Asking - Reporting Health
Problems & Diagnosing
Sayuri
 What’s the problem?
 Is there anything I can do with?
 How’s your feeling today?
Questions to
check patient’s
condition
 What makes you call me?
 What’s troubling you?
 What’s the matter with you?
 What’s wrong with you?
 What seems to be bothering you?
 Doctor: what are the symptoms? What is he complaining about?
VOCABULARY
 Break
: patah
 Bother
: mengganggu
 Bowel movement
: buang air besar (B.A.B)
 Waterworks
: biang air kecil (B.A.K)
 Constipation
: sembelit
 Lassitude
: lemas
 In a bad shape
: kondisi tidak sehat
 Clammy
: basah, clammy hand = tangan berkeringat
 Dribble
: buang air kecil tidak lancar
 (A part of the body + ache) = a toothache
 Headache
 Stomachache
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Backache
 (A sore + part of the body ) = a sore foot
 Sore throat
 Sore arm
 Sore knee
 I have / get + kinds of physical problems
 Measles
 Flu
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Cold
 Bloody vomit
 Bad cough
 Fever
 I have / get bloody vomit
 I feel + kinds of physical problems
 Dizzy
 Sick
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Cold and clammy
 Unwell
 In bad shape
 I feel dizzy
 I experience + kinds of symptoms and physical problems
 Lassitude
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Low back pain
 Difficult breathing
 I experience low back pain
 I suffer from + kinds of certain illness
 Cancer
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Constipation
 I suffer from constipation
 I sprained my (possessive) + joints/bones problems
 I broke/hurt my (possessive) + joints/bones problems
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Ankle
 Collarbone
 Leg
 Arm
 I sprained my leg
 I cut + my (possessive) + part of the body
 Ankle
VOCABULARY
OF ILLNESSES
 Collarbone
 Leg
 Arm
 I sprained my leg
Reporting:
 He/she complains about his/her + part of the body
 He/she has + a health problem
REPORTING
 He/she suffers from + a health problem
DIAGNOSING
Diagnosing:
 He/she may have + a disease / health problem
 He/she seems to have + a disease / health problem
Students
Activity
Practicing “asking-reporting
health problems and
diagnosing”