--- title: Getting better, caring for others and medicines — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Getting better, caring for others and medicines», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Whether you have a cold or a fever, your body needs drinks and energy to fight the germs; the old saying «feed a cold, st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Getting better, caring for others and… # Getting better, caring for others and medicines Lesson 82 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/0/) — Whether you have a cold or a fever, your body needs drinks and energy to fight the germs; the old saying «feed a cold, starve a fever» is a myth. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/1/) — Some children live with a long-term illness like diabetes, epilepsy or asthma; friends who know the signs and fetch an adult can help keep them safe. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/2/) — Medicine helps only the right person, in the right amount, at the right time; the wrong medicine or too much of it can poison you, so only a trusted adult gives it. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/3/) — A boy in Dallas finds colourful pills on the kitchen table; he does not touch them, he tells his dad, and his dad puts them away up high. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/4/) — With a cold or a fever, eat what you can and drink plenty, because the body needs fluids and energy in both. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/5/) — When you visit someone who is ill, wash your hands and keep your distance if they are infectious. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/6/) — A classmate who is often away ill needs kindness and help to catch up. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/7/) — If a friend with diabetes looks shaky, pale and confused, tell an adult at once, because their blood sugar may be too low and they may need sugar quickly. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/8/) — Children do not get diabetes from eating too many sweets; it is nobody's fault. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/9/) — Never take medicine unless a trusted adult gives it to you. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/10/) — Never take someone else's medicine, because it was meant for their body and their illness. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/11/) — Take a course of antibiotics to the end as the doctor says, even when you feel better, or the infection can come back. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/12/) — Aspirin should not be given to children under 16 unless a doctor says so, because it can cause a rare but serious illness called Reye's syndrome. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/13/) — If you swallow medicine or something poisonous by mistake, tell an adult immediately so they can call poison control or emergency help. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/14/) — Cleaning products are poisonous and can burn, so never drink them or play with them. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/15/) — A boy in Ohio stopped his antibiotics after two days because he felt better; the ear infection came back worse and he needed a second, longer course. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/16/) — A girl in Brisbane thought two of her mum's headache tablets would work faster than one of hers; she got very ill and had to be taken to hospital. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/17/) — Taking more of a medicine than the dose on the label can poison you, even with common medicines like paracetamol. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/18/) — Medicines are made for one person and one illness, so taking someone else's can be dangerous. - ← previous: [Food, drinks and feeling ill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill/) - next →: [Doctors, cuts and grazes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)