1 Health, health care and healthy lifestyle

Injuries, in the hospital

In more serious cases of if we get injured we can call the doctor to our home. Sometimes we may be taken to hospital by an ambulance. In case of unconsciousness or heart attack the patient is put on a stretcher. For car accidents a special helicopter may be called up. Sometimes it is necessary to give first aid such as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to stop bleeding or fix fractures.

In the hospital the injured people are examined and X-rayed at a casualty ward (emergency room). Serious cases are immediately operated on in the operating theatre (room): Before the operation the patient must pass several tests and then just before the operation he is anaesthetized by means of an injection or inhalation of a narcotic. After the operation a scar often remains. The patient is sometimes sent to a health resort or a spa for rehabilitation. There he undergoes water treatment, takes baths, massage, remedial exercises and drinks the waters. A spa is a good form of prevention. Spas are visited not only by sick people, but by healthy ones. Your body gets a chance to rest and pick up fresh energy.

However, there are fatal illnesses like cancer or AIDS which are incurable so far. But the best way to cure yourself of a disease is not to catch it, because prevention is better than cure. We can keep our health by physical training, hardening our body, through sport, regular daily routine, sufficient sleep, wholesome food and avoiding alcohol, cigarettes and stress.

Injuries, illnesses that need special treatment in the hospital - a heart attack, a stroke, a leukemia, AIDS, sprained ankle, wrist, concussion.

Healthy lifestyle, health problems in our lives

One of the most known things to stay healthy is to have a healthy lifestyle. That means we should do some sports, be on a fresh air, don’t put a pressure on us, that could cause a lot of stress, eat food that is good for our body, drink enough water, avoid drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes or doing drugs.

Nowadays many people deal with their mental health, that got worse in lockdowns, that were made because of coronavirus. This pandemic has had impact on everyone, but especially young people have started to feel more depressed or anxious – it could be because we were used to talk to people everyday and because of a lockdown, we couldn’t see each other. Some people were used to talking about their problems with their friends, they used to have the freedom to go everywhere with everyone, and they didn’t have the time to overthink. But when we couldn’t go anywhere and had to stay only at home - it was often too much for someone who didn´t know how to deal with it.

A lot of teenagers and young people could also feel like they’re not enough. Some girls feel insecure in their own body, because they think that there is a “perfect type of body”, and that could lead to some eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia). This is the perfect example when mental illness could lead to physical changes (they lose weight, could have stomach-ache, headache and other symptoms).