Changing-room germs Lesson 59 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 12 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 .
0 A changing room is warm, wet and full of bare feet, sweaty kit and shared stuff, which is exactly what viruses, fungi and bacteria love, so most sport germs travel by floors, skin, towels and bottle tops. 1 Lucas walks barefoot across the wet floor every week and ends up with verrucas on three toes, «Bro, how is this even fair?»; a pair of flip-flops would have kept his feet off the floor where the verruca virus waits. 3 The rules are short: your own bottle, your own towel, your own gum shield, flip-flops in the showers, kit out of the bag and washed after every session, and tell an adult about any new rash or sore. 4 A verruca is a wart on the foot caused by a virus; the NHS says you can still swim if you cover it with a waterproof plaster or a verruca sock. 5 The black dots in a verruca are tiny blood vessels, not roots, and cutting or picking it can hurt and spread it. 7 Athlete's foot is a fungus that likes warm damp skin between the toes; anyone can get it, and a pharmacy cream and dry feet usually clear it. 9 Cold sores are caused by a virus spread by close skin contact, so doctors advise against contact sport while a sore is open. 10 Impetigo is a skin infection spread by touch and common in mat sports, with sores that dry into golden crusts; the NHS says stay off school until the sores crust over or 48 hours after starting antibiotics. 11 Ringworm is a fungus, not a worm, that makes a ring-shaped rash and spreads by skin contact, shared mats and towels; antifungal cream usually treats it. 12 Fresh sweat barely smells; the stink comes from bacteria feeding on sweat in a warm closed bag. 13 Damp shared towels can pass on athlete's foot, verrucas and skin infections, and washing towels at 60°C gets rid of more germs. 14 A gum shield should be rinsed in cold water and kept in its case; sugary drinks feed germs, and hot water can bend it out of shape. ← previous Posture and eyes for sporty kidsnext → Ill on match day: play or stay home?↑ back to Medicine This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/59-changing-room-germs/