| fight off | try to get rid |
| go down with | catch a non - serious illness |
| come down with | catch a non - serious illness - "I" |
| get over sth | get better - for less serious illnesses |
| recover from | get better - for more serious illnesses |
| suffer from | cierpieć na coś - for long term problems |
| die of / from something | umrzeć na coś |
| healthcare | general expression for all of the health services |
| national insurance | tax paid by most adults which covers the costs o fhealthcare for everyone |
| National Health Service | British name for the service that covers hospitals, clinics, dentists etc. |
| family doctor (GP - general practitioner) | doctor who looks after people's general health |
| clinic | large centre with several doctors and kinds of services |
| surgery | small centre with just two or three doctors |
| prescription charge | charge for the medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at a pharmacy |
| go private | choose private healthcare |
| to be back on your feet again | mieś najgorsze za sobą/ to be ... on your ... ... |
| to be over the worst | mieć najgorsze za sobą/ to be _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ |
| to feel a bit under the weather | źle się czuć/ to feel a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| to be on the mend | być na dobrej drodze do wyzdrowienia |
| hurt | to give pain caused by an injury |
| ache | pain, not (necessarily?) caused by an injury |
| aches and pains | a phrase used to refer in a non - serious way to minor problems |
| cuts and bruises | a phrase used to refer to minor injuries |
| bruise | siniak |
| stinging | żądlący |
| throbbing | pulsujący |
| stiff neck | pain and difficulty in moving your neck round |
| dizzy | cierpiący na zawroty głowy |
| feverish | with a high temperature |
| nauseous | feeling that you want to vomit |
| tremble | shake |
| bunged up / blocked up | zatkany (np. nos) |
| to look off - colour | to feel not well, but not seriously ill/ to look _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| to feel out of sorts | to feel not well, but not seriously ill/ to _ _ e _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ |
| acupuncture | uses needles to stick into specific parts of your body |
| chiropractic | manipulates your spine and bones to ease backache and other pains |
| spine | kręgosłup |
| chiropractor | kręgarz |
| herbal medicine | uses herbs and other natural plants |
| homeopathy | taking tiny amounts of natural substances to treat an illness |
| aromatherapy | using aromatic oils and massage |
| dosage | dawkowanie |
| vaccinations | szczepienia |
| donate blood | oddawać krew |
| physiotherapy | fizjoterapia |
| contact lenses | soczewki kontaktowe |
| filling | wypełnianie ( u dentysty) |
| clotting | when blood is forming a partly solid lump |
| cortex | kora mózgowa |
| dehydration | not having enough water in your body |
| ulcer | painful infected area on the skin or inside your body |
| side effects | unwanted effects in addition to the intended one |
| stools | medical term for excrement (formal) or pooh (informal, childish) |
| symptom of the problem | oznaka problemu |
| diagnose | to _ _ _ g _ _ _ _ the causes of a problem |
| prognosis | how exprets expect something to develop |
| ail | dolegać |
| ailing organization / economy | organization / economy that has a lot of problems |
| rash | wysypka |
| rash of burglaries | a number of burglaries happening at the same time |
| election fever | great excitement before election |
| to reach fever pitch | to get to the point of very high intensity |
| jaundice | żółtaczka |
| jaundiced view | unenthusiastic or sceptical view (because of previous bad experience) |
| scar | blizna |
| carry the scars of / be scared by | to be permanently affected by a negative experience |
| contagious | zaraźliwy |
| impregnate | zapładniać |
| pregnancy | ciąża |
| impregnation | zapłodnienie |
| pregnant | ciężarna |
| breastfeed | karmić piersią |
| breastfeeding | karmienie piersią |
| sensitize | uczulać, uwrażliwiać |
| sensitivity | wrażliwość |
| sensitive | wrażliwy |
| clot | zakrzep |
| clot | krzepnąć |
| drug | podawać środki nasenne |
| drug | lekarstwo |
| drugged | odurzony |
| dehydrate | odwadniać |
| ulcerate | owrzodzieć |
| ulcerous | wrzodowy / owrzodzony |
| affect | wpływać na |
| immunize | uodparniać |
| suffer from insomnia | cierpieć na bezsenność |
| to head for the nervous breakdown | mieć załamanie nerwowe |
| stye | jęczmień |
| conjunctivitis | zapalenie spojówek |
| scratch | drapać |
| athlete's foot | fungal infection of the feet |
| flushed | feverish |
| bump | guzek |
| shooting pains | ostre bóle |
| sprain | zwichnąć |
| lotion | płyn |
| itching | swędzenie |
| powder | proszek |
| cough mixture | syrop na kaszel |
| relieve the symptoms | załagodzić objawy |
| lozenges | pastylki |
| reduce the swelling | zredukować spuchnięcie |
| barbiturates | sleeping pills |
| sedatives | środki uspokajające |
| drops | tabletki _ r _ _ s |
| clear something up | oczyścić coś |
| X - ray | roentgen |
| crutches | kule |
| ease the pain | załagodzić ból |
| dull ache | tępy ból |
| spasm | skurcz |
| fracture | pęknięcie |
| chipped bone | odłupana kość |
| gland | węzeł chłonny |
| come out in a rash | mieć wysypkę |
| impetigo | liszajec |
| dermatitis | zapalenie skóry |
| short of breath | płytki oddech/brak tchu |
| suffer from asthma | mieć astmę |
| penicilin | penicylina |
| recovery | powrót do zdrowia |
| sling | temblak |
| tranquillisers | środki uspokajające |
| get blood pressure down | obniżyć ciśnienie krwi |
| ointment | maść |
| rub in | wcierać |
| put somebody on antibiotics | przepisać komuś antybiotyki |
| fiddle | as feet as a ... |
| health | in perfect ... |
| wrong | there's nothing ... with you |
| off | to feel a bit ... colour |
| funny | to feel _ u _ _ _ |
| sickening | to be _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ for sth |
| death warmed | to look like ... ... up |
| taken | to be ... ill |
| coma | śpiączka |
| regain consciousness | odzyskiwać świadomość |
| respnd to treatment | odpowiadać na leczenie |
| danger | off the ... list |
| round | show signs of coming ... |
| make progress | robić postępy |
| come out of the coma | wybudzić się ze śpiączki |
| corner | to turn the ... / podnieść się z choroby |
| speedy recovery | szybki powórt do zdrowia |
| to be over it / the worst is over | mieć najgorsze za sobą |
| convalesce | wracać do zdrowia / _ o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| along | to come ... nicely |
| out / about | to be ... and ... again |
| relapse | pogorszenie |
| deteriorate | pogarszać się |
| slip away | to pass by |
| hang by a thread | wisieć na włosku |
| he could go at any second | może umrzeć w każdej chwili |
| miraculous recovery | cudowne dojście do siebie |
| good | as ... as new |
| rain | as right as ... |
| he'll live till he's hundred | dożyje setki |
| to be allegric to work | mieć alergię na pracę |
| a mild attack of | łagodny atak czegoś |
| outbreak | wybuch, np. epidemii |
| bout of | napad czegoś |
| catchnig | zaraźliwy -,- |
| isolated cases of | pojedyncze przypadki |
| chronic cases of | liczne przypadki |
| sudden fit of | nagły atak |
| terminal disease | nieuleczalna choroba |
| recuperation (from) | powrót do zdrowia (_ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) |
| poor circulation | słabe krążenie |
| high blood pressure | wysokie ciśnienie krwi |
| stroke | udar |
| heart attack | zawał |
| cardiac arrest | zatrzymanie akcji serca |
| heart failure | wada serca |
| appendicitis | zapalenie wyrostka |
| stomach ulcer | wrzód (brzuch) |
| polio | polio |
| hernia | przepuklina |
| constipation | zaparcie |
| measles | odra |
| chickenpox | ospa wietrzna |
| German measles / rubella | różyczka |
| smallpox | ospa |
| pleurisy | zapalenie opłucnej |
| glandular fever | mononukleoza zakaźna |
| yellow fever | żółta febra |
| scarlet fever | szkarlatyna |
| whooping cough | koklusz |
| influenza | grypa |
| leprosy | trąd |
| malaria | malaria |
| diphtheria | dyfteryt |
| catarrh | katar |
| sinusitis | zapalenie zatok |
| tonsilitis | zapalenie migdałków |
| laryngitis | zapalenie krtani |
| asthma | astma |
| angina | angina |
| cholera | cholera |
| bronchitis | zapalenie oskrzeli |
| tuberculosis / TB | gruźlica |
| lung cancer | rak płuca |
| intestines | jelita |
| gallstones | kamienie żółciowe |
| cirrhosis of the liver | marskość wątroby |
| hepatitis | wirusowe zapalenie wątroby |
| coronary thrombosis | zator naczyń wieńcowych |
| anaemia | anemia |
| pneumonia | zapalenie płuc |
| leukaemia | białaczka |
| haemorrhage | krwotok |
| blood cut | zakrzep ?? |
| typhoid | tyfus |
| dysentery | czerwonka |
| diarrhoea | biegunka |
| salmonella | salmonella |
| mumps | świnka |
| rheumatism | reumatyzm |
| enteritis | zapalenie jelit |
| arthritis | artretyzm |
| fibrositis | gościec mięśniowo-ścięgnisty |
| migraine | migrena |
| epilepsy / epileptic fits | epilepsja |
| Parkinson's disease | choroba Parkinsona |
| multiple sclerosis | stwardnienie rozsiane |
| muscular dystrophy | dystrofia mięśniowa |
| schizophrenia | schizofrenia |
| manic depression | depresja maniakalna |
| neurosis | neuroza |
| paranoia | paranoja |
| bloodshot eyes | przekrwione oczy |
| eyestrain | przemęczenie wzroku |
| sore gums | obolałe dziąsła |
| black eye | podbite oko |
| swollen lips | spuchnięte wargi |
| giddy | dizzy |
| nosebleed | krwotok z nosa |
| concussion | wstrząs |
| I singed my eyebrows | osmaliłem sobie brwi |
| I grazed my chin | drasnąłem podbródek |
| I scratched my cheek | zadrapałem policzek |
| I banged my head | uderzyłem się w głowę |
| I chipped my tooth | skruszyłem zęba |
| I knocked my tooth out | wybiłem zęba |
| I scalded my face | oparzyłem twarzz |
| split my lips open | pękła mi warga |