Angielski dla studentów medycyny.

Task 1

Read, pronounce, and translate

Vocabulary bank: varicella-zoster, scab, steroid, chemotherapy (chemo), immunosuppressive medications, haemorrhage (bleeding, blood loss), hemorrhagic/haemorrhagic complications, sepsis, streptococcal infections, pneumonia, dehydration,  rupture

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It can cause an itchy, blister-like rash. The rash first appears on the chest, back, and face, and then spreads over the entire body, causing between 250 and 500 itchy blisters. Chickenpox can be serious, especially in babies, adolescents, adults, pregnant women, and people with bodies that have a lowered ability to fight germs and sickness (weakened immune system). The best way to prevent chickenpox is to get the chickenpox vaccine.

Anyone who has not had chickenpox or gotten the chickenpox vaccine can get the disease. Chickenpox illness usually lasts about 4 to 7 days.

The classic symptom of chickenpox is a rash that turns into itchy, fluid-filled blisters that eventually turn into scabs. The rash may first show up on the chest, back, and face, and then spread over the entire body, including inside the mouth, eyelids, or genital area. It usually takes about one week for all of the blisters to become scabs.

Some people who have been vaccinated against chickenpox can still get the disease. However, they usually have milder symptoms with fewer or no blisters (or just red spots), a mild or no fever, and are sick for a shorter period of time than people who are not vaccinated. But some vaccinated people who get chickenpox may have diseases similar to unvaccinated people.

Complications from chickenpox can occur, but they are not common in healthy people who get the disease.

People who may get a serious case of chickenpox and may be at high risk for complications include:

• Infants
• Adolescents
• Adults
• Pregnant women
• People with bodies that have a lowered ability to fight germs and sickness (weakened immune systems) because of illness or medications, for example,
  • People with HIV/AIDS or cancer
  • Patients who have had transplants, and
  • People on chemotherapy, immunosuppressive medications, or long-term use of steroids.

Serious complications from chickenpox include:

• Bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissues in children, including Group A streptococcal infections
• Infection of the lungs (pneumonia)
• Infection or swelling of the brain (encephalitis, cerebellar ataxia)
• Bleeding problems (hemorrhagic complications)
• Bloodstream infections (sepsis)
• Dehydration

Some people with serious complications from chickenpox can become so sick that they need to be hospitalized. Chickenpox can also cause death.

Deaths are very rare now due to the vaccine program. However, some deaths from chickenpox continue to occur in healthy, unvaccinated children and adults. In the past, many of the healthy adults who died from chickenpox contracted the disease from their unvaccinated children.

Task 2

Match a definition with a term

h/ immunosuppressive, g/ dehydration, a/ sepsis, c/ pneumonia, e/ Streptococcus d/ chemotherapy,  b/haemorrhage, f/ streptococcal

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