Health

Question 1

Hospital

• leave/ come out of the hospital
• go to the hospital (for a small operation on my knee)
• be taken/rushed/airlifted to the hospital
• He was admitted to the hospital suffering from chest pain
• be released/discharged from the hospital (=be allowed to leave a hospital because you are better)
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• What do older people think of hospital care/treatment?
• a hospital stay of less than 48 hours
• There is a shortage of hospital beds.
• nurses working on hospital rooms/wards
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• the doctors and nurses at the hospital

Question 2

Doctor

• I’d been having bad headaches so I went to the doctor
• (make an appointment) to visit/see the doctor
• call a doctor (=telephone one, especially to ask them to come to you)
• In the middle of the night we decided to get the doctor (=arrange for one to come to you).
• consult/ask your doctor
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• the doctor refers you to (an ear) specialist
• doctors prescribe medicines (for your illness)
• The doctor examine the woman carefully for signs of injury
• The doctor diagnosed malaria. (=says what illness someone has)
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• doctors work at surgeries or in clinics - the doctors you normally see is your GP (general practitioner)

Question 3

Headache

• have (got) a headache
• He often gets/ suffers from headaches at school (=regularly have a headache)
• complain of a headache
• (the noise of the traffic) gives me a headache
• cause headaches
• Aspirin is very good at relieving my headaches
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• headaches go away
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• a bad/terrible/severe headache
• a splitting headache (= very bad)
• a throbbing/ pounding/ blinding headache (=a very bad headache)
• a slight headache
• a bit of a headache

Question 4

Cough

• have (got) a cough
• get/catch a cough
• get rid of the cough
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• cough and sneezes spread diseases
• Most coughs and colds clear up after a few days.
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• a bad cough
• a slight cough (=one that is not very serious)
• a nasty/violent cough (= very bad)
• a smoker’s cough
• a dry cough
• a loose cough (=one that produces liquid)
• a persistent cough
• a tickly cough (=one that keeps irritating your throat)
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• cough medicine/syrup/mixture
• a cough drop/sweet

Question 5

Cold

• Don‘t come into work if you have (got) a cold.
• be getting a cold (=be starting to have a cold)
• catch a cold
• come down with a cold
• be suffering from a cold
• Some people **suffer from **more colds than others.
• shake off a cold (get rid of a cold)
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• Most coughs and colds clear up after a few days.
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• a bad cold
• a nasty cold
• a slight cold

Question 6

Virus

• pick up a virus
• get/contract a virus
• be infected with a virus
• be exposed to a virus
• transmit/ pass on a virus (=pass it from one person or animal to another)
• carry a virus
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  -Doctors fear that a new strain of the virus will appear. (=one type of it)
• The fever was caused by a virus infection.
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• the virus causes (fever, diarrhea)
• there’s a virus going around
• a virus spreads

Question 7

Medicine & Pills

• take medicine
• give (him) medicine
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• the medicine works / takes effect
• medicine makes you feel (drowsy/ sleepy)
• The medicine tastes awful.
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• modern medicine (=medicine based on science)
• conventional/ orthodox medicine (=ordinary modern medicine)
• traditional medicine (=medical treatments that were used before modern medicine)
• Various types of alternative/complementary medicine (=medical treatments that are not part of modern medicine), particularly acupuncture, can give pain relief.
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• take a pill
• swallow a pill
• pop a pill (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously)
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• a sleeping pill
• vitamin pills
• diet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner)

Question 8

Injection

• have an injection
• receive an injection
• give sb an injunction
• She was taught how to administer an injection. (= give somebody an injection, formal)
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• a pain-killing injection
• a tetanus injection

Question 9

Blood

• (blood donors) give/donate blood
• lose blood (from a cut or wound)
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• The blood was beginning to trickle down his leg
• Blood was oozing from her forehead. (=comes out slowly)
• A man was lying in the street with blood gushing/streaming from his head. (= moves fast)
• The blood should clot and stop the wound from bleeding.
• The cat’s fur was caked with blood.
• the only sign of violence is the walls spattered/splattered with blood.
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• sb’s blood type/group
• blood cells
• blood vessels
• a blood clot (=a mass formed when blood dries or sticks together)
• Fat reduces the blood flow to the surface of the skin
• the blood supply to the brain
• a blood sample
• a blood test
• a blood transfusion
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• She suffered a massive loss of blood.
• A trickle of blood was coming from his nose.
• A dark pool of blood was spreading from his head

Question 10

X-ray

• have an x-ray of (my foot)
• have your (arm) x-rayed
• Nothing shows up on the x-ray.