Friday, 13 January 2017

Friday, January 13, 2017



Read the vocabulary used for expressing health, illness, and disease issues and then follow the task below:

pain ( n.)feeling in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill,sick
·         Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her neck, shoulder, waist, arm, leg, stomach.
·         Take an aspirin to relieve the pain.

ache (v/n.)continuous pain; feel a continuous pain
·         I can’t sleep because my head aches too bad.
·         I have a terrible headache, backache, stomach-ache.

ill (adj/ adv/ n.)suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well; sick
·         My elder sister is seriously ill in St John’s hospital.
·         The children started to feel ill an hour after the meal.

sick (adj/n./v)
physically or mentally ill; wanting to vomit
·         I feel very sick, I don’t think I can work today.
·         Be careful with the cake, too much of it can make you sick.

sore (n.)
painful (and often red) because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much
·         I have a sore throat, I mustn’t take that cold drink.
·         She says her stomach is still sore after the operation.
·         His feet were sore after the bicycle trip.

illness (n.)
the state of being physically or mentally ill
·         Our secretary missed a lot of work through illness last month.
·         Flu can be a serious illness if you aren’t careful enough.

disease
serious illness, often caused by infection
·         Peter’s uncle suffers from a rare blood disease.
·         A fatty diet increases the risk of heart disease.
·         The government is planning further health measures to prevent the spread of disease.

heal
become healthy again; make something, somebody healthy again, make somebody feel happy again
·         As I see it will take a long time for your wounds to heal.
·         This ointment will help to heal your scratches.
·         The tea you made really healed me.

Cure (v.)
make somebody or something healthy again after an illness; make an illness go away
·         He was seriously ill for a long time, but the doctor cured him at last.
·         Scarlet fever is a serious illness, but it can be cured fairly fast.

Cure (n.)
medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness; the act of curing or the process of being cured
·         There is no known cure for this illness but the it can be treated.
·         I’m afraid you must be taken to hospital for the cure.

treat
give medical care or attention to somebody or something; deal with something or somebody
·         I was treated for flu, but later I was diagnosed with pneumonia.
·         This illness is usually treated with antibiotics and a strict diet.

treatment
(the way or process of) curing an illness or injury or making somebody look and feel good; the way of dealing with something or somebody
·         Doctors apply various treatments for this illness.
·          My sister goes to a wellness centre to receive beauty treatments.

diagnose
define what an illness or the cause of a problem is
·         The blood test is used to diagnose all kinds of diseases.
·         She was diagnosed (as) (a) diabetic in her early childhood.

diagnosis
medical description of an illness or condition
·         The doctors didn’t share every detail of the diagnosis with the patient’s family.
·         We had to wait a lot for the exact diagnosis after the examination.

injury
harm done to the body, for example in an accident
·         They were lucky to escape the fight without serious injuries.
·         There were only minor injuries in the crash.

injure
harm somebody or yourself physically, especially in an accident, receive/suffer an injury
·         He injured his finger when he was cutting the meat.
·         Nobody was killed in the accident, but two people were seriously injured.

wound
an injury to part of the body, especially one in which a hole is made in the skin
·         He died from the wounds that he had received in the crash.
·         He was taken to hospital although his wounds didn’t seem too serious.

cut
a wound caused by something sharp
·         He had such a deep cut on his arm that he was taken to hospital.
·         The victim had several cuts on his chest, still he survived.
bruise
a blue, brown or purple mark on the skin after somebody has fallen
·         He was covered in bruises at the end of the football match.
·         The man came to the surgery with a huge bruise over his eye.

scratch
rub your skin with your nails, usually because it’s itching; a mark or a small cut or injury made by scratching
·         The cat continuously scratched itself behind the ear.
·         She had a long scratch on her arm when she came out of the rose garden.

infection
illness caused by bacteria or a virus; the act or process of causing or getting a disease
·         Wash your hands carefully to decrease the risk of infection.
·         She almost died from blood infection.

inflammation
a condition when a part of the body becomes red, sore and swollen because of infection or injury
·         My knee was twice the size of the other one due to the inflammation.
·         You had better not eat fatty food so soon after your stomach inflammation.

symptom
a change in your body or mind that shows that you are not healthy
·         You don’t necessarily need a doctor with symptoms like a headache or sore throat.
·         Depression can cause physical symptoms, too.

temperature
the measurement of how hot your body is
·         have a temperature – when your temperature is higher than normal due to illness
·         I feel so weak, I think I have a temperature.
·         She had such a high temperature that she was immediately taken to hospital.

fever
a medical condition in which someone has a temperature that is higher than normal; a particular type of disease with high temperature
·         Did you take aspirin to reduce the fever?
·         Our daughter has been diagnosed with scarlet fever.

cold
illness affecting the nose and/or throat, making you cough and/or sneeze
·         I think I caught a cold on the ice rink yesterday.
·         She can’t come to school, she’s in bed with a cold.

flu
a very bad cold, an infectious disease with fever, pains and weakness
·         Please don’t visit us this week, the whole family has the flu.
·         If you’re not careful enough and you don’t take antibiotics, you may even die from the flu.

vomit
discharge stomach contents through the mouth
·         There must have been something wrong with the food as both children vomited shortly after the meal.
·         I’m afraid I’m pregnant; I vomit after getting up every morning.

medicine
a substance that you drink or swallow so as to cure an illness
·         You look so pale. Haven’t you taken your medicine this morning?
·         The doctor prescribed three kinds of medicine for me.

antibiotics
medicine that kills bacteria and cures infections
·         My mum’s throat infection went away after she started the antibiotics.
·         Hot tea won’t be enough to cure your flu, I think you also need antibiotics.

pain killer
kind of medicine that takes away some or all of the discomfort of an illness or injury
·         I had such a horrible headache last night that I took two pain killers.
·         She says she doesn’t think it’s a good idea to take pain killers too often.

blood pressure
the rate at which blood flows through the body
·         Drink some coffee if you feel your blood pressure is too low.
·         High blood pressure increases the risk of having a heart attack.

pulse
the regular beat of blood as it is sent around the body
·         The doctor started the examination with taking my pulse and blood pressure.
·         He has such a weak pulse that it’s hard to feel.

x-ray
a photograph of a somebody’s bones and organs
·         They took x-rays of my knee to make sure it wasn’t broken.
·         The doctor says that the x-ray has proved his suspicion of cancer, but I don’t believe him.

patient
a person staying in a hospital or medical facility
·         The doctor examined the patient very carefully but he didn’t find any disorder.
·         There were so many patients in the doctor’s surgery that I didn’t wait and I went home.

surgery
a place where a doctor or dentist sees patients; medical treatment of injuries or diseases involving cutting open somebody’s body
·         I wanted to see a doctor but the surgery was closed.
·         I hope they can cure me with medicine and I don’t need undergo surgery.

operation
cutting open a part of somebody’s body in order to remove or cure a part
·         The operation was successful but the patient died.
·         The doctor says I can hardly escape an operation.

operate on somebody (for something)
cut open a part of somebody’s body in order to remove or cure a part
·         He soon recovered after he was operated on for appendicitis.
·         The doctor ordered to take my brother to hospital and they will operate on him tomorrow.

operating theatera room in a hospital used for medical operations
·         The patient died on the way to the operating theatre.
·         She felt nervous as she looked round the operating theatre.

chemist’s (shop)
a shop where medicine is sold
·         The doctor suggested to go to the chemist’s for the medicine straight from the surgery.
·         This syrup is also sold in the supermarket, so you don’t need to go to the chemist’s.

prescription
an official piece of paper filled out by a doctor with which you can get medicine from a chemist’s shop
·         Unfortunately, the doctor forgot to sign the prescription and so the chemist refused to give me the medicine. 


·         Keep this prescription even though you don’t need the medicine now; you may need it later. 


Your task: 
      Now it is your turn, click on this link to record a phone consultation with your family doctor regarding any health issue you are facing. You may ask for specialist referral if needed as well.

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