#ESL Podcast 227 – Describing Symptoms to a Doctor

##GLOSSARY

**stomachache –** a pain in the stomach

*Jenny has a stomachache because she ate too much junk food this afternoon.

**to come and go –** to appear and disappear; to arrive and leave

*Ella is tired because she was coming and going all day yesterday, between her

house, her work, the school, and store.

**heartburn –** a burning pain in the chest, usually caused by something you ate

*Whenever Dad eats pizza, he gets a bad case of heartburn.

**bloated –** uncomfortably full of food, gas, or water

*I drank too much soda with lunch and now I feel bloated.

**nauseous –** sick to one’s stomach; a feeling that one wants to vomit or throw up

*Standing on the roof of a tall building and looking down makes me feel

nauseous.

**to press –** to gently push; to push down

*The little boy pressed all of the buttons in the elevator so we had to stop on

every floor.

**headache –** a pain in the head

*Jeremiah says that his neighbors play their music too loudly and that’s why he

always has a headache.

**fatigued –** very tired

*After working 12 hours at the hospital, the doctor was very fatigued and she

needed some rest.

**stuffy nose –** the feeling that something is in one’s nose which makes it difficult

to breathe

*Grandpa always has a stuffy nose when he visits their house. Maybe he’s

allergic to their cats.

**cough –** the noise caused when air is forced through one’s throat, especially

when one is sick

*I would have enjoyed the opera, but it was difficult to hear the singers because

the man sitting behind me had a bad cough.

** sore throat –** a burning pain in one’s throat

*My mother taught me that whenever I have a sore throat, I should drink a lot of

orange juice and hot tea with lemon.

**earache –** a pain in the ear

*If a bad earache isn’t treated, the infection can cause a loss of hearing.

**stiff –** difficult to move

*My body is so stiff today because I went running yesterday for the first time in

six months.

**to lose feeling –** not to be able to feel anything; to have no feeling in a part of

one’s body

*Karen slept on her right arm, and when she woke up, she realized that she had

lost feeling in her hand.

**symptom –** a problem with one’s body that shows that someone isn’t healthy

*The symptoms of the flu includ...