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Diseases:
Disease, ailment, illness, sickness, malady
An allergy (to) Appendicitis Asthma AIDS Bronchitis Cancer A chill A cold | Chickenpox Concussion Diarrhoea Diabetes A fever (The) flu / influenza Food poisoning Hay fever | A heart attack Indigestion Insomnia Malaria Malnutrition Measles Mumps A nervous breakdown | Pneumonia Rheumatism Scarlet fever Stomach ulcer A stroke Tonsillitis Tuberculosis Typhoid | Travel-, motion-, air-, car-, seasickness A headache (A) toothache Earache, backache, stomach-ache, heartache |
To be ill with a disease (Compare: to be sick), To be down with a disease, To be laid up with a disease
To fall ill with a disease / To be taken ill with a disease / To come (go) down with a disease
An acute, common, serious, sudden, rare, chronic, mental, incurable; fatal / terminal disease
To be prone to minor ailments
A contagious / infectious / catching disease
To spread / to pass on / to give / to carry a disease
To catch / to pick up a disease (from smb)
Isolated cases of – There is a lot of it about – An outbreak of – To reach epidemic proportions
Feeling unwell:
To feel out of sorts / To feel a bit funny / To feel off colour / To feel under the weather;
Ant: to be as fit as a fiddle
To feel run down, Compare: To be worn out
To look faint / feel faint / be faint
To be sickening for smth
Not to feel up to doing something
Symptoms:
To ache – To hurt – To be painful – To be sore
To feel a dull ache in smth
To be in pain, Ant: To be out of pain
An acute / severe / sharp, constant, dull, steady, sudden, shooting, slight pain
To feel pain rather like pins and needles
To be aching all over / to be all aches and pains
To suffer from smth, Compare: To suffer smth (a heart attack)
To hurt / injure smth badly / seriously / severely
To cause / bring on pain
To affect (heart, lungs…)
A bad / heavy / nasty cold; Ant: A slight cold
To develop / get a temperature /
To feel feverish / To have a (slight, high, constant) fever / To run a temperature
To shiver / To feel shivery
To shiver all over with cold
A bout of (the shivers) / a fit of (coughing) / an attack of asthma / a touch of (rheumatism)
Inflammation sets in
To be inflamed (by / with an infection)
To be allergic to smth / To have an allergy to smth
To lose consciousness / pass out / faint (from hunger)
HEAD To have a (splitting) headache, To feel giddy / dizzy, To suffer from giddiness / dizziness
EYES Eyes are running, sore, swollen, itchy, inflamed;
NOSE To have a cold in the head – To sneeze, The nose is running, The nose is stuffed up
THROAT To have a sore throat, It hurts to swallow, Swollen glands
CHEST To cough; To have a bad / heavy, dry, persistent cough; To suffer from chest pains, heartache, a pain in the chest; To be short of breath, Compare: To be out of breath; A fit of coughing, To cough away all night
STOMACH Stomach-ache, To lose appetite, A pain on eating, A pain in my side, Indigestion, Diarrhea, Constipation, To feel nauseous / to feel sick, To vomit / to throw up
SKIN To come out in (a rash) / To break into (sweat); Tomatoes bring me out in a rash; Spots, rash, bruises, blisters, cuts, wounds, inflammation, swelling; To itch
JOINTS Painful, stiff, hot to the touch, To swell up (Swollen joints)
ANKLE Sprained, twisted, broken / fractured
MUSCLES Aching, Pulled
Asking about health:
To ask after smb: How is N. keeping? How is N these days? What’s wrong with N.? What’s the trouble with N? Where does it hurt? What seems to be the matter? | To show sympathy: I am sorry to hear that! Oh, no! Poor old N.! How upsetting / awful! I know how it feels. Give him my regards! We wish you speedy recovery! | To give advice: Why don’t you lie down? Would you like an aspirin? Would you like me to call the doctor? Let me know if there is anything I can do. Tell him to take things easy. I hope he soon gets over it / feels better |
Doctors:
Doctor / physician/ medical man General Practitioner (GP) Surgeon Optician | Paediatrician / children’s doctor Gynaecologist / women’s doctor Psychiatrist | Dentist Midwife Nurse Pharmacist |
Making an appointment with a doctor:
To call a doctor
To make / fix / to ask for an appointment with smb
To have an appointment with smb,
To keep an appointment Ant: To break / cancel / miss an appointment
To be by appointment only (Consultation is by appointment only)
Surgery hours are from 9 to 5.
To check one’s schedule
To be fully booked
To fit smb in
To consult / to see a doctor
To go for a check-up / to have a check-up
Annual check-up
To come at the appointed time
To arrive at the waiting-room
Surgery / Consulting-room
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