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Read The Passage Carefully and Answer The Questions Given Below
Read The Passage Carefully and Answer The Questions Given Below
Read The Passage Carefully and Answer The Questions Given Below
Questions
(A) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it, in points only,
using headings and sub-headings. Also use recognizable abbreviations, wherever necessary
(Minimum four). Supply an appropriate title to it. 5
(B) Write a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. 3
self-Medication
1. Self medication
(a) part of normal living—last 100 yrs
(b) Advance in diag tech..
(c) Drs rqd. for diag .& treatmnt of disease
(d ) self medicatiom differs from medical prescripyion
2. Technological Advmnt in medicine
(a) drug therapy
(b)impvt. In pub. Health org’s
(c) increase in nutri’l standards.
3. Clever advertising by pharma’l companies
(a) take advantage of people’s need
PASSAGE -2
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given
below.
Almost all of us have suffered from a headache at some time or the other. For some a headache is a
constant companion and life is a painful hell of wasted time.
The most important step to cope with headaches is to identify the type of headache one is suffering
from. In tension headaches (two hand headache), a feeling of a tight band around the head exits
along with the pain in the neck and shoulders. It usually follows activities such as
long stretches driving, typing or sitting on the desks. They are usually short lived but can also last
for days or weeks.
A headache is usually caused due to the spinal misalignment of the head, due to
the posture. Sleeping on the stomach with the head turn to one side and bending over positions for
a long time make it worse.
In migraine headaches, the pains usually on one side of the head may be accompanied by nausea,
vomiting irritability and bright spots of flashes of light. This headache is meant worse by activities
especially bending. The throbbing pain in the head worsens by noise and light. Certain triggers for
migraines may be chocolate, caffeine, smoking or MSU in certain food items. The pain may last
eight to twenty four hours and there may be a hangover for two or three days. Migraines are often
produced by an ‘aura’------changes in sight and sensation. There is usually a family migraine.
In a headache, pain originates from the brain but from the irritated nerves of muscles, blood vessels
and bones. These head pain signals to the brain which judges the degree of distress and relays it at
appropriate sites. The pain sometimes may be referred to sights other than the problem areas. This
is known as referred by pain and occurs due to sensation overload. Thus, though, most headache
states at the base of the skull referred pain as felt typically behind the eyes.
Factors causing headache are understood but it is known that a shift in the level
of body hormones chemicals, certain foods and drinks and environmental stress can trigger them.
If the headache troubles you often, visit the doctor, who will take a full health history relating to diet,
life stresses, the type of headache, trigging factors and relief measures. You may be asked to keep
a ‘headache diary’ which tells you to list – the time headache started and when it ended, emotional
environmental and food and drinking factors which may contribute to it. The type and severity of pain
and the medications used which provide much relief are also to be listed.
This helps the doctor in determining the exact cause and type of headache and the remedy thereof.
Questions
(b) On the basis of your reading the passage make notes on it using recognizable
abbreviations wherever necessary. Use a format u consider suitable. Supply a suitable title.
(c) Write a summary in about 80 words.
1) Notes on the contents of the passage;
A. Identification:-
(i) tension headache, or
(ii) migraine headache
B. Symptoms:-
(i) Tension headaches
(a) feeling tight band around head
(b) pain in neck and shoulders
(ii) Migraine headaches
(a) pain on one side of the head
(b) vomiting and irritability
(c) bright sport of flashes of light
C. Causes:-
(i) Tension headaches
(a) long stretches of driving
(b) long hours of typing or sitting on the desk
(ii) Migraine headache.
(a) Chocolate, coffee, smoking.
(b) MSU is certain food items
D. Treatment :-
(i) Self –care techniques for shorter period.
(ii) Doctor advice for permanent treatments.
Title:- Headache and their Treatments
Abbreviations used
1.hsptl – hospital.
2. blding – building
3. don. – donations
4.ayur. – ayurvedic
(b) On the basis of your reading the passage make notes on it using recognizable
abbreviations wherever necessary. Use a format u consider suitable. Supply a suitable title.
(c) Write a summary in about 80 words.
Ladies, watch out. The next time you purchase cosmetics ensure that they are safe.
Contrary to tall promises made by the industry, a number of cosmetics are health
hazards and may turn you ugly instead of prettier.
2. Studies have shown that cosmetics are toxic, containing chemicals and other
ingredients which can cause cancer. Some brands of talcum powders are said to
contain asbestos. Unfortunately, consumers, particularly woman, are carried away by
the telling and attractive advertisements. Very rarely do they read the contents of the
cosmetics they use.
3. Take, for instance, the shampoo used for cleaning hair. Hundreds of brands are
available in market, each one promising something special and novel. It is a common
belief that using soap to clean the hair is harmful. But a comparative research carried
out by a doctor with the help of a consumer union in Japan has found that shampoo
can damage your hair and result in hair loss.
4. Research has revealed that the thickest hair among the shampoo users was only
0.097 mm, whereas soap users have 0.115 mm. Similarly, shampoo users also have
hair as thin as 0.072 mm and that of soap users 0.1 mm.
5. Years ago, people used to dye their hair black. But nowadays, woman dye their hair
in different colours ignoring the harmful effects it has on their health. You can find
woman with dark brown and light violet coloured hair.
6. Hair dyes which may be bleacher, temporary dyes, semi – permanent dyes, contain
potentially hazardous chemicals like ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, p –
phenylenediamine and toluene diamines. Hydrogen peroxide is said to ruin hair
condition.
9. Likewise, have you ever tried to look beyond the glow of nail polishes to its effects?
10. Nail polish remover contains an ingredient called acetone which can cause your
nail to become brittle and split. However, acetone is less toxic when compared toluene,
another ingredient found in the nail polish.
11. The basic ingredient used in nail polish is formaldehyde resin which can discolour
the nails. It is a colourless gas with a strong, irritating smell, used also as an anti-septic
for killing germs. Formaldehyde is also known by other names like methanal and
methyaldehyde.
15. It may be interesting to know that of all the cosmetics lipstick is the most toxic and
dangerous for three reasons. Firstly, woman who apply lipstick swallow the chemicals
directly. Secondly, it gets absorbed through the tender lip skin. And, finally, lipstick
not only harms the user but also her mate