How long has it been this big?________
Task 5. Underline the correct words in italics to complete the sentences. The first one is done for you.
1. I have aches and pains / in pain / painful all over my body.
2. My pulse is up to 150 per minute and I feel dizzy / dizziness / to be dizzy.
3. I’ve got an itchy / itchiness / itch rash on the back of my hand.
4. My leg is cut and bruising / bruised / bruise from the accident.
5. He feels nauseous / nausea / nauseating and needs to sit down.
6. She has a small lump / lumpy / lumps on her breast.
7. Her spine is deform / deformed / deformity.
Task 6. Writing a symptom report. Read the example report about the fatal symptoms of one patient. Use the notes in the box to write a similar report about a patient with symptoms of an angina attack.
Example Report
The victim was a 60-year-old man. Two days ago he complained of a bad cough and said he felt
nauseous. Yesterday his ankles and feet were swollen and he told his wife that his fingers were
numb. At two o’clock in the afternoon he felt dizzy, fell over and lost consciousness. He died of heart failure in the ambulance.
NOTES
Patient: 55-year-old woman
Admitted to hospital: Monday 13th June 18.35
Presenting symptoms: burning pain in the centre of chest, nausea, numbness in fingers
Diagnosis: angina attack
Treatment: rest & glyceryl trinitrate
Follow-up: Tuesday 11.00 : No symptoms, vital signs normal. 14.00: Discharged
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Part II. Describing symptoms
Task 1. Translate the following adjectives. What do the following adjectives describe? Complete the sentences below. Choose from the following.
Anxious____________
Barking____________
Bitter______________
Blurry_____________
Confused___________
Creamy____________
Double_____________
Faint______________
Foul_______________
Hawking___________
Husky_____________
Light______________
Nauseating__________
Numb______________
Offensive___________
Pinkish_____________
Pounding___________
Salty______________
Slimy______________
Sour_______________
Stiff_______________
Stinky_____________
Sweet______________
Tense______________
Throbbing__________
Tingling____________
Transparent_________
Unclear____________
Weak______________
Wheezing__________
woozy
1. My sight is blurry, __________________, _________________
2. I feel ____________ , _______________ , _____________ , ____________
3. My headache is _______________ , _______________ , _____________ , _____________
4. My leg feels _____________ , _____________ , _______________ , ________________
5. His cough sounds ____________ , _____________ , ______________ , ______________
6. Food tastes _____________ , ________________ , ______________ , _______________
7. The discharge smells _____________ , _______________ , ___________ , ______________
8. The discharge is _____________, ______________ , _______________ , ______________
Task 2. Complete the following complaints. Choose from the following.
1)
black eye; 2) bruise; 3) can't sleep; 4) cough;
5) depressed; 6) headache; 7) insect bite
8) lost my appetite; 9) lump; 10) nosebleed; 11) out of breath; 12) runny nose;
14) sore throat; 15) stomach-ache; 16) swollen leg; 17) temperature.
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.I’ve
got a ___cough___
and a _____________.
2. When I climb the stairs I'm __________________
3.
I don't want to eat; I’ve_____________________
4. At night time I go to bed but I________________
5. I’ve got a ______________and a __________________.
6. I knocked my arm on the door and now I’ve got a big ________________.
7. I got an ___________________ two days ago and now I’ve got a ______________.
8.
I fell down the stairs and now I've got a______________
and a ______________________.
9. I feel so miserable. I'm really
____________________________
10. I'm a bit worried because I can feel
a ______________in my breast.
11. I regularly get a _____________________.
12. After I eat I regularly get a _____________________.
Part III. Role playing.
Task 2. Study the following information chart “Patient’s complaints”. Make your own English-Russian “Signs and symptoms” vocabulary. Example: headache – головная боль, nausea – тошнота.
Жалобы пациента
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TRAUMATOLOGY AND SURGERY / ТРАВМАТОЛОГИЯ И ХИРУРГИЯ |
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DISEASES OF THE INTRNAL ORGANS / ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЯ ВНУТРЕННИХ ОРГАНОВ
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Task 2. Study the following information chart “Asking the patient for information”.
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Вы можете ступать на травмированную ногу?
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Can you stand on your injured leg?
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Task 3. Make up and role-play short dialogues, using the information charts above.
Part IV. Symptoms & common illnesses
Task 1. These words are all used to talk about illnesses: their symptoms and effects. Tick the ones you understand. Check the others in the dictionary.
1. allergic reaction 6. inflammation 11. resistance
2. blister 7. itchy 12. runny nose
3. cough 8. malformation 13. sneeze
4. fever 9. malaise 14. spot
5. infectious 10. rash 15. swelling
Task 2. Translate the names of the illnesses, using online dictionaries http://www.lingvo-online.ru/ru. Read the descriptions below, use the Internet or consult your nursing teachers (tutors) and match the descriptions to the names of the illnesses.
allergic rhinitis _________________________________________________________
coryza________________________________________________________________
infectious parotitis_______________________________________________________
influenza______________________________________________________________
pertussis_______________________________________________________________
rubella_________________________________________________________________
rubeola________________________________________________________________
varicella________________________________________________________________
1. An infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract with fever and muscular aches, which is transmitted by a virus and can occur in epidemics.
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2. A common infectious viral disease of children, with mild fever, swollen lymph nodes and a rash. It can cause stillbirth or malformation of an unborn baby if the mother catches the disease while pregnant.
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3. An illness, with inflammation of the nasal passages, in which someone sneezes and coughs and has a blocked and running nose.
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4. An infectious disease of children, caused by a herpes virus, and characterised by fever and red
spots which turn to itchy blisters.
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5. An infectious disease of children where the body is covered with a red rash. It can weaken the
body's resistance to other disease, especially bronchitis and ear infections. If caught by an adult it
can be very serious.
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6. An infectious disease of children, with fever and swellings in the salivary glands, caused by a
paramyxovirus.
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7. An infectious disease affecting the bronchial tubes, common in children and sometimes very
serious. The patient coughs very badly and makes a characteristic 'whoop' when inhaling after a
coughing fit.
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8. Inflammation in the nose and eyes caused by an allergic reaction to plant pollen, mould spores, dust mites or animal hair.
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Task 3. Many illnesses also have informal names. Match the informal and formal names listed below. The first one has been done for you as an example.
Informal formal
1. Chickenpox is the same as varicella allergic rhinitis
2. A cold is the same as ______________________________ infectious parotitis
3. The flu is the same as ______________________________ coryza
4. German measles is the same as _______________________ influenza
5. Hay fever is the same as ____________________________ rubella
6. Measles is the same as ______________________________ rubeola
7. Mumps is the same as _______________________________ pertussis
8.
Whooping cough is the same as _______________________
varicella
Task 4. Complete these six conversations between doctors and patients by writing in the name of the illness. Use the informal terms given above.
1.
What seems to be the trouble?
My eyes and my nose are running all the time. I feel terrible.
When did this begin?
At the beginning of July.
It's probably just ___________________________________
2.
What's the problem?
It's my son. He's got a rash and swelling in his armpits.
Does he have a fever?
Yes.
Hmm. He may have ______________________________________
3.
How are you feeling?
I've got this terrible cough.
Mm-hmm.
And after I cough I make a noise when I try to breathe.
Sounds like __________________________________________________
4.
How are you today?
Oh, not very well. I've got a cough and a terrible cold.
Do you have a fever?
Umm, yes I do.
It's probably a touch of_______________________________________________
5.
What's the problem?
It's my daughter. She's got a fever and this swelling.
Where's the swelling?
In her throat.
It could be________________________________________________________
6.
So, what can I do for you?
It's the twins. They're covered in these dreadful red spots.
Are they experiencing any itching?
Yes, they are.
It may be _________________________________________________
Task 5. Practise the conversations with a partner.
Литература:
Oxford English for Careers Nursing 1 Practice File © Oxford University Press 2011
Test your vocabulary for medicine. A workbook for users. David Riley. – Peter Collin Publishing Ltd 1995.
Nursing 1. Tony Grice. - Oxford University Press, 2013.