Illness, disease – choroba
- health trouble – problem zdrowotny
- poor health, ill health – słabe zdrowie
- neglect oneself – zaniedbać zdrowie
- to suffer from (a disease) – zachorować na (chorobę), cierpieć na
- to get infected with – zarazić się
- to catch a cold – przeziębić się czymś
- to be treated for sth – leczyć się na coś
- to call for a doctor – wezwać lekarza
- to be prone to – być podatnym na
- to ruin one’s health – zrujnować sobie zdrowie
- curable – uleczalny
- incurable – nieuleczalny
- infectious, contagious, catching – zaraźliwy
- chronic – przewlekły
- congenital – wrodzony
- terminal, fatal, lethal – śmiertelny
- past/ beyond cure, past recovery – nieuleczalny
- to die of – umrzeć na
- to be off colour – niezbyt dobrze się czuć
- to be under the weather – czuć się nie najlepiej
- to have side effects – powodować efekty uboczne
- to respond to a treatment – reagować na leczenie
iIllnesses – choroby
- flu, influenza – grypa
- tonsillitis – angina
- mumps – świnka
- measles – odra
- scarlet fever – szkarlatyna
- chickenpox – ospa wietrzna
- tuberculosis – gruźlica
- jaundice – żółtaczka
- hepatitis A/B/C – zapalenie wątroby typu A/B/C
- allergy – alergia
- asthma – astma
- diabetes – cukrzyca
- epilepsy – padaczka
- heart attack – zawał serca
- anaemia – anemia
- intoxication – zatrucie
- anorexia – anoreksja
- bulimia – bulimia
- AIDS – AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
- a HIV-positive – nosiciel wirusa HIV
- tumour – nowotwór (guz)
- cancer – rak
- cerebral palsy – porażenie mózgowe
- appendicitis – zapalenie wyrostka robaczkowego
- rheumatism – reumatyzm
- rabies – wścieklizna
- infection – infekcja
- minor injury – drobna, niegroźna kontuzja
- indigestion – niestrawność
- food poisoning – zatrucie pokarmowe
- broken leg / arm– złamana noga/ręka
- (bone) fracture – złamanie (kości)
- sprained ankle – skręcona kostka
- a coronary disease, a heart condition – choroba wieńcowa
- heart failure – wada serca
- high / low blood pressure – wysokie/niskie ciśnienie krwi
- symptoms – objawy
- pain – ból
- fever, high temperature – gorączka
- to run a fever – mieć gorączkę
- to carry a virus – być nosicielem wirusa
- cough – kaszel
- to sneeze – kichać
- to sweat – pocić się
- to fight off – pokonać, zwalczyć chorobę
- to be out of breath – dostać zadyszki
- to choke, stifle – dławić, dusić się
- to bleed – krwawić
- to pass out – stracić przytomność
- to go into a coma – zapaść w śpiączkę
- nasal congestion – zapchany nos/krwotok z nosa
- swelling – opuchlizna
- runny nose – katar
- sore throat – ból gardła
- a headache – ból głowy
- a backache – ból pleców
- an earache – ból ucha
- a stomachache – ból brzucha
- a backache – ból kręgosłupa
- an allergy for… – alergia na…
- to be allergic to… – być uczulonym na…
- shivers – dreszcze
- dizziness – zawroty głowy
- insomnia – bezsenność
- nausea – nudności
- vomiting – wymioty
- diarrhoea – biegunka
- constipation – obstrukcja
- heartburn – zgaga
- shortness of breath – duszność
- I am short of breath. – Nie mogę złapać oddechu.
- fainting – omdlenie
- sweating – potliwość
- bleeding – krwawienie
- swelling – obrzęk, opuchnięcie
- tingling – mrowienie
- itching – swędzenie
- rash – wysypka
- stupor – odrętwienie
- anxiety – lęk
- restlessness – niepokój
- weight loss – spadek wagi
- an injury – obrażenie, zranienie
- a wound – rana
- a slash, a cut – rana cięta, skaleczenie
- a bump – guz
- a bruise – siniak
- a black eye – podbite oko
- a sprain – zwichnięcie
- a fracture – złamanie
- a trauma – uraz, wstrząs
- the aftereffects – powikłania
- a scar – blizna
- to twist one’s ankle – skręcić nogę w kostce
- a bout of fever – atak gorączki
- to have a bout of flu – chorować na grypę
- an outbreak – wybuch epidemii
- a nervous breakdown – załamanie nerwowe
- to come up in a rash – dostać wysypki
- to have pins and needles in sth – czuć mrowienie w czymś
- blister – bąbel, pęcherz na skórze
- to hurt – boleć
- to suffer from sth – cierpieć na coś
- to feel bad – czuć się źle
- to choke – dławić się
- to suffocate – dusić się
- to faint – mdleć
- to lose consciousness – tracić przytomność
- to get injured – zranić się
- to be sick, to vomit – wymiotować
- I have (a) stomachache. – Boli mnie brzuch.
- I have a sore throat. – Boli mnie gardło.
- I have a cold. – Jestem przeziębiony.
- I have a cough. – Kaszlę.
- I feel sick. – Jest mi niedobrze.
- My leg hurts. – Boli mnie noga.
I have had some health trouble recently. My mum thought I had a cold but I had a really high temperature and I came up in a rash so we decided to call for a doctor. It turned out that I had got infected with scarlet fever. It is a very contagious disease but luckily not lethal.
I have to visit my cousin in the hospital. She has always had poor health and has been prone to infections. However, it has turned out recently that she has diabetes. At first doctors gave wrong diagnosis and she did not respond to the treatment. Then they prescribed her some medicine which had side effects.
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Dear Mark,
I am really sorry but I have to cancel our meeting. I got infected with jaundice. You have probably heard of hepatitis B so you know it is a chronic disease which can ruin one’s health. I have to stay in hospital for two weeks. I hoped it to be only intoxication but the internist gave a diagnosis at once.
Mary,
I cannot come to see you tomorrow. I am feeling really bad. I am afraid I have a bout of flu. I am running a fever and I have a terrible backache, sore throat and runny nose. I hope it is not tonsillitis as my sister has suffered from it lately.
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I broke my leg last winter holiday. I fell down while I was skiing. At first I thought I had only sprained my ankle but it really hurt and the swelling was enormous. I had my leg in plaster for six weeks and I used crutches to be able to walk. My friend who also had a skiing accident was luckier. He hit a tree but ended up only with minor injuries and some bumps, bruises and a black eye.
My younger sister has anaemia. Some time ago mum noticed that she lost weight and she often suffers from dizziness, shortness of breath and insomnia. After she had fainted we decided it was time to consult a specialist.
I went for a wedding reception last Saturday. I enjoyed myself very much but the next day I felt terrible. I had heartburn and nausea in the morning but it was nothing if compared with diarrhoea and vomiting which started in the afternoon. I thought it was food poisoning but then I felt itching and tingling. When I saw a rash on my skin I realised it was an allergic reaction to some food I had eaten at the reception.
My best friend is off colour today. She claims she has a cold but I do not believe her. She has neither a sore throat and a runny nose nor fever. I guess it is a nervous breakdown as she split up with her boyfriend today. One moment she is in a stupor and then I can see some anxiety and restlessness in her behaviour.