--- title: Sore throats, ears and eyes — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Sore throats, ears and eyes», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Most sore throats are caused by viruses and get better on their own within about a week; ice lollies, cold drinks and painkillers help meanwh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Sore throats, ears and eyes # Sore throats, ears and eyes Lesson 9 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 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/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/0/) — Most sore throats are caused by viruses and get better on their own within about a week; ice lollies, cold drinks and painkillers help meanwhile. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/1/) — Behind your eardrum is a little space, the middle ear; after a cold it can fill with fluid, and the pressure makes the ear really hurt. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/3/) — Waking up with your eyes glued shut by yellow gunk is usually conjunctivitis, pink eye, which rarely harms eyesight and is cleaned gently with cooled boiled water. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/4/) — Itchy red eyes every spring are usually pollen allergy, which you cannot catch from anyone. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/5/) — Most sore throats are caused by viruses and get better within about a week; some are caused by streptococcus bacteria, and white spots on the tonsils can come from viruses as well as bacteria. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/6/) — Tonsils are lumps at the back of the throat that help fight germs; fewer tonsil operations are done now than in the past, and a few bouts of tonsillitis (sore, swollen tonsils) are not a reason to take them out. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/7/) — A middle ear infection fills the space behind the eardrum with fluid; most get better on their own in about three days, so painkillers are the main treatment; putting oil or anything else in the ear does not cure it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/8/) — If the pressure gets very high the eardrum can get a tiny hole that lets pus out and eases the pain; it usually heals in a few weeks. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/9/) — Glue ear is sticky fluid left behind the eardrum after a cold that muffles sound; it often clears by itself, and if not, tiny tubes called grommets may help. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/10/) — Conjunctivitis makes the eye red, gritty and sticky; in the UK children don't have to stay off school with it. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/11/) — Allergic conjunctivitis from pollen is not catching and is helped by antihistamine (allergy medicine) drops or tablets. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/12/) — Swimmer's ear is an infection of the ear canal, outside the eardrum, when water stays in the ear; once it has healed, swimming can start again. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/13/) — Earwax cleans and protects the ear and usually moves out by itself; cotton buds push it deeper. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/14/) — A blow can burst a small blood vessel on the white of the eye; the red patch looks dramatic but usually heals in two weeks. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/15/) — The voice comes from two vocal cords; shouting can swell them so they cannot vibrate (shake fast) properly, and whispering can strain them too. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/16/) — A doctor looks inside the ear with an otoscope, a small torch with a magnifying lens. - ← previous: [Fever](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/8-fever/) - next →: [Tummy bugs and tummy aches](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)