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Raising Health Care Awareness
More and more people today seem to realise that good health means a longer and happier life. Therefore, they take better care of their health than before. They eat healthier food, practise different kinds of sports and try to avoid stressful situations as much as possible. We need to be in good shape and also to have good mental health to be able to work and enjoy our lives. Doctors often stress that mental health influences our physical condition. Problems with digestion, ulcers, or migraines can be the results of mental problems such as depression, fear, or anger. Bad eating habits, lack of physical activities, sedentary work, stress – all these factors cause serious diseases. It is not difficult to have a healthy, strong and beautiful body if you live in a developed country with good health care. However, in Third World countries, too many people are still starving and epidemics of plague, cholera, typhus and malaria are a part of everyday life. Every year, many people worldwide become victims of various accidents. Most accidents happen on the road and many at work.
In A Doctor´s Surgery
When we are ill, we usually see a doctor, called GP (general practicioner). Sometimes we need to have an appointment with a specialist. The doctor examines our body, asks what symptoms we have and usually prescribes some medication, antibiotics, painkillers, or vitamins, which are usually available on presciption in a pharmacy. When the illnes is too serious to be treated at home, the patient is taken to hospital and sometimes even undergoes surgery. People who are employed pay their health insurance monthly. When they want extra care, or extra treatment, they have to pay extra costs. Some people decide to go to a private health care establishment, usually for surgery, delivery, or dental care.
Diseases And Treatments
Everybody has to go through various diseases during their childhood and adult life. Most of these diseases are not serious and do not take a long time to cure. Thanks to research in medicine, microbiology and chemistry, we now have efficient medication against diseases sucha s flu, tuberculosis, or scarlet fever, which killed many people in previous centuries. However, there are diseases which we have problem in curing and some which we have failed to find a cure for. Cancer is one of biggest threats nowadays. Every year more and more people of all ages are diagnosed with tumours of all types.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
AIDS is one of the most serious diseases that threaten people nowadays. It is a viral disease that impairs the immune system of the human body leaving it open to any infection. Those infections that are not dangerous for people with normal immune systems may be mortally dangerous for AIDS patients. According to the World Health Organization more than 34 million people are infected. No cure or vaccine for AIDS has yet been discovered. AIDS can be transmitted through infected needles and sexual intercourses.
Epidemics
In the last decade, the world has been threatened by several epidemics. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a highly contagious disease, which was first recognised in 2003. The virus spread rapidly from Asia to other countries, including Canada, infecting hundreds of people. Another one, bird flu, is very contagious among birds and can also kill some domestic birds (e.g. chickens, ducks and turkeys). In 2009, the emergence of a new flu virus H1N1 (so called swine flu) killed many people in Mexico, the USA and many other countries. This virus has the ability to pass from one human to another.
Použitá literatúra:
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Yes!, Maturita Angličtina Vyššia Úroveň 1, Andrea Billíková, Soňa Kondelová, Enigma Publishing, 2014