I. Fill in the gaps:

Feeling No Pain: The World of Anesthesia

1. Anesthesia is used during operations and other medical procedures to block

(1) ….. signals from traveling through the (2) …….. system. The kind of (3)

…….. that patients receive depends on their (4) ……. and the kind of (4)

……. they need. Local anesthesia is used to make a small area of the body

lose (6) …….. Usually, (7) ……. anesthesia is for minor procedures, like

fixing a (8)……. or closing a (9)……. The person remains fully (10)…….

Procedure pain condition anesthesia nervous

wound feeling awake local tooth

2. (1)……… anesthesia is used to block (2)…….. in a large area of the body.

For example, when a woman is giving (3) ………., she might request an (4)

……. anesthesia. It is injected into the fluid in the (5) …... It acts on the

lower half of the (6) ………. General anesthesia makes a person fall asleep.

This is known as being "put under." The (7) ……. are injected into the blood

or breathed as (8) ……... General anesthesia also blocks (9) ………...

birth pain memory epidural gas body regional drugs spine

II. Translate into Romanian:

Arthritis and rheumatism are general names for approximately 100 diseases that

produce inflammation or degeneration of connective tissue. Some of these diseases

are infectious and primarily affect younger people. Rheumatic fever, for example,

is a bacterial infection that occurs mostly in children or teenagers. Rheumatoid

arthritis predominantly strikes women between 20 and 60. However, the most

common rheumatic disease is a noninfectious, noninflammatory degenerative joint

disease - osteoarthritis. To some degree, it affects nearly all older adults, causing

swelling, pain, and stiffness in joints. Treatment may include heat, exercises, and

drugs that reduce pain and inflammation.

III. After reading the text, complete the following sentences by choosing

the most correct term (s):

Besides osteoarthritis, many other noninfectious diseases can limit the activities of

the elderly. Osteoporosis (a condition in which bone loss exceeds bone

replacement so that the bones become less dense, more porous, and more brittle)

often leads to fractures, especially of the hipbone. Many conditions conspire to

decrease the sensory perception of the elderly. Cataracts are created when the lens

of the eye - or a portion of it - becomes opaque and sometimes swells or shrinks

and interferes with vision. Deterioration of nerves in the inner ear causes the

characteristic old-age hearing loss, most severe in the high-pitched tones. The

senses of taste and smell also deteriorate in old age.

1. Osteoarthritis is an example of a/an __________________ disease

a) infectious

b) incurable

c) noninfectious

2. A condition in which bone loss exceeds bone replacement is called

______________

a) rheumatoid arthritis

b) osteoporosis

c) rheumatism

3. As mentioned in this article, sensory perception of the elderly relates to

___________:

a) sight, hearing and touch

b) taste, smell and hearing

c) hearing, smell, taste and sight

IV. Write a word from the list in the correct place in the text below.

recover   prescription   poisoning   prescribed   diarrhoea   weak   symptoms   sore

temperature  surgery   examined   medicine   upset   appointment   

First I had a ……….throat. It hurt when I spoke. I also kept going to the toilet

with…… . I thought it was food........... so I made an............... to see the doctor.

I went to the doctor's ………… the next day.

The doctor …… me, took my………. and asked me about the............ . He then

wrote me a ............and told me to go home and rest. I rested and took the……..

that he had………… . I'm now starting to ……… ,although I still feel a

bit………. and my stomach is still a little……… .