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Fortunately I am in good health and I cant remember the - testi s lelki egszsg, egszsges time that I was last ill. I try to take care of myself; you know good health letmd above wealth the saying goes. Although, I sometimes crawl without socks - testpols at home. Many people neglect their health and get a bad cold easily when - betegsg megelzse, a betegsg the rainy weather sets in. kezelse, betegpols hen I was ill last time I had flu, strong headache and a sore throat. My nose was running and I was coughing and snee!ing. I had a - orvosnl temperature of thirty"eight point five degrees. I also had a pain in my - gygyszerek, gygymdok chest. In #ungary, you must register in by phone to the $% &$eneral - orvosi szolgltatsok, biztosts %ractitioner' before you get there. (hen the assistant gets you an appointment. hen the nurse shouted )ne*t please, I entered the surgery - dohnyzs, alkohol-s drogfogyaszts room. (he doctor told me to strip to the waist. #e gave me a thorough - sport: sportolsi lehetsgek, sportgak medical check"up. #e+she began by feeling my pulse and looks at my tongue. As my temperature was ,uite high he looked at my throat and said - tmegsport s versenysport that it was badly inflamed. #e also listened to my lungs, heart, breathing and took my blood pressure. After the through e*amination he diagnosed my illness and told me that I had all the symptoms of influen!a. #e sent me to the laboratory for a blood test and prescribed me some medicine &he made out a prescription' such as some anti"febrile to keep my fever down, some menthol drops for my nose and a mi*ture for my throat. I had to gargle every two hours. #e told me I had to stay in bed for a few days and also told me to drink a lot of hot tea with lemon and keep warm. In the end I was put on the sick"list &the doctor made out a sickness certificate in my name for my company; health care benefit' and had to stay off work for a week. I went to the chemists where they made up the mi*ture and reminded me to shake it well before use. I also bought some pain"killers for my headache and took one pill three times a day after meals. I told my boss that I couldnt work for a few days and he wished me a ,uick recovery. After following the doctors advice and taking the medicine in the prescribed way, I soon recovered from my illness. In our climate, especially in autumn and late winter people often have health problems. (hey catch a cold or flu and those who dont have enough resistance can contract pneumonia. Arthritis and rheumatism are also caused by cool and damp weather. (he number of patients suffering from hay fever, allergies and respiratory problems such as bronchitis and asthma, is rising. -uinsy and appendicitis are very common with children as well as food poisoning and indigestion. A very upsetting tendency is that more and more people suffer from nervous breakdowns and have crack"ups due to the overwork and fatigue. In the most serious cases people end up in mental hospitals and never recover from their illness. .uch diseases as the plague, cholera, small"po*, malaria, tuberculosis and many others were stamped out a long time ago. /hildren get vaccinations for small"po* and polio at a young age and are also given periodical medical check"ups at school. (he diseases that seem to take the heaviest toll of human life are coronary heart diseases, circulatory disorders, cancer and the relatively new contagious AI0., which spreads through se*ual intercourse or blood transfusion. 1eing very widespread in #ungary, smoking affects a lot of people. It is very harmful for you health, especially for your circulatory system, throat, windpipes and lungs. Alcoholism is even worse because one you have become dependent on alcohol it is e*tremely difficult to give up drinking. And alcohol will slowly but surely ruin not only your health, but also your familys lives. Fortunately, drug addicts are still few and far between in this country but the problem is already present. e must do everything to prevent a large number of youngsters getting affected by drug"taking. (o keep in good health we should first of all no 2oin the rat"race of modern life. e should avoid stress and tension and do some e*ercise every day. It is important to breathe a bit of fresh air and not to sit inside from morning till night. e should try to avoid fatty meat and animal fats so as not to be overweight. 3emember the saying, )An apple a day keeps the doctor away. .ome diseases4 mumps, measles, chicken po*, whooping cough, dysentery, &diarrhoea' 5as fit as a fiddle6 I was in hospital when I was a child. I had my tonsils removed. I think this is a very common reason for an operation even in adulthood. Most people, however, are operated on for appendicitis. .ometimes an emergency operation is needed. 1efore the operation the surgeons and the nurses dress in green, wash their hands and put on masks. 7ou are put on a stretcher and taken to the operating theatre where you get local or general anaesthetics. Fortunately, I have never broken any of my bones, but at once I sprained my knee and had to go hospital for an 8"ray. If a young persons bone is broken, it will set ,uickly but he will have to have it in plaster for a
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time, too. If it is his leg that is broken he will naturally have to go round on crutches until the plaster comes off. 9nce the plaster comes off, he will still have to rest it and walk as a little as possible. 9f course, not only should you visit the dentist when one of your teeth is aching but you should go for a regular check"up at least once a year. It is very important to brush your teeth at least three times a day particularly after meals to protect your denture or your mouth against getting worse or foul breath. After Ive been comfortably seated in the dentists chair he asks me which tooth is troubling me. #e makes me open my mouth and begins probing for cavities. hen he finds one, he gives you an in2ection and reaches for the drill. After drilling I am allowed to rinse my mouth. (he dentist then stops the cavity and asks me not to chew for an hour or two. If the aching tooth is too far gone the dentist will pull it out. 1efore the e*traction he anaesthetises your nerves with an in2ection given in your gum so the pain that you actually feel is ,uite bearable. In #ungary the whole system of health care is undergoing a change at present. (he #ealth Minister was resigned. 1esides, there are a lot of problems in the health care. A round fee has been introduced recently, but it was cancelled by a referendum. e had to pay three hundred forints to the $% and more fees for staying in hospital. (he medical services are substantially financed by a state budget on one hand. #owever you pay a monthly contribution from your salary but you dont pay for the actual treatment. Medical centres provide service free of charge but there are, of course, private practitioners and even some private policlinics that charge for visits. :veryone can choose their $% freely and go to the one whom they trust most. .urgeries are open four hours a day treating patients who are mobile. %eople on sick leave get seventy five percent of their salary. ith some countries #ungary has an agreement and so when you are abroad as a tourist you dont have to pay for health care or if you have to, the insurance company will pay it back to you. 1ut you shouldnt forget to take out a policy before the 2ourney. I am not particularly interested in sports and Im not involved in any regular sports activity. In fact I like riding a bike, I can get somewhere really ,uickly and it contributes a lot to the healthy way of living, I think. ;nfortunately, I cant bring myself to do physical 2erks every morning. I used to do some push"ups and I could do a few ones with one hand too, but nowadays I always fail after the fifth even with my two hands. I sometimes go swimming with my friends to the local swimming pool. .port helps you to keep fit and preserve your health. -uite a few of my colleagues and friends are involved in regular sports activities. (hey mainly play ball games such as perhaps the well"known one football and handball for a team or only for hobby. e have a lot of opportunities to pursue sports in our town, you 2ust have to be determined and find time for it. (here are two green football"fields, a lot of smaller soccer grounds, a swimming pool, some tennis courts, a few fitness" wellness"clubs. e had two or three %.:. &%sychical :ducation' lessons a week at school, if I remember well. It was so pleasing to move your muscles after sitting for long hours at the school desk and going numb. hen the weather was bad, we did some gymnastics in the gym, and if it was nice, however, we played outdoor games in the football field or run on the tracks around it. At the beginning of the lessons we always did some warming" up e*ercises. In international competitions there are si* gymnastics e*ercises for men, and these are4 high bars, parallel bars, rings, pommel"horse, vault and floor e*ercises. (he four"e*ercises for women are vault, beam, uneven parallel bars and floor e*ercises again. Athletics includes all kinds of track and field events. (he track events are running in different distances, hurdles, and steeple chase; the field events comprise hammer, discus, and 2avelin throwing as well as like pole vaulting, high 2umping, long 2umping or hop"skip"and"2ump. (he basic winter sports are skiing, including ski"2umping, slalom racing, downhill and cross country skiing, skating. I have never pursued winter sports, but there is a ,uite slippery steep slope not far from our place in the %arkerd< where we can toboggan freely in winter. I cant skate or ski so all I can do is watch the competitions on (=. .lalom racing and ice dancing are my favourite. I love watching their great speed and swift movements. In fact all winter sports are spectacular. Aquatic sports include all sports done in or on water. ater"polo, high diving, diving, swimming, rowing, sailing, wind"surfing, water"skiing are all a,uatic sports. (here are different strokes in swimming e.g. breaststroke, crawl> (he 9lympic ?@@A4 It is a big sport event that is held every four year. It will be held this summer, in 1ei2ing, the capital of /hina. (he competitors will be playing against each other in ?A branches, but some of them will be held in other towns. A lot of #ungarian admirers are said to travel to cheer. A sportsman can play much more if he is encouraged or hailed, I think. #ungarians are really good at swimming e.g. $erg< Bis or CDs!lE /seh is e*pected to win a few gold medals or at least to be on the foot"plate. Anyway, $erg< lives in A2ka thus we are very proud of him. In fact we used to e*cel at swimming because we had e.g. Bris!tina :gers!egi and (amDs 0arnyi who seemed to be by far the best all over the world both in the 9lympic $ames
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and the orld /hampionship for years. (hey broke lots of records mostly they were unbeatable in backstroke and crawl stroke &freestyle' despite coming from our small country. e are also good at rowing, bo*ing, pentathlon and particularly men water"polo. In the 9lympics we usually win at least two or three gold, silver or bron!e medals. e used to e*cel in table tennis and football, but we arent ,uite good at them any more. I cant wait to watch the events on telly, because they are really e*citing and of course I adore win, too. ;nfortunately, the games may be disturbed by the politics, because there were ,uite lot demonstrations because of the communism and around the torch. I am not much of a football fan because I think football is in a mess in #ungary. 1esides, I say that it is better to watch football matches on telly because that way you can definitely avoid the occasional fights on the terraces. I go off it &lose interest in' when I watch on (= some fans breaking and crashing anything that get their way. After some matches shop windows near the grounds are smashed up and even the police are attacked by them. e should build more protective fences or barriers to stop fans fighting each other or others. Most #ungarian teams are e*tremely weak and whenever there is a championship they never get further than the ,ualifying heats. 9ther countries selected teams easily knock them out. .ometimes they manage to draw, but in the most cases they are defeated by two or more goals. Football4 (here are two teams, each consisting of ten players and a goalkeeper, who play each other on a pitch. Fo player, but the goalkeeper handle the ball, but heading is allowed. (he forwards try to out"manoeuvre the opponents and get close enough to the goal kick the ball on it. If it happens, it means a goal and the team leads by one goal to nil &G4@'. (he game is governed by rules which must be strictly observed. A referee is assisted by two linesmen. (he referee can award a free kick or a penalty if there is foul play. #e may even send a player off the field for a grave offence. (he team that scores more goals wins the match. (he goal scorer, usually the top player, is feted as a hero. /lassification of sports4 %rofessional sports+amateur sports 9utdoor+indoor sports inter sports+summer sports (eam sports+individual sports ater sports+athletics+ball games+ :numeration4 soccer, handball, basketball, volleyball, spinning, swimming, tennis, table tennis, track and field events, hurdles, steeple chase, 2avelin throwing, pole vaulting, slalom racing, cross"country skiing, bob" sleighing, figure skating, a,uatics, high diving, rowing, breaststroke, crawl &freestyle', butterfly stroke, backstroke, fencing, pentathlon, motor racing, hockey, floor e*ercises, parachuting, e,uestrian sports, weightlifting, wrestling, bo*ing, shooting and archery, chess (ypical :nglish .ports4 cricket, rugby, soccer, golf, tennis, darts epidemic"2DrvDny to feel di!!y"s!HdIl to get vaccinations"oltDst kap vmi ellen fracture"tJrHs ankle"boka

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