Health Care

Health Care

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In the doctor´s waiting room there are many people today. What are they suffering from? What might have happened to them?

(na obrázku sú ľudia v čakárni u lekára. Zľava: pani s bolesťou krížov, pán s nádchou, pán so zlomenou nohou, dieťa s rozbitou hlavou, pani s bolesťou žalúdka a chlapec s popálenou rukou)

In the picture I can see people waiting for a doctor. They have different health problems. This is a woman with backache. Maybe she worked in the garden. This man has flu. He is sneezing, he has a running nose and high temperature. This man has a broken leg. Maybe he went cycling and fell down from the bike. The small girl has headache, she is bleeding. She played on the playground with friends and she had an accident. The old woman has stomachache. She ate something wrong yesterday. She was vomiting the whole night. And the small boy has a burn hand. He touched a hot cooker.

2 What is the health care in Slovakia like? Are we given proper health care?

When we are ill, we usually see a doctor called GP (General practitioner). If it´s something serious we must see a specialist, e.g. surgeon, gyneacologist, internist, cardiologist, urologist, etc. But first we must call and arrange an appointment. In Slovakia we don´t pay in cash for madical treatment. Everybody has got health insurance. We pay in cash just in private medical centres.

What diseases have you been vaccinated against?

Everybody had various diseases during their childhood. In Slovakia children are vaccinated against many dangerous diseases, e.g. jaundice, small pox, chicken pox, mumps, bird flu, swine flu etc.

How do you treat yourself when you fall ill?

When I fall ill I usually have different symptomps: headache, high temperature, running nose, cough, sore throat, vomiting, sneezing, diarrhoea. I have to go to bed, take some medicine, painkillers, take my temperature and drink a lot of tea. I eat just light food. If I´m not better next day I must see my GP.

When do you go to see your doctor?

I go to see my GP when I have flu, tonsillitis, backache, headache, earache. And also when I have symptoms like: (a všetky z hora).

 First I must wait in the doctor´s waiting room. Then the nurse lets me come into the surgery. My doctor examines me – my chest and throat, take my temperature, asks about symptomps. Then he prescribes some medicine for me: pills, drops, syrup, vitamins, injections – what is necessary. Then I go to the pharmacy to buy my medicaments.

If I have some injuries, e.g. twisted ankle, cut or burn finger, broken leg or arm I must go to the emergency to the hospital.

If I have some serious problems I must see a specialist. Sometimes the operation is necessary.

If there is an accident on the road we must call the emergency and doctors in an ambulance come to save our lives.

If I have toothache I must see a dentist.

What do you do to protect your body against disease? Do you live a healthy lifestyle?

I think I live a healthy lifestyle. I move a lot. I do sports (vymenovať), I eat healthy food (fruit, vegetables – vymenovať, diary products – vymenovať), I don´t eat junk food (fast food – vymenovať). I sleep long hours, I don´t smoke, I don´t drink alcohol.

People who live healthy lifestyle can avoid civilisation diseases, e.g.: diabetes, allergies, heart attack, asthma etc.

„The soul is very important for treatment of a body“ – do you agree?

Yes, I agree. Nowadays people live under the pressure. They are stressed. They work a lot and don´t have a healthy lifestyle. Then they have many dangerous diseases, e.g. cancer or heart attack. If we are happy we are healthy.

Describe a human´s body and its internal organs.

Head – eyes, ears, hair, mouth, teeth, arm, elbow, hand, fingers, leg, knee, foot, ankle.

Internal organs: brain, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, kidney, large and small intestine, appendix.

Simulation

A good friend of yours is ill. He complains of different symptoms and you are sure that he has got flu. Try to list the possible symptoms and then offer some ideas for relieving the symptoms. Advise your friend what to do to prevent himself getting flu.

The symptoms of flu are: headache, running nose, high temperature, sore throat, loss of appetite. You must go to bed, take some painkillers, drink a lot of tea, eat light food.

To prevent getting flu we must do sports, eat healthy food, avoid stress, sleep well, take vitamins.