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Illnesses

  • Ache/Pain - The ache is getting worse. What should I do?

  • Earache - I've got a horrible ear ache today.

  • Headache - I woke up with a pounding headache this morning.

  • Stomach ache - Don't eat too much chocolate or you'll get a stomach ache.

  • Toothache - Go to the dentist for your toothache.

  • Cancer - Cancer seems to be the plague of modern life.

  • Cold - People sometimes work if they've only got a cold.

  • Cough - He has a strong cough. He should take some cough syrup.

  • Flu - It's common to feel aches and pains, as well as have a slight fever when you've got the flu.

  • Heart attack - A heart attack doesn't need to be fatal in modern times.

  • Heart disease - Heart disease affects a lot of families. 

  • Infection - Make sure to clean the wound so you don't get an infection

  • Infectious disease - She caught an infectious disease at school.

  • Virus - There is a virus going around at work. Take lots of vitamins.

  • Hot/Fever

  • Temperature

  • Cramp

  • Chills

  • Injury

  • Broken

  • Sprained

  • stroke

  • heart seizure

  • diarrhea

  • pneumonia

  • mumps

  • measles

  • chickenpox

  • scarlet fever

  • tonsillitis

  • bronchitis

  • baldness

  • bedwetting

  • epilepsy

  • cirrhosis

  • cystitis

  • tuberculosis

  • inflammation

  • indigestion

  • leukemia

  • diabetes

  • ulcer

  • appendicitis

  • hepatitis

  • arthritis

  • asthma

  • lung cancer

  • diabetes

  • food poisoning

  • heartburn

  • amnesia

  • nervous breakdown

  • pink eye (conjunctivitis)

  • benign/malign tumor

  • constipation

  • blister

  • Minor Injuries

  • Bruise - I have this bruise from hitting myself with a door!

  • Cut - Put a bandage on your cut.

  • Graze - That's just a graze. It's nothing serious.

  • Wound - That wound needs to be treated by a doctor. Go to the emergency room.

  • Sore

  • Scratch

  • Twist

  • Burn

  • Break

  • Sprain

  • Fracture

  • Tear

Medical Treatment

  • Bandage - Use this bandage to stop the bleeding.

  • Check-up - I have a check-up next month. 

  • Dose (of medicine) - Make sure to take your dose of medicine at ten o'clock.

  • Medicine - Regularly take the medicine and you should have no problems.

  • Operation - Ron has a serious operation on Friday. 

  • Pain-killer - Opiates are a type of pain-killer that can be very addictive. 

  • Tablet - Take one tablet with each meal.

  • Tranquilizer - This tranquilizer will calm your nerves so you can rest.

  • Diet

  • Drug/Medication/

  • Vaccination

  • Hygiene

  • Exercise

  • Nutrition

  • Braces

  • First aid kit

  • Crutches

  • Walker

  • Wheelchair

  • Cane

  • Stethoscope

  • Pipette

  • Stretcher

  • Syringe (to give a shot/injection/jab)

  • Neck brace

  • Bed rest

Medicine, Medical Equipment and Tools

  • pill

  • tablet

  • capsule

  • syrup

  • ointment

  • cream

  • eye drops

  • injection

  • tranquilizer

  • pain-killer

  • antiseptic

  • antifebrile

  • dressing

  • bandage

  • cast

  • brace

  • gauze

  • plaster

  • elastic tape

  • thermometer

  • tweezers

  • x-ray

  • scissors, oxygen mask, test tube, vial, IV bag, blood pressure monitor

Health-Related Verbs

  • Catch - Most people catch a cold from time to time.

  • Cure - It took the doctor six months to cure the illness.

  • Heal - A wound can take a long time to heal.

  • Hurt - The boy hurt his ankle playing basketball.

  • Injure - I injured myself climbing a tree!

  • Operate on - The surgeon will operate on the patient at three o'clock.

  • Prescribe - The doctor prescribed an antibiotic to help the wound heal.

  • Treat - We'll treat anyone who has a health issue.

  • Defibrillate

  • Stabilize

  • Demobilize

  • Administer the 1st aid

  • Attend the patient

  • Break out in a sweat

  • Get over-recover

  • Choke

  • Faint-pass out

  • Go down with

  • Stitch up

Health-Related Adjectives

  • Fit - He's a fit young man. He shouldn't be worried.

  • Ill - Unfortunately, she looks ill today.

  • Sick - Do you feel sick?

  • Healthy - Eat healthy food and get regular exercise. 

  • Unhealthy - Eating fatty foods and lots of sweets is very unhealthy.

  • Painful - The painful arm was held in a cast.

  • Unwell - Many students are feeling unwell.

  • Well - I hope you get well soon.

  • Active

  • Nauseous

  • Recovered

  • An excruciating pain / sharp, severe, throbbing, awful/

  • Adverse reaction

  • Side effects

  • Infected with

  • Premature death

Health related professions:

Dentist - The dentist gave me a check-up and cleaned my teeth.

Doctor - The doctor can see you now.

General Practitioner - Most families have a general practitioner to help them with most needs. 

Nurse - The nurse will come in to check on you every hour.

Patient - The patient has a broken rib and nose.

Specialist - The specialist was excellent but extremely expensive. 

Surgeon - Surgeons need to have nerves of steel as they cut into the flesh during an operation.

Allergist or Immunologist - conducts the diagnosis and treatment of allergic conditions. Anesthesiologist - treats chronic pain syndromes; administers anesthesia and monitors the patient during surgery.

Cardiologist - treats heart disease

Dermatologist -treats skin diseases, including some skin cancers

Gastroenterologist - treats stomach disorders

Hematologist/Oncologist - treats diseases of the blood and blood-forming tissues (oncology including cancer and other tumors)

Nephrologist - treats kidney diseases.

Neurologist - treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system.

Neurosurgeon - conducts surgery of the nervous system.

Obstetrician - treats women during pregnancy and childbirth

Gynecologist - treats diseases of the female reproductive system and genital tract.

Nurse-Midwife - manages a woman's health care, especially during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period.

Occupational Medicine Physician - diagnoses and treats work-related disease or injury.

Ophthalmologist - treats eye defects, injuries, and diseases.

Oral Surgeon - surgically treats diseases, injuries, and defects of the hard and soft tissues of the face, mouth, and jaws.

Orthopaedic Surgeon - preserves and restores the function of the musculoskeletal system.

Otolaryngologist (Head and Neck Surgeon) - treats diseases of the ear, nose, and throat,and some diseases of the head and neck, including facial plastic surgery.

Pathologist - diagnoses and treats the study of the changes in body tissues and organs which cause or are caused by disease

Pediatrician - treats infants, toddlers, children and teenagers.

Plastic Surgeon - restores, reconstructs, corrects or improves in the shape and appearance of damaged body structures, especially the face.

Podiatrist - provides medical and surgical treatment of the foot.

Psychiatrist - treats patients with mental and emotional disorders.

Pulmonary Medicine Physician - diagnoses and treats lung disorders.

Radiation Onconlogist - diagnoses and treats disorders with the use of diagnostic imaging, including X-rays, sound waves, radioactive substances, and magnetic fields.

Diagnostic Radiologist - diagnoses and medically treats diseases and disorders of internal structures of the body.

Rheumatologist - treats rheumatic diseases, or conditions characterized by inflammation, soreness and stiffness of muscles, and pain in joints and associated structures

Urologist - diagnoses and treats the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive system

Places in Healthcare

  • Hospital - I'll meet you at the hospital and we can stop in to see Peter who's recovering from surgery.

  • Operating Room - The surgeon entered the operating​ room and began the operation

  • Waiting Room (OR) - You can sit in the waiting room until he's finished.

  • Ward - Mr. Smith is in the ward at the end of the hall.

  • Clinic

  • Pharmacy/Chemist’s/Drug’s store

  • Emergency Room (ER)

  • 911- EMS emergency medical services

  • ICU – intensive care unit

Health related idioms

in bad shape A person who is in bad shape is in poor physical condition. "I really am in bad shape. I must do more exercise."

back on your feet If you are back on your feet, after an illness or an accident, you are physically healthy again. "My grandmother had a bad 'flu but she's back on her feet again."

back into shape To get yourself back into shape, you need to take some exercise in order to become fit and healthy again. "Eva decided she'd have to get back into shape before looking for a job."

bag of bones To say that someone is a bag of bones means that they are extremely thin. "When he came home from the war he was a bag of bones."

full of beans A person who is full of beans is lively, active and healthy. "He may be getting old but he's still full of beans."

black out If you black out, you lose consciousness. "When Tony saw the needle, he blacked out."

(as) blind as a bat Someone whose vision is very poor, or who is unable to see anything, is (as) blind as a bat. "Without his glasses, the old man is as blind as a bat."

blue around the gills (also: green or pale around the gills) If a person looks blue around gills, they look unwell or sick. "You should sit down. You look a bit blue around the gills."

feel blue To feel blue means to have feelings of deep sadness or depression. "I'm going to see my grandmother. She's feeling a bit blue at the moment."

kick the bucket To kick the bucket is a lighthearted way of talking about death. "Tony will inherit when his grandfather kicks the bucket."

(a) cast iron stomach If you can eat all sorts of food and drink what you like, without any indigestion, discomfort or bad effects, it is said that you have a cast-iron stomach. "I don't know how you can eat that spicy food. You must have a cast-iron stomach."

(a) clean bill of health If a person has aclean bill of health, they have a report or certificate declaring that their health is satisfactory. "All candidates for the position must produce a clean bill of health."

off colour If you are off colour, you look or feel ill. "What's the matter with Tom? He looks a bit off colour today."

(as) dead as a doornail This expression is used to stress that a person is very definitely dead. "At the end of the winter they found the old man as dead as a doornail."

(like) death warmed up If you look like death warmed up, you look very ill or tired. "My boss told me to go home. He said I looked like death warmed up."

die with one's boots on A person who dies with their boots on dies while still leading an active life. "He says he'll never retire. He'd rather die with his boots on!"

drop like flies

If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large  numbers. There's a 'flu epidemic right now.  Senior citizens are dropping like flies.

fit as a fiddle

 A person who is as fit as a fiddle is in an excellent state of health or physical condition. My grandfather is nearly ninety but he's as fit as a fiddle.

frog in one's throat

A person who has a frog in their throat has difficulty in speaking clearly because they have a cough or a sore throat. Teaching was difficult today.  I had a frog in my throat all morning.

hair of the dog that bit you

Using as a remedy a small amount of what made you ill, for example a drop of alcohol when recovering from drinking too much (a hangover), is called 'a hair of the dog that bit you'. Here, have a drop of this.  It's a hair of the dog that bit you!

hale and hearty

Someone, especially an old person, who is hale and hearty is in excellent health. My grandmother is still hale and hearty in spite of her age.

have a hangover

To have a hangover means to suffer from the unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol. Many young people have a hangover after a party or celebration.

hard of hearing

If someone is hard of hearing, they can't hear very well. You'll have to speak louder to Mr. Jones.  He's a bit hard of hearing.

keep body and soul together

If someone is able to keep body and soul together, they manage to survive. He was unemployed and homeless, but somehow he managed to keep body and soul together.

on one's last legs

If you are on your last legs, you are in a very weak condition or about to die. I was so sick that I felt as though I was on my last legs!

look the picture of health

To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy. Nice to see you again Mr. Brown. I must say you look the picture of health.

meet your maker

This expression is used to say (often humorously) that someone has died. Poor old Mr. Potter has gone to meet his maker.

on the mend

If someone or something is on the mend, they are improving after an illness or a difficult period. My mother caught the 'flu but she's on the mend now.

go under the knife

If a person goes under the knife, they have surgery. I'm not worried about the anaesthetic.  I've been under the knife several times.

one foot in the grave

A person who is either very old or very ill and close to death has one foot in the grave. It's no use talking to the owner.  The poor man has one foot in the grave.

have pins and needles

To have pins and needles is to have a tingling sensation in a part of the body, for example an arm or a leg, when it has been in the same position for a long time. I lay curled up for so long that I had pins and needles in my legs.

in the pink of health

If you are in the pink of health, you are in excellent physical condition. Caroline looks in the pink of health after her holiday.

prime of one's life

The prime of one's life is the time in a person's life when they are in their best physical condition. At the age of 75, the singer is not exactly in the prime of his life!

pull through

If you pull through, you recover from a serious illness. Doris had to undergo heart surgery but she pulled through.

racked with pain

When someone is suffering from severe pain, they are racked with pain. The soldier was so badly injured that he was racked with pain.

ready to drop

Someone who is ready to drop is nearly too exhausted to stay standing. I've been shopping all day with Judy.  I'm ready to drop!

recharge one's batteries

When you recharge your batteries, you take a break from a tiring or stressful activity in order to relax and recover your energy. Sam is completely overworked. He needs a holiday to recharge his batteries.

right as rain

If someone is (as) right as rain, they are in excellent health or condition. I called to see my grandmother thinking she was ill, but she was right as rain.

run down

A person who is run down is in poor physical condition. She's completely run down from lack of proper food..

black and blue – Bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed

a clean bill of health – A report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy

a splitting headache – A severe headache

alive and kicking – Be well and healthy

as pale as a ghost – Extremely pale

at death’s door – Very near death

a bitter pill to swallow – An unpleasant fact that one must accept

break out in a cold sweat – Perspire from fever or anxiety

breathe one’s last – Die

a bundle of nerves – A very nervous or anxious person

catch one’s death of cold – Become very ill

a dose of one’s own medicine – The same treatment that one gives to others

feel on top of the world – Feel very healthy

fill a prescription – Get some medicine from a pharmacy with the orders from the doctor

get a black eye – Get a bruise or darkened eye after being hit or after bumping into something

get sick – Become ill

have a physical (examination) – Get a medical check-up

have foot-in-mouth disease – Embarrass oneself through a silly mistake

in the best of health – Very healthy

nothing but skin and bones – Be very thin or emaciated

nurse (someone) back to health – Give someone care to restore him or her to good health

on medication – Taking medicine for a current medical problem

out of condition/ out of shape – Not in good physical condition

refill a prescription – Sell a second set of medicine on a doctor’s orders

Check up - An examination of a patient by a doctor

just what the doctor ordered - exactly what is needed or wanted

under the weather - Not feeling well

Reports

1. 11 Alternative Medicines Explained April 22, 2014 | By Laura Newcomer https://greatist.com/health/alternative-medicine-therapies-explained

Few people might think to call a balneotherapist when their face breaks out or a reflexologist when asthma flares. But no matter how weird they might seem, alternative medical practices are gaining traction in the U.S. So we’ve put together a guide to some of the most popular alternative physical therapies working their way into the mainstream.

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