15._HEALTH_AND_DISEASES

- Government pays health insurance for children and retired people.

regular check-ups

- If we haven’t got any problems we usually go to out GP once per two years and twice a year to our dentist.

medical insurance

- I belong to General Health Insurance Company (Alianz, Česká pojšťovna, Kooperativa,...)

vaccination

- in the Czech Republic we are vaccinated against meningococcal, chickenpox, tick-borne Encephalitis, hepatitis

* MOST FREQUENT DISEASES/ILLNESSES/DISORDERS – SYMPTOMS, CURE, INCURABLE DISEASES, CIVILIZATIONAL DISEASES, EUTHANASIA

- mental disorders: nervous breakdown, stress, depression, a headache, insomnia

- suffer from nerves diseases of the blood system: high blood pressure, a heart attack, anaemia [ä'ni;mja],

Leukaemia [lju:'ki:mia], varicose veins [värrikäus veinz]

- skin diseases: rash, acne [äkni], eczema [eksimä], itch, scratch, pimple [pimpl], scurvy [skä:vi]

- others: backache, defective hearing, allergy, overweight, asthma, diabetes [daiä'bi:tiz], malignant tumours,

cancer, drug addiction, venereal diseases, hectic life style, insufficient sleep, lack of vitamins, polluted environment, unhealthy daily routine, high blood pressure

incurable diseases

asthma, diabetes, AIDS

symptoms of disease

- sickness, bleeding, cough, tiredness, lack of appetite, swelling, purulence, feeling unwell, unconsciousness, pain..

cure

- taking medicine regularly, staying calm, sleep, dressing, wet or hot pack, gargling, operation, going on a diet, getting an injection, measuring the body temperature, sweating, vaccination against...

euthanasia - is the act of killing someone who is very ill or very old so that they do not suffer any more

AIDS - if you have AIDS, you lose your immunity. The patient fells weak and can have a fever, loses weight and any infection can be fatal for him. It is very serious disease and scientist have been trying to find a cure for it

cancer - it is a serious disease, the patient has a tumour, which is cured by tablets, injections or chemotherapy

disease of civilization

- asthma, allergies, migraine

* MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, HOSPITAL TREATMENT, SPAS

specialists

- GP, surgeon, dentist, oculist, dermatologist, ear and throat specialist, paediatrics, gynaecologist, psychiatrist, mental specialist

hospital treatment

- examine the chest, take a deep breath, take/check the blood pressure, take/feel the pulse [pals], take the blood count, throat culture, put urine through lab tests, take the temperature, I have/run a temperature/fever, I have 38.5 (thirty eight point five celsius), his temperature has risen/dropped

- treat, cure, to cure, incurable, therapy, diagnose, prescribe a medicine, take medicine/drug, injection, shot/jab, inhalation, swallow a tablet, stay in bed, lie down, be on a diet, be on the pill (women), use pills, have a complete rest, it works wonders, it was no good, there's nothing like...

spas in the Czech Republic

Karlovy Vary - patients from all around the worlds have been coming there, especially those with stomach,