James Frow: I am a blood doner. I give blood four times a year at the hospital. My girlfriend doesn't give blood because she is diabetic.
Henrieta Clapton: My best friend is a hypochondriac! She goes to the doctor once a week. Last week she thought she had measles but it was only acne. Yesterday she thought her back was fractured but it was only backache. Now, she thinks she has whooping cough because she has the hicups.
Harry Shaw: Last week my family and I went on holiday. My son Peter is 6 years old and he doesn't travel well. He was travel sick. After 20 minutes he felt nauseous and then he was sick. One evening we went to a restaurant and we all had diarrhoea the next day. We went on a long walk the next day but we didn't wear suntan lotion so we were all sunburnt and we had blisters on our feet.
Margaret Walters: I am pregnant and I often get a headache so I take an aspirin. I am allergic to pollen so iIn Spring I have hayfever. I have a runny nose and I am sneezing, sore eyes and a headache.
Trevor Daniels: Last year I had a heart attack so now I am retired. My wife Dorien is also retired because she has painful rheumatism in her leg. My father died last month of cancer.
an accident
I have ... + I had ...
a backache/toothache
chickenpox/measles
acne/hicups/blisters
a fractured ../ a broken ..
diarrhoea/constipation
cancer
a heart attack/a stroke
I have ... HIV/aids/rheumatism
I sprained - I didn't sprain
I thought - I didn't think
I wore ... - I didn't wear ...
a coat/a jumper/good shoes
suntan lotion/sun protection
I feel ... + I felt ...
nauseous/sick
hot/cold/tired/faint/dizzy
I am ...
sick/ill/travel sick
a blood doner
a hypochondriac
on sick leave
on maternity leave
retired/pregnant
sneezing/coughing
diabetic/allergic
He/she prescribed ...
painkillers
aspirin
penicillin
I give ... blood/first aid
I got ... + I get ...
a headache/stomach ache
a cold/cough/runny nose
flu/hayfever
I take ... (or) I often take ...
an aspirin
He/she/they died ...
of cancer/aids
of tuberculosis
from a heart attack
in a car accident
in an accident at work
for a month/week/year
for me/you/him/her/it/us/them
1 time = once
2 times = twice
3/4/5 times
Conjunctions
because
so
I have a toothache. I lost a filling. I need braces. = Dentist
I have a headache. I have indigestion. I have a cold. = Chemist
I have had ... [for a longer time. A few days or a week]
I have had ... stomach ache/a pain in my chest. = Doctor
I have cancer. I have a broken leg. I have a tumour=Surgeon/hospital
I need glasses. I need contact lenses. = Optician
Medical vocabulary
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