Health Care – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Health Care – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Describe your daily routine. What do you do to avoid stress situations in your life?

Daily routine: Each of my days is full of work and duties, therefore I am always busy and short of time. I usually get up at eight o’clock. After waking up I do my hygiene routine (I wash my face and hands, brush my teeth). Than I decide what to wear. After getting dressed I just do make-up and than I comb my hair. Then I go to eat my breakfast. I work at home. I make orders from my customers or I propose new jewellery. I must be at school about at 3 o’clock.

When I come home I must something to eat. Than I make a comfortable and started to do my homework or learn for test or exams. I listen to music. Sometimes I relax for a while or surf on Internet. Then I take a shower and watch TV when is on something interesting. From time to time I go to the cinema or to some interesting concert or theatre performance or just sit in some cafes. I’m very happy when the week ends and a weekend comes because I can plan my leisure time as I wish. I can also like after my hobbies, but that’s also so small time

A healthy lifestyle can help us to protect our body against diseases.

A helathy lifestyle involves:regular exercise, plenty of rest,enough sleep, good eating habits, a lot of vitamins, no smoking or alcohol, we should think positively.

Relaxation: Modern life is full of pressure and problems. Some people can control these. They sleep well, enjoy life, don’t worry very much and try to avoid stressful situations as much as possible. They know how to relax and that relaxation helps the body to rest and repair itself. That’s because relaxation is the opposite of stress. Others are the opposite. They sleep badly, don’t enjoy life and worry all the time.

Describe the most common infections and children diseases. Which illnesses need special treatment in hospital? Are there any illnesses which cannot be cured?

Kinds of illnesses: mortal, fatal, Children illnesses: pox, measles, rubeola
Infective illnesses: mumps, scarlet fever, jaundice/yellow
Civilisation illnesses: hearth-attack (infarct), diabetes, headache, allergy, cancer, AIDS, problems with sleep, rheuma
Some more: pneumonia, flu, angina, toothache, to have a cold, fever, diarrhoea, polio, blister, fracture, tetanus, whooping cough, bronchitis, typhoid, plague, cholera, insomnia, anaemia, leukaemia, varicose veins, stroke

a flu- when you have a flu, you have a temperature, your body aches and you feel bad. You should see the doctor – he will give you antibiotics. You should stay in bed, drink a lot of tea and take pills.

a cold- when you have a cold, you sneeze, you have a sore throat and your nose is runny. You should stay in bed, drink a lot of hot tea and take some vitamins

Diseases of civilization: Asthma, allergies, migrenes

Illness which need special treatment in hospital are appendictis, cancer, heart attack...

People can also suffer from fatal diseasesFor example: Heart attack 
Aids: if you have aids, you lose your immunity. The patient fells weak, can have a fever, loses weight and any infection can be fatal to him. It is a very serious disease and scientists are trying to find a cure for it.
Cancer: a serious disease- the patient has a tumor which is cured by tablets, injections or a chemotherapy

Reasons of illness: lack of movement, sleep, bad eating habits, too much stress, polluted environment, overwork

Medicine:classical (offers treatment with painkillers, it fight against illness with drugs and surgery) and alternative (new way of healing diseases: acupuncture- needles, acupressure, aromatherapy, hippotherapy, esotericism, yoga- bring harmony, important correct breathing, salt caves, reiki relaxations, kryotherapy)

Process of illness: when we fell sick we take vitamins, drink tea, stay in bed, are keeping in warm, eat a lot of fruit or some medicine. If it doesn’t help we go do the doctor. The doctor asks us some questions, examines us (takes temperature, checks blood pressure…), says the diagnosis and therapy and after that we receive prescription. We go to chemists and then we go home to heal. At the chemist’s we get antibiotics, vitamins, pain relievers and gargle.

In more serious cases or if we get injured we can call the doctor to our home. Sometimes we may be taken to hospital by an ambulance. For special accidents a helicopter may be called up. Serious cases are immediately operated on in the operating room. The patient is sometimes sent to a health resort or a spa for rehabilitation. There he undergoes water treatment, takes, baths, massages, remedial exercises and drinks the waters

1. What is the best prevention against catching a disease? Explain the sentence:

´The main reason for a heart attack is that people do not exercise. ´

1. If we want to be healthy, we should take care of our health. We should:clean our teeth regularly, do some exercise every day, go for a walk, have a massage or a sauna, reduce amount of fat, salt, sugar and cholesterol, visit our doctor regularly for check, visit a dentist twice a year, eat a lot of vegetables and fruits.
2. The main reasom for a heart attack is that people do not exercise good lifestyle and have more bad habits.

Situation: You did not feel well last night and you phoned the doctor´s surgery and made an appointment. You go to the surgery and see the doctor. Describe your symptoms.

My symptoms are: uncontrolled vomiting, dizziness/feeligs of faitness, blood in my vomit, fever, diarrhea