What's Cellulitis?
Cellulitis
(say: sel-yuh-ly-tus) is actually a common infection of
the skin
that some people get.Cellulitis is an infection at the deepest
layer, called the subcutaneous (say: sub-kyoo-tay-nee-us) layer.
This kind of infection is caused by bacteria, which can get into the body
through broken skin of any kind (such as a cut, scratch, animal bite, or a bug
bite if you scratch it).
Different types of
bacteria can cause cellulitis. The most common are group .A
streptococcus
(say: strep-toh-kak-us) and staphylococcus (say: staf-uh-loh-kak-us). You
come into contact with bacteria every day. Some types of bacteria even live on
our bodies, but some bacteria are harmful, especially if they get in something
like a cut and cause an infection.
You can get
cellulitis on any part of your body, but it often occurs on the face and legs.
If the area is painful, red, feels warm, or is swollen, it could be infected
and your parent should take you to the doctor. If it turns out to be
cellulitis, it may look very red and spread quickly. In some cases, there can
be red streaks around it.
If your doctor
suspects you have cellulitis, he or she will examine your skin and ask you
questions about recent injuries and what activities you do. The doctor can
usually tell from examining the skin if someone has cellulitis. If so, you'll
probably have to take an antibiotic (say: an-ty-by-ah-tik),
a kind of medicine that kills bacteria. In
more serious cases, blood tests are needed.
The best way to prevent the cellulitesis to be good to your skin. Here
are some things you can do:
- Don't scratch at scabs, insect bites, or chickenpox sores. This increases the chances of getting an infection.
- Always wear helmets and elbow, knee, and wrist pads when you ride your bike, play hockey, ride your scooter, or skate.
- Avoid going barefoot — slip into sandals to protect your feet in the summertime.
- Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts when you're hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, or playing rough outside
- Wear insect repellent when you're outdoors, especially in the evening.
vocabulary list :
- · Infection : peradangan
- · Scratch : garukan, goresan
- · Bug : binatang kecil
- · Bite : gigitan, sengatan
- · Harmful : berbahaya
- · Painful : menyakitkan
- · Wrist ; pergelangan tangan
- · Barefoot : tanpa alas kaki
- · Reppellent : penolak serangga
Exercise1:
Answer the
questions below.
1. What's Cellulitis?
2. What Causes It?
3. How Do you Know If you Have It?
4. What will the doctor do if you suspect have cellulites?
5.
How Can you Prevent
Cellulitis?
Grammar focus
Conditional sentences
Kinds
|
Situation
|
If clause
|
Result clause
|
Example
|
Type 1
|
True in the present/
future
|
Simple present
S + V1 (s/es)
|
Simple future
S + Will/shall + V1
|
If I have cellulite, I
will examine my skin
|
Type 2
|
Untrue in the present/
future
|
Simple past
S + V2
|
Past Future
S + would/ should + V1
|
If I had cellulite, I
would examine my skin
|
Type 3
|
Untrue in the past
|
Past perfect
S + had + V3
|
Past future perfect
S + would have + V3
|
If I had enough time , I
would have examined my skin
|
Exercise 2 :
Complete the senteces with the verbs in parentetheses.
- If I have enough money, I (examine)...............my skin to the doctor this morning.
- I would treat my cellulite, If I (find)................a modern hospital.
- If you strecth your skin, it (be).............infection.
- Sally came back to her house, If she (recover)..........................from her illness.
- If you wore long pants, the insect (bite)........................your feet last night.
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