textbook lesson 1 march 3 , 13
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HEALTH AND ILLNESS SALUD Y ENFERMEDAD
Dr. Juan Carlos Díaz Torre
Pediatra Neonatólogo [email protected] (779) 100 - 40 - 26
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Asking about health: Health is the state of the body. When Doctors want to know about a patient´s usual health they ask questions such as: - What is your general health like? - How is your health generally?
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If you are in good health, you are wellwell and have no illnessillness or disease. If you are healthyhealthy,, you are normally well and can resist illness. If you are fitfit, you are well and strong.
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If you are not ill, you are: - Healthy - Fit - In good health - Well - Very well - Fit and well
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When you are ill, you are:
- Unhealthy - Unfit - Unwell - In poor health - Not well - Not very well
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Sickness Sickness has a similar meaning to illness. It is also used in the names of a few specific diseases, for example “sleeping sicknes” and “travel sickness”. Patients also talk about sickness when they mean nausea and vomiting.
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When a patient says: - I was sick this morning The possible meanings are: - I was ill this morning - I felt unwell this morning - I vomited this morning
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When a patient says: - I fell sick
The possible meanings are: - I feel ill - I feel unwell - I am nauseous - I feel the need to vomit
The combination ssicknesssicknesss and diarrhoeadiarrhoea means vomiting and diarrhoea.
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Recovery When patients return to normal health after an illness, they have recoveredrecovered.. We can also say: - The patient made a good, full, or complete recovery
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If a patient’s health is in the processs of returning to normal, the patient is improvingimproving. The opposite is deterioratingdeteriorating. We can also say that the patient´s condition improvedimproved or deteriorateddeteriorated.
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In speech we often use the verb getget to talk about change: - Get over an illness = to recover - Get better = to improve - Get worse = to deteriorate
If a patient is better, but then gets worse again, the patient has relapsedrelapsed. Another word for improvement, especially in recurring conditions such as cancer, is remissionremission.
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Examples: - He got over the illness very quickly
- Two years later she remains in complete
remission
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Complete the table with the right words: NOUN ADJECTIVE Fitness ………………. Health ………………. Illness ………………. Sickness ……………….
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Make word combinations using a word from each column: a) complete sickness b) feel health c) get remission d) poor sick e) travel over
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Complete the conversation: D: How are you feeling today? P: Not very ___ D: How long have you been feeling____ P: About a week D: What is your____like normally? P: Very good. I am usually quite ___ and___ D: What is the problem now? P: It’s my stomach
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Complete the conversation: D: Do you feel ____? P: Yes D: Have you actually been____? P: No D: Have you had any serious____ in the past? P: No, none at all
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Choose the correct word to complete each sentence: 1.- Her condition____ (deteriorated/improved) and she died. 2.- He____(relapsed/recovered) and was allowed to go home from hospital. 3.- The cause of sleeping____ (illness/sickness) was discovered in 1901.
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4.- The patient made a full____ (remission/recovery). 5.- I have been in ____ (poor/good) health for months and feel very fit. 6.- It was a month before I____ (got over/got better) the illness. 7.- He seems to be rather____ (unhealthy/unwell) –his diet is bad and he never exercises. What advise do you give people for keeping fit and well?
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Gracias por su atención
Dr. Juan Carlos Díaz Torre Pediatra Neonatólogo
(779) 100 - 40 - 26
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