At the policlinic

Those people who fall ill must receive medical help. This may be done at the policlinic, hospital, dispensary, etc. But as a rule, patients in need of medical treatment are to see, first of all, their district doctor in his consulting room. They may call him in, or receive medical aid at the place of work. When patients go to the policlinic they usually have to wait in the waiting room for the doctor to invite them.

In order to make the patient's diagnosis the doctor must learn about common symptoms, subjective manifestations of the patient's chief complaint. He should know if the patient is running a temperature, and if so, he must ask the patient to take it with the thermometer.

The most common symptoms include fever, sweating, general body ache, headache, backache, muscle or joint ache, malaise, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation and breathlessness. The patient may also complain of sore throat, cough, giddiness, weakness, tremor and pain. During physical examination the doctor may find rash, sweating, distension or tumor. These areobjectivefindings called signs,which also include the resultsof routinelaboratory examinationsofblood, sputum, urine and stoolsand possiblythecerebrospinalfluidtoo.

In his consulting room (surgery) the doctor islikely to use one of the three most common methods of examination: palpation, percussion and auscultation.

In examining the patient the doctor proceeds, as a rule, from the top of the head down to the neck, to the chest and abdomen, and finally to the extremities.

This – together with the patient's past history and family history – helps to establish a reliable diagnosis and to determine what kind of treatment is needed. Then the doctor can write out a prescription, recommend bed rest or hospitalization, invite the patient for another visit or – if necessary – send him to a certain specialist.

III. Ответьте на вопросы словосочетаниями из текста

1. Where may а person receive medical help? 2. What has a patient usually to do when he goes to a polyclinic? 5. What musta doctor learn to make diagnosis? 4. What do the most common symptoms include? 5. What may a doctor find during physical examination? 6. What do objectivesigns include? 7. Whatare the four classic methods of examination? 8. How does the physical examination of a patient proceed? 9.Whatdoesphysical examination help to do? 10. What can a district doctor do after physical examination?

IV. Прочитайте следующие словосочетания и переведите их.

to run а temperature, to take a temperature, first of all, past history, family history, if necessary, bed rest.

V. Выпишите из текста, переведите и запомните названия основных симптомов.

VI. Выпишите из текста, переведите и запомните название основных объективных признаков заболевания.

VII. Найдите русский эквивалент следующих английских слов и словосочетаний.

general body ache общее недомогание

nausea одышка

headache боль в теле

malaise головная боль breathlessness головокружение

weakness тошнота

giddiness слабость

VIII. Составьте словосочетания со словом "ache".

head

joint

tooth

back ache

heart

muscle

body

IX. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словосочетаниями из текста.

1. The patient complained of.... 2. The symptoms of common cold include... 3. The child ill with whooping cough was.... 4. The girl with signs of poisoning was complaining of.... 5. An ill person had a.... 6. In case of hypertension a patient has.... 7. Many infectious diseases are characterized by....

X. Используя две колонки словосочетаний, составьте предложения и переведите их на русский язык.

Common cold is characterized by high temperature and

malaise

Whooping cough is characterized by sore throat

Tonsillitis is characterized by tubercle microbes in

the sputum

Measles is characterized by severe attacks of

coughing

Poisoning is characterized by rash and high

temperature

Tuberculosis is characterized by nausea and diarrhea

XI. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык.

1. Медицинскую помощь можно получить в поликлинике, больнице или диспансере. 2. Вероятно у больного жар. 3. Должно быть у него недомогание. 4. Наверное, у больного высокая температура. 5. Врач должен был поставить диагноз. 6. У него, вероятно, сильная головная боль. 7. Надо измерить давление больному. 8. Врач, наверняка, поставил достоверный диагноз.

XII. Расскажите о вашем последнем посещении врача и о вашем заболевании, используя слова из текстов 1 и 2.

XIII. Прочитайте и выучите следующие диалоги.