperature - the temperature gauge, the tonsils - almonds
Being Fit and Healthy
Good health is very important for everyone and that's why we must pay attention to it. Nowadays good health is accepted as a normal by most people who live in developed countries. This had resulted partly from improved standards of prenatal and child care, hygiene, nutrition (výživa), and preventive medicine, partly from better educational methods and communication, and partly from the advances (pokrok) that have been made in all areas of medical science.
Unfortunately, many people take good health for granted (jako dané) and don´t treat (zacházet) their bodies with care and consideration. (ohled)
The human body is permanently being attacked by many different kinds of bacteries, microorganisms and viruses. Most diseases can be prevented or at least controlled. What’s important is healthy nutrition, a well-adjusted (nastavená) mind, good sleeping habits and activity in the fresh air and, last but not least, contact with nature as well.
We cannot get out of mind the medical care. Medical care of any type in our country used to be free of charge (bezplatná) but nowadays it depends on in which country you are living, because somwhere e.g. in Prague, there is an one-shot payment – 30 kč for every visit. There are also many private doctors. If we fall ill or if we have an accident, we go to the Health Centre, Policlinic, Hospital or to some Private Doctor.
When we decide to see our physician (lékař) in his surgery (ordinace) we must take health insurance company’s card with us and in some cases also our vaccination certificate. We can either make an appointment for our medical examination/check up (prohlídku) or go directly. It’s important to know the surgery hours. If there are other patients waiting, we must wait in the waiting room too. As soon as our turn comes the nurse calls us.
The doctor asks how we feel, what problems are we having and what’s bothering us. There are various types of medical treatment (ošetření) for our different types of troubles. A doctor may ask you to strip to the waist before he/she examines (prohlídne) your chest and throat. They check our blood pressure, feel the pulse or put our blood or urine through lab-tests. Sometimes they may X-ray our lungs or bones. After the examination the doctor prescribe for us one or more prescriptions and sets a date when we should see him again. After that we go to the pharmacy. There we get medicines according to the prescriptions that we have got from our practitioner e.g. tablets, pills, drops, ointments (mast), syrup etc. We take the medicines according to the information leaflet or doctor’s advice.
In childhood most of us suffer (trpí) from some infectious diseases such as chicken-pox (plané neštovice), mumps(příušnice), measles(spalničky), scarlet fever(spála) and rubella(zarděnky). Children are vaccinated against some of the other ones. Vaccines are administered (podávány) against typhus, tetanus, small-pox (neštovice), whooping-cough (černý kašel), tuberculosis, polio (obrna), etc. There are illnesses and injuries, however, which cannot be helped by any vaccine.
Each person should undergo (podstoupit) a regular check-up at least once a year. However we usually go to see our doctor when we do not feel well or have some regular problems with our health. We can suffer from various ,,common“ illnesses. Usually we suffer from common infections such as colds (nachlazení), influenza (chřipka), bronchitis (kašel), sore throat (bolení v krku), tonsillitis (angína) or the stomach ache. In such cases we usually stay in bed, drink herbal teas, take pills, drops or vitamins and after a week or two we feel better again. However the situation may be sometimes more serious and needs special treatment (ošetření) in the hospital e.g. heart attack, breaking an arm or leg, diabetes, hepatitis. There are still diseases which can't be cured at all such as cancer or AIDS. It is true that prevention is better than a cure.
Everyone knows that getting fit is good for you, everyone wants to look good, to be fit, to be slim, strong and suppelness (pohyblivý). If we want to be healthy, we also must eat wholesome (zdravá) foods. It means less fat meals and more fruits and vegetables. We should try to live a healthy way of life, which means we should have a good proportion of work to leisure time.
Getting in shape(vytvarovat se) has never been more popular. For milions of people around the world, regular exercises is now part of their daily lives. Some people prefere cycling, jogging or swimming while others prefer to work-out (cvičit)in gyms,do aerobics or play teams sports.
We can see a kind of a fitness revolution over the last twenty years. Why? Because fit people live longer than unfit people, especially those who smoke, drink, take drogs and don‘t eat healthy. That‘s why more and more people are taking regular exercises to become and stay healthy. In today‘s world there is enormous pressure on both men and women to look as young and attractive as possible. It is also another reason for the fitness boom. Fit people not only feel good, they look good, too.
There are a lot of kinds of exercices and each has another effect on the body. There are some for improve your strengh-like weightlifting. Others as a yoga or dance improve your suppleness. Thne e.g. aerobic improves your stamina (vitalita).
The advantages of being fit are e.g. reducing the risk of heart attack and increasing strenght,stamina and suppleness. Being fit means that you sleep better and don‘t get tired easily. It helps you to lose weight, increase the size and tone of yours muscles and makes you feel healthier, happier and more positive.
