- To feel under the weather = to feel slightly ill
- To be as fit as a fiddle= to be healthy
- To phone in sick= to call work and say you’re ill
- To suffer from a disease
- To be a hypochondriac or a cyberchondriac /ˌhaɪ.pəˈkɒn.dri.ək/
- To give someone a diagnosis /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/ Ex: The doctor cannot give a diagnosis without doing some tests
- To treat an illness such as asthma, depression, high blood pressure
- To relieve a headache, dental pain, arthritis /ɑːˈθraɪ.tɪs/
- To practise self-medication with non-prescription medicines /ˈmed.ɪ.sən//ˈmed.sən/
- To have an operation, to undergo an operation
- To donate organs, to be a donor
- To go down with a cold / the flu
- To need surgery /ˈsɜː.dʒəi/
- A life-threatening illness
- The side effects of drugs
- Vaccination
- Integrative medicine: a combination of traditional and alternative medicine
- Home-made remedies
- Alternative medicine /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/:
- Homeopathy /ˌhəʊ.miˈɒp.ə.θi/: a way of treating illnesses using very small amounts of natural substances
- Osteopathy /ˌɒs.tiˈɒp.ə.θi/: the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement
- Reflexology: a treatment in which your feet are rubbed and pressed in a special way in order to improve blood flow and help you relax.
- Acupuncture /ˈæk.jə.pʌŋk.tʃər/: to insert very fine needles into the body at points along the meridians
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