CHAPTER V

DISEASE AND ILLNESS

A. VOCABULARY OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS

a) flu a) sneeze a) headache a) cough a) faint

b) measles b) shivering b) stomach ache b) fever b) fever
c) stuffy nose
c) broken arm c) backache c) retching c) measles

a) dizzy a) itch a) toothache a) bleed a) measles

b) heart attack b) rash b) stomach ache b) broken arm b) asthma
c) swollen thumb
c) cold c) shivering c) headache c) cold

a) cough a) cough a) cold a) bleed a) sore throat

b) toothache b) sore throat b) retching b) rash b) stuffy nose
c) retching
c) sore throat c) asthma c) faint c) cough

a) swollen finger a) sneeze a) flu a) sore throat a) headache

b) broken leg b) cough b) chicken pox b) cough b) earache
c) dizzy
c) backache c) stuffy nose c) headache c) toothache
Put these illnesses in the correct category Infectious and Non-infectious

allergy brain haemorrhage cancer chickenpox

heart attack mumps rheumatism sore throat
sprained ankle ulcer flu

Infectious Disease Non-infectious Disease

1. Flu 1.

B. MEDICAL TERM
Disease Common Name Indonesian Name
Morbili/ rubeola Measles
Rubella German measles
Varicella Chickenpox
Infectious parotitis Mumps
Pertussis Whooping cough
Acute laryngotracheitis Croup
Scarlatina Scarlet fever
Rheumatic fever Rheumatic fever
Tetanus Lockjaw
Poliomyelitis Polio

C. SYMPTOMS
1. Match the sentences halves, using each half once only.
a. If someones got diarrhoea ii. They keep sneezing
b. If someones got flu iii. They want to vomit
c. If someone feels sick iv. They want to go to the toilet
d. If someone has a heart attack v. They feel very hot
e. If someones got hay fever vi. Their muscles ache
f. If someones got a hangover vii. They need a doctor immediately
g. If someone is blowing their nose viii. They drank too much beer last night
a lot
h. If someones got a temperature
i. They may have a cold
D. WRITING
Write a sentence describing each persons ache or pain. Begin: He/ shes got (a/an) ...

1. 2. 3. 4.

1. ........................................................................

E. SPEAKING
Complete the dialogues with a word from the box.

fillings nose painful prescription

painless
sore fever hurt injection

1. A: Oh, dear, my eyes are really ........................ a)

B: Are they?
A: Yes, and Ive got a runny ........................ b) too.
B: Hmm, I can see that. Do you suffer from hay ........................ c)?
A: Not usually, no. Maybe I should go and see the doctor.
B: Yes, then she can give you a ........................d) for the chemists.

2. C: Did I tell you I fell and ........................ a) my knee?

D: No, did you go and see the doctor?
C: No, I didnt, but maybe I should, because it still feels very .........................b)

3. E: Have you been to the dentists yet?

F: Yes, I went yesterday. I had to have two ........................ a) in my back teeth.
E: Did he give you an ........................b)?
F: Yes, he did. I dont like needles, but it was ........................c), so I was very relieved.

WORD BANK
We only use ache with the following: Ive got toothache, a stomachache, backache, earache,
and a headache. For other parts of the body we use pain.
Illness and disease are often used in the same way, but disease is used for a serious condition
caused by an infection, e.g. liver disease. Illness is a more general word.