Reception at the doctor: English words and expressions that you need to know

The foreign trip is easy to forget about the main thing - health. English language school TreeWords has prepared an overview of useful words and phrases to help you at a reception at the doctor in case of emergency. Forewarned is forearmed!

Contact your doctor

Yourself to call a doctor, you can use a mobile phone.

rooms:

• 911 - the United States;
• 112 - Europe and other countries.

Call these numbers can be a negative balance, and even without a SIM card.

Once you answer the operator, tell him "I need an ambulance », Name address, and to send you an ambulance. Be careful: in some countries, the emergency call can cost a round sum, so that the call only in an emergency.

If your case is not such an emergency, you can contact the hotel manager.

Use phrases like:

• I need a doctor. - I need a doctor.
• Please, get me a doctor. - Please, call me a doctor.

The administrator may ask you:

• What's the problem? - What is the problem?
• What are your complaints? - What are you complaining about?
• Do you have medical insurance? - Do you have health insurance?

How to describe what the problem is

These phrases you can use in a conversation with the administrator to more accurately describe their problem, and in a conversation with the doctor directly. say "I have » + What is appropriate, from the following list:

• an illness - a disease, usually of short duration;
• a disease - severe and sometimes fatal illness;
• an injury - physical trauma (bruise, fracture);
• a backache - pain in the back;
• a toothache - toothache;
• a headache - headache;
• an earache - earache;
• a stomachache - abdominal pain;
• a burn - burn;
• a sore throat - sore throat;
• a sickness - Nausea;
• a rash - a rash;
• insomnia - insomnia;
• a cut - cut;
• a fever - high temperature;
• a cough - cough;
• a pain in chest - pain in the chest.

In another way, their condition can be described as follows:

• to feel dizzy - experience dizziness;
• to vomit - tear;
• swollen - swollen;
• bleeding - bleeding;
• high (low) pressure - high (low) pressure.

If suddenly you can not remember the right word, just say "It hurts here"(" It hurts here ") and point out the problem areas.

What can ask the doctor

For a correct diagnosis of the doctor you need more information, so he can ask (ask):

• What have you eaten (drunk)? - What did you eat (drink)?
• Has this ever happened before? - This had happened before?
• Please, take off your clothes. - Please remove the clothing.
• Does it hurt when I press this spot? - When I click here, you hurt?
• Open your mouth. - Open your mouth.
• What is your temperature? - What's your temperature?
• Take a deep breath. - Breathe deeply.

Sometimes, additional research may be needed for greater certainty.

• You need to have an X-Ray. - You need to do an x-ray.
• You should have a blood (urine) test. - Turn in the blood (urine) for analysis.
• You need to have an ultrasound scan. - You need an ultrasound.
• You need to see a specialist. - you should see a specialist.

Doctors are divided into GP (general practitioners - general practitioners) and specialists (Narrow specialists).

Diagnosis

List of the most common diseases:

• the flu - influenza;
• cold - cold;
• food poisoning - food poisoning;
• an allergy - allergy;
• a bug (virus) - infection;
• a heart attack - a heart attack;
• a stroke - a stroke;
• appendicitis - appendicitis;
• pneumonia - pneumonia;
• a fracture - a fracture.

doctor's advice

After all the necessary research and diagnosis, the doctor will prescribe a course of treatment and will give the recipe (prescription).

It can give you this advice:

• You should follow a diet. - You need to stick to a diet.
• Stay in bed for a few days and take your medicine. - Stay in bed for several days and take medication.
• Come back next week so I can check how you are. - Come next week, so I will verify your status.
• Take these pills twice a day. - Take these tablets twice a day.
• You will have to stay in hospital for a few days. - You will need to stay in hospital for a few days.
• You should take some antibiotics. - You need to take antibiotics.

The pharmacy

There are three most commonly used words that mean the pharmacy: drugstore, chemist's and pharmacy. The latter can be seen on the streets of Spain, Italy and other European countries in a slightly different spelling, but the word itself is similar. Drugstore more common in the United States, and chemist's - In Great Britain.

So, you have come to the pharmacy, and here is a list of words that you may need:

• medicine (drug) - medication;
• an antibiotic - an antibiotic;
• drops - drops;
• painkiller - painkillers;
• ointment - ointment;
• a bandage - bandage, the bandage;
• antifebrile - antipyretic.

Now you have the most necessary words and expressions to call a doctor, explaining the nature of the problem and the purchase of medicines in a pharmacy.