10. HealthLet’s discuss another important topic which will be very useful if you want to score high in IELTS - health. In terms of lexis this topic incorporates a lot of useful terms and phrases which can also be used when talking about food, diet, and even sports. So I am very excited to start!
Our
first word is a checkup which is doctor’s examination to ensure that you are healthy. That’s a good way to make sure you have no health problems.
It is recommended to have your medical
checkup on a regular basis.
When people get sick, they often have
a sore throat - pain in the throat. Sore throat is a very common reason to receive medical care.
There is another good word
epidemic, but it has a negative meaning - a disease affecting a disproportionately large number of individuals within the population.
The current
epidemic of obesity is caused largely by an environment that promotes excessive food intake. There are some great expressions here:
epidemic breakout - is when an epidemic starts suddenly or strikes.
to reach epidemic proportions - means that an epidemic has reached a large scale.
When you have a disease,
you need a doctor to diagnose it, which means to recognize a disease or illness.
Your doctor will diagnose a disease based on your medical history and test results. When a disease is diagnosed and treated but there are no signs of improvement,
we can talk about deterioration - the process of something getting worse.
Another good health - or maybe it’s better to say sickness - word is
chronic. Its easy definition is existing frequently or most of the time.
Sugar may not be the only contributor to a chronic disease, but it is by far the easiest one to avoid.
If you are in one room with a sick person you can easily get infected.
To infect means to cause somebody to become affected by a disease.
If you return to work
after your sick leave too soon, you may
infect your colleagues.
After being properly treated people usually
recover, which means that they
return to normal condition, or get back from being ill.
He had a stroke, but is
recovering well.
How do doctors recognize certain diseases Correct,
on the basis of symptoms, which are changes in your body or mind showing that you are not healthy.
The
symptoms of flu usually develop within two days of becoming infected.
A widely used expression with the word symptom is the
onset of symptoms, which is when your symptoms become noticeable.
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