Английский в медицине. Чтение и перевод текста по теме «Инфекционные заболевания: полиомиелит, брюшной тиф, тонзиллит, столбняк»

            The main symptoms of the disease are: slight fever, general discomfort, headache, stiff neck, stiff back. It may result in paralysis of any part of the body. The cause of the poliomyelitis is a virus. The incubation period is 7-21 days. The most susceptible patients are the children from 9 months to 5 years. The child should be isolated from onset of the disease till fever subsides. We can prevent poliomyelitis with oral polio vaccine.

«Tetanus»

            The main symptoms of tetanus are stiffness of jaw, spasms and convulsions, difficulty in swallowing. The cause of the disease is bacillus. The incubation period is from 5 days to two weeks. The disease is not communicable from one person to another. The patients of all age are susceptible to this disease. The patient with tetanus should be hospitalized and the wound should be cleaned immediately. A doctor must use tetanus toxoid separate or in DPT to treat the patient.

 

 

1. Are there any similar symptoms between tetanus and poliomyelitis?

2. What are the causes of these diseases?

3. What can you say about the treatment of tetanus and poliomyelitis?

4. Are there any way to prevent these diseases?

 

1. Существуют ли какие-либо сходные симптомы между столбняком и полиомиелитом?

2. Каковы причины этих заболеваний?

3. Что вы можете сказать о лечении столбняка и полиомиелита?

4. Есть ли какой-либо способ предотвратить эти заболевания?

1)    Yes, there are. There are stiff neck, stiff back, stiffness of jaw, difficulty in swallowing and paralysis of any part of body.

2)    The causes of these diseases are virus and bacillus.

3)    The patient must be treated in hospital.

4)    The prevention of these diseases is vaccination.

 

            The main symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, malaise.  The cause of typhoid is a bacillus. The incubation period is 7-21 days. The most susceptible patients are children and young adults. To treat the disease you should follow proper disposal of stools and urine and to give chloramphenicol or substitute for 3-4 weeks. We can prevent with typhoid vaccine. 

The main symptoms of tonsillitis are fever, cough, sore throat. The cause of this disease is streptococcus. The incubation period is 2-5 days. The patients of all ages are to this disease. To treat the patient with tonsillitis we should give penicillin or substitute injections for 10 days. There are no any ways to prevent tonsillitis.