TEXT 10. WOUNDS AND TRAUMATA

1. Read and translate the following text from English into Russian using the wordlist.

Wounds of the skin and underlying tissues are common problems in both large and small animal practice, are frequently infected, and must therefore heal by granulation. This process is often impaired by movement, irritation, infection, necrosis, poor circulation and even the inflammatory process itself. The latter, with its traditional cardinal signs, reflects the mobilization of the body’s defences necessary for ultimate resolution. The associated pain, swelling, and interference with function may, however, have adverse effects.

The therapeutic regimen, in addition to specific surgical procedures, should manipulate such target-areas as etiologic factors, including those secondary to the initial insult, the mediators of inflammation, the non-specific inflammatory process, and reparative process. Such a regimen can well necessitate a ‘therapeutic cocktail’. During the last several years work has been conducted on various anti-inflammatory (steroidal and non-steroidal) drugs, dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) and antihistamines. This pharmacological polyglot, along with the complexity of inflammation has created a need to clarify a confusing interaction and to justify the logic of utilizing such drugs either alone or in combination.

Wordlist

trauma (pl. traumata) травма

to heal заживать

to impair вмешиваться, мешать

irritation раздражение

resolution выздоровление

swelling опухоль

regimen режим

target-areas дополнительные факторы

mediator медиатор, посредник

inflammation воспаление

to necessitate делать необходимым, требовать

drugs медикаменты, препараты

2. Choose 10 terms or expressions. Learn them by heart.

3. Make a summary of the text.

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