English Language

HEALTH AND MEDICINE
A.- What are your symptoms?
I’ve got (Tengo) 
• A cold (un resfriado)
• A sore throat (dolor de garganta)
• A temperatura [a higher temperatura tan normal]
• A stomach ache(dolor de estómago)
• A chest pains (dolor de pecho)
• A pain in my side (dolor en mi lado)
• A rash on my chest (una erupción en mi pecho)
• Spots (granos)
• A bruise on my leg (un hematoma enmi pierna)
• A black eye (un ojo morado)
• A lump in my arm (un bulto en mi brazo)
• Indigestion [after eat too fast]
• Sickness and diarrhoea (vómitos y diarrea)[an upset stomach which makes youvomit and go to the toilet frecuently ]
• Sunburn (quemaduras del sol)
• Painful joins (dolor en las articulaciones)
• Blisters (ampollas) [after wearing new, tight shoes]

I fell (Me siento) • Sick (enfermo)
• Dizzy (mareado)
• Breathless (sin aliento)
• Shivery (escalofríos)
• Faint (débil) [light-headed]

I am (Estoy)
• Depressed (deprimido)
• Constipated (estreñido) [not able togo to the toilet]
• Tired all time (cansado todo el tiempo)

I’ve lost (He perdido) 
• My appetite (mi apetito)
• My voice (la voz)

I can’t sleep (No puedo dormir) 
• My nose itches (mepica la nariz) [I want to scracth it]
• My leg hurts (me duele la pierna)



B.- What do doctors do?

They take your temperature (Te toman la temperatura)
They listen to your chest (Escuchantu pecho)
They look into your ears (Miran en tus oidos)
They examine you (Te examinan)
They take your blood pleasure (te toman la tension arterial)
They ask you some questions (te hacen preguntas)They weight and measure you (te pesan y te miden)
They send you to the hospital for further test (te envían al hospital para hacerte más pruebas)

C.- What’s the diagnosis?

You’ve got (Tienes)
• Flu (gripe)
• Chickenpox (varicela)
• Mumps (paperas)
• Pneumonia (neumonía)
• Rheumatism (reumatísmo)
• An ulcer (una úlcera)
• A virus (un virus)
• A bug (un virus)
• Something...