1. When you have a stomachache.
Doctor: Please come in. What seems to be the trouble?
Patient: It's my stomach. I think probably I had too much at supper yesterday evening.
Doctor: Can you tell me what you had for supper yesterday evening?
Patient: Seafood, roast duck. Oh, a great variety of things, I can't name them exactly.
Doctor: Have you vomited?
Patient: Yes, I have vomited three times and made several trips to the bathroom last night.
Doctor: I see. Now you have to get your stools tested. I'll write out a slip and you can take it to the laboratory. Wait for a while and pick up the report, and then bring it back to me.
Patient: Alright, doctor. I'll see you later.
Doctor: See you later.
Patient: Here's my report, Doctor.
Doctor: Take your seat, and let me have a look. It's nothing serious, only indigestion due to too much oily food. I will prescribe you some medicine for it to make you feel better. I do advise you to avoid oily food for the next few days.
Patient: I will follow your advice. Thanks a lot.
Doctor: You are welcome.
2. Describe symptoms
I have got a headache. (stomach ache, toothache, earache)
I have got a sore back. (sore throat, sore leg, sore eye)
I have got a pain in my belly.
I have diarrhoea.
I have a splitting headache.
I have been having pains in my chest recently.
I have been losing sleep.
I have been throwing up.
I have got a bad appetite.
I have a ringing in my ears.
My right eardrum has been infected.
My weight fell from eighty pounds to sixty pounds.
My breathing has become increasingly difficult.
I have to breathe through my mouth.
I'm short of breath, even when I have not been exercising, I'm breathless.
My cough is more like wheezing.
My cough is dry, producing no phlegm.
I have coughed up blood.
My nose stuffed up when I had a cold.
I have a feeling of tightness in the chest or a feeling that I'm suffocating.
I have pain in my teeth or jaw.
I have some problems with my teeth.
The tooth hurts only when I bite down on it.
My gums are red and swollen.
My tongue is red and sore all over.
My breath smells bad and I have a foul taste in my mouth.
My gums to bleed.
I have some sore swellings on my gum or jaw.
I have sore places on or around the lip.
There are cracks at the corners of my mouth.
There are some discolored areas inside on my tongue.
3. English vocabulary used frequently in the hospital
physician/internist
oculist/eye doctor
surgeon
dentist
psychologist
symptom
have/catch a cold
have a sore throat
have a stomachache
have a fever
pneumonia
flu
have a cough
have a headache
have a toothache
liver trouble
allergy
twisted/sprained
feel dizzy
feel chilly
asthma
diabetics
cramps
vomit/throw up/nauseate
diarrhea
vomitive/pukey
phlegm
have a stuffed nose
cholera
stiff neck
abscess
yellow fever
hay fever
pills
mixture
vitamin
tablet
penicillin
antibiotic
ointment
medication
aspirin
bandage
syringe
stethoscope
injection
preventive injection
gauze
cold cure
febrifuge
capsule
case history
extraction
take one's temperature
see a doctor
feel one's pulse
take one's blood pressure
