4. Language development.

1. Fill in the gaps with words and word combinations from the list.

colon, acute, intestine, lining, bleeding, neutralizing, inflammation, ab­dominal

1. A person with gastritis may suffer from loss of appetite, pain, nau­sea, vomiting, and___from the stomach.

2. Antacids help by the acid.

3. Gastritis is an of the stomach.

4. gastritis may be caused by a chemical or acid injury to the stomach lining.

5. Pernicious anemia causes atrophy of the stomach .

6. Colitis is a disease involving inflammation of the or oth­er parts of the large intestine.

7. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin mem­brane that lines the_____cavity.

8. Dysentery is a disease involving inflammation of the lining of the large____ .

2. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

   1. The inside of the stomach and duodenum have little resistance to injury from the acid and digestive enzymes they contain.

   2. Gastritis may be either acute or chronic.

   3. Patients with chronic gastritis are treated with an antidote or*by cleansing the stomach.

   4. Stomach surgery may lead to chronic gastritis.

   5. Alcohol can damage the stomach lining and cause gastric ulcers.

   6. Amebic colitis is caused by spasms of the muscles in the wall of the colon.

   7. Dysentery produces abdominal pain and diarrhea.

3. Answer the following questions.

1. What are the symptoms of gastritis?

2. What are the causes of acute and chronic gastritis?

3. What happens if the tissues of the stomach erode and open sores develop?

4. What are the two kinds of peptic ulcere? What do you know about each of them?

5. What are the three main types of colitis? Describe each of them.

6. What are the causes of peritonitis?

7. What is dysentery?

V. Speaking.

1. Complete the dialogue with the words from the list and act it out.

shall, pains, liquid, test, ulcer, taking

Doctor: Good morning, Miss Jones.

Miss Jones: Good morning, Doctor. What are you going to do?

D.: Barium meal. This test is to help me get a picture of the inside of your gullet and your stomach so that we can find out what's caus­ing you these_____there.

M.J.: So, what I do, Doctor?

D.: 1 want you just to stand here while I give you a cup of to drink. This liquid will show up after you've drunk it and will be able to tell me if you have an in your stomach or duode­num. I'd like you to drink the liquid now and I'll be _______ pictures of it as it goes down. That's fine. Thank you.

2. Give as much information as you can about:

• gastritis, its types, causes, symptoms and treatment;

• peptic ulcer, its types, causes, symptoms and treatment;

• colitis, its three main types and causes;

• peritonitis and its causes;

• dysentery, its causes and symptoms.

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