We have to say how we feel, if we have a headache, a sore throat, a cold, a cough, or if we are sick and hoarse...Finally the doctor diagnoses the case and therapy and prescribes a medicine. Most often we suffer from a common infection such as flu, tonsilitis, bronchitis and pneumonia. At the chemist’s we get antibiotics, vitamins, pain relievers and gargle. We can also buy some medicinal herbs to prepare herbal tea...In more serious cases or if we are injures we can call the doctor at home and we can be taken to hospital. In the hospital the injured people are examined and X-rayed and serious cases are immediately operated. After the operation the patient is sometimes sent to a health resort or a spa for rehabilitation...However, there are fatal illnesses like cancer or AIDS which are incurable so far. But the best way to cure yourself of a disease is not to catch it, because prevention is better than cure...