Vocabulary Problems of Health

Vocabulary
Being able to explain how you feel in English is extremely important if you live or travel in an English-speaking country. You need to be able to tell a doctor exactly how you feel. For example, is your pain sharp, dull,excruciating? Is it a burning pain, or do you feel sore? All of these different kinds of pain may be signs of very different health problems.
Below is a list of different symptoms.

Things you have:

• I have an upset stomach. • I have a wheezing cough. A "wheezing" cough sounds dry and painful. • I have a rash on my neck. This means that your skin is red and itchy.

Things that you're having:

• I'm having chest pains. • I'm having trouble sleeping. This means that you can't go to sleep, or that you wake up a lot at night. • I've been having excruciating sinus headaches for the last few days.

Things that you are:

• I'm short of breath. This means that you can't breathe well. • My muscles are sore. This is the feeling that you get the day after doing hard exercise.

Things that you get:

• I get this sharp pain in my shoulder whenever I raise my arm. • I sometimes get dull, throbbing headaches. "Dull" pain happens slowly and constantly. "Throbbing" pain hurts each time blood pumps through your body.

Things that you feel:

• I feel lightheaded. • I feel kind of nauseous. This is the feeling that you might need to throw up. • I'm feeling under the weather.

Things that are happening to parts of your body:

• My ankle is red and swollen. When part of your body gets bigger, it's "swollen". • It hurts when I apply pressure to it. Pushing, squeezing, or leaning on part of your body "applies pressure" to it. • My stomach hurts. • My nose is stuffy. This happens when