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Common Health Problems and Definitions

The document provides a list of common health problems along with their definitions, including conditions such as allergies, asthma, and cancer. Each entry describes the nature of the ailment and its symptoms or treatment. This resource is intended for educational purposes in the English department of Unidad Educativa del Milenio Bernardo Valdivieso for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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Common Health Problems and Definitions

The document provides a list of common health problems along with their definitions, including conditions such as allergies, asthma, and cancer. Each entry describes the nature of the ailment and its symptoms or treatment. This resource is intended for educational purposes in the English department of Unidad Educativa del Milenio Bernardo Valdivieso for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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UNIDAD EDUCATIVA DEL MILENIO BERNARDO VALDIVIESO

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2024-2025

Names: Teacher:
Date: Class:
Vocabulary: List of Health Problems

The following is a list of common health problems (ailments and illnesses) with the definition of each
word or expression:

An allergy A medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel sick when you eat or
touch a particular substance.

Asthma: A respiratory condition where spasms in the lungs cause difficulty in breathing. An
asthmatic uses an inhaler to calm the spasms.

A backache A prolonged pain in the back.

A broken leg: When a bone in the leg is broken. A broken leg is put in a cast to help immobilize
the leg so that it heals quicker. Other parts of the body with bones can also be
broken, for example a broken arm, a broken wrist etc.

Cancer A serious disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells that kill
normal body cells in a part of the body.

A cold A common viral infection which causes mucus to run from the nose, gives a sore
throat and often includes sneezing.

A cough The act of expelling air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound.

Diarrhoea (America English: diarrhea) an illness in which faeces are discharged from the
bowels frequently and in a liquid form.

An earache Pain inside the ear.

A fever An abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering and a


headache.

The flu flu is the common name given for influenza. It is a contagious viral infection of the
respiratory passages that causes fever and sever aching.

A headache a continuous pain in the head.

(The) Measles an infectious viral disease-causing fever and a red rash on the skin. It typically
occurs in childhood.

A rash a lot of small red spots on the skin that are usually itchy.

A sore throat a condition of pain in the throat, typically caused by inflammation of it.

A stomachache The pain in a person's belly. Notice how the word can be spelled together or as
(US) - stomach two words, depending on the country.
ache (Brit)

Sunburn when the skin becomes red with inflammation as a result of overexposure to the
ultraviolet rays of the sun.

A toothache : the pain in a tooth or teeth.

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