The document discusses various symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, and questions a doctor may ask during a medical consultation. It provides examples of common illnesses and injuries, how doctors examine and diagnose patients, medications and procedures they may prescribe, and health-related questions doctors pose to patients. The goal is to build vocabulary related to describing medical issues, the diagnostic and treatment process, and doctor-patient interactions.

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2. A. What are your symptoms?
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3. I’ve got
a col__________
a cou__________
a s__________ th__________
a temp__________
a st__________ a__________
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4. I’ve got
a cold
a cough
a sore throat
a temperature
a stomach ache
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5. I’ve got
ch__________ p__________s
eara__________
a pain in my si__________
a ra__________ on my chest
spo__________
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6. I’ve got
chest pains
earache
a pain in my side
a rash on my chest
spots
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7. I’ve got
a br__________ on my leg ( e.g.
after playing football)
a bl__________ eye (e.g. after
being hit in the eye)
a lu__________ on my arm
indi__________ (after eating too
fast)
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8. I’ve got
a bruise on my leg ( e.g. after
playing football)
a blue eye (e.g. after being hit in
the eye)
a lump on my arm
indigestion (after eating too fast)
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9. I’ve got
sickn__________ and dia__________
(an upset stomach which makes you
vomit and need to go to the toilet
frequently)
sunb__________
painjul joi__________(e.d. ankles,
knees, wrists, shoulders)
bl__________ (after wearing new,
tight shoes)
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10. I’ve got
sickness and diarrhoea (an upset
stomach which makes you vomit and
need to go to the toilet
frequently)
sunburn
painjul joints(e.d. ankles, knees,
wrists, shoulders)
blisters(after wearing new, tight
shoes)
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11. I feel
si__________
di__________ (my head is spinning)
brea__________ (= I am out of
breath)
sh__________ (cold and hot)
fai__________ (light-headed)
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12. I feel
sick
dizzy(my head is spinning)
breathless (= I am out of breath)
shivery (cold and hot)
faint (light-headed)
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13. I am
dep__________
cons__________ (not able to go to
the toilet)
ti__________ all the time
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14. I am
depressed
constipated (not able to go to the
toilet)
tired all the time
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15. I ‘ve lost my app__________
I’ve lost my voi__________
I can’t sl__________
my nose it__________ (I want to
scratch it)
my leg h__________
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16. I ‘ve lost my appetite
I’ve lost my voice
I can’t sleep
my nose itches (I want to scratch
it)
my leg hurts
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17. B. What do doctors do?
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18. They take your t__________, listen
to your ch__________, look in your
ea__________, ex__________ you,
take your b__________ p__________,
ask you some questions and
wei__________ and mea__________ you
before sending you to the hospital
for further tests.
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19. They take your temperature, listen
to your chest, look in your ears,
examine you, take your blood
pressure, ask you some questions
and weigh and measure you before
sending you to the hospital for
further tests.
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20. C. What’s the diagnosis?
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21. You’ve got
fl__________
chickenp__________
mum__________ (an infectious
disease that causes painful
swelling in the neck and slight
fever , Dutch : bof)
pneu__________
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22. You’ve got
flu
chickenpox
mumps
pneumonia
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23. You’ve got
rheu__________
an ul__________
a vi__________
a bu__________
something that’s going r__________
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24. You’ve got
rheumatism
an ulcer
a virus
a bug
something that’s going round
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25. You’ve br________ your wr________
You’ve spr__________/disl__________
your an__________
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26. You’ve broken your wrist
You’ve sprained/dislocated your
ankle
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27. You’re preg__________
You’re a hypoch__________
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28. You’re pregnant
You’re a hypochondriac
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29. He died of
lun__________ can__________
a he__________ att__________
a br__________ hae__________
AI__________
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30. He died of
lung cancer
a heart attack
a brain haemorrhage
AIDS
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31. D. What does the doctor
prescribe?
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32. a) Take one ta__________ three
………………………… after m__________.
b) Take a teaspoonf__________ of
medicine l__________ th__________
at night.
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33. a) Take one tablet three times a day
after meals.
b) Take a teaspoonful of medicine
last thing at night.
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34. c) R__________ this oint__________
on you and don’t spend too long
in the sun without sunc__________
d) We’ll get the nu__________ to
put a band__________ on your
wrist
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35. c) Rub this ointment on you and
don’t spend too long in the sun
without suncream
d) We’ll get the nurse to put a
bandage on your wrist
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36. e) You’ll need to have some
inj__________ before you go to
the Amazon.
f) I’ll ask the s__________ when he
can fit you in for an operation.
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37. e) You’ll need to have some
injections before you go to the
Amazon.
f) I’ll ask the surgeon when he can
fit you in for an operation.
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38. g) You’ll have to have your leg put
in p__________ until the break
me__________.
h) I think you should have total
bed r__________ for a week.
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39. g) You’ll have to have your leg put
in plaster until the break mends.
h) I think you should have total
bed rest for a week.
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40. E. What might the doctor
ask you?
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41. a) you/health insurance?
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42. a) Do you have health insurance?
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43. b) you/take/medication?
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44. b) Are you taking any medication?
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45. c) you/ever/operations?
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46. c) Have you ever had any
operations?
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47. d) you/allergic/anything?
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48. d) Are you allergic to anything?
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