a. To feel under the weather = to feel slightly ill
b. To be as fit as a fiddle= to be healthy
c. To phone in sick= to call work and say you’re ill
d. To suffer from a disease
e. To be a hypochondriac or a cyberchondriac
f. To give someone a diagnosis /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/ Ex: The doctor
cannot give a diagnosis without doing some tests
g. To treat an illness such as asthma, depression, high blood pressure
h. To relieve a headache, dental pain, arthritis
i. To practice self-medication with non-prescription medicines
/ˈmed.ɪ.sən//ˈmed.sən/
j. To have an operation, to undergo an operation
k. To donate organs, to be a donor
l. To go down with a cold / the flu
m. To need surgery
n. Symptoms
o. Bacterial infection
p. Viral infection
q. The side effects of drugs
r. Vaccination
s. Integrative medicine: a combination of traditional and alternative
medicine
t. Home-made remedies
u. Alternative medicine
v. HomeopathY: a way of treating illnesses using very small amounts
of natural substances,
w. Osteopathy: the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using
pressure and movement
x. Yoga
y. 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,
z. Acupuncture: to insert very fine needles into the body at points
along the meridians
