Vocabulary Illnesses

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

• asthma

• allergy

• backache

• cold

a respiratory condition where spasms in the lungs cause difficulty in breathing.The person uses an inhaler to calm the spasms

• cough

• cold

• diarrhoea

• asthma

a prolonged pain in the back.

• broken leg

• backache

• stomachache

• headache

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

• the flu

• measles

• cancer

• sunburn

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

• a cold

• the flu

• sore throat

• heartburn

the act of expelling air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound

• earache

• cough

• fever

• measles

an illness in which faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.

• earache

• diarrhoea

• sprain

• rash

pain inside the ear

• earache

• headache

• stomachache

• backache

an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering and a headache.

• rash

• sore throat

• fever

• sprain

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

• sprain

• broken leg

• a cold

• the flu