watch this video and learn how to talk to the doctor and describe your pain in
English hey friends teacher Prix here to help you talk to anyone anywhere anytime
in English you know talking to the doctor can be a real challenge when we
feel sick when we have a problem when we feel pain it's hard to stay focused and
remember words and remember what to say even in our own language let alone
English if you just go to the hospital and you say doctor I'm not feeling very
well no the doctor will look at you and say hmm and what is your problem that's
very general that's why in this video you will learn about specific problems
and how to describe specific symptoms but more importantly in this moment you
need to understand the doctors' questions because he may ask you a few questions
in order for him to understand what your problem is
so in this video I'll be showing you three problems and in the second video I
will show you three more but let's get down to business
the first problem we are going to focus on is coughing cough okay let's suppose
you are coughing a lot you can't stop coughing you have been coughing all day
and because of that you decide to go to the doctor to the hospital because you
feel terrible here are some questions that the doctor will ask you when did
you start coughing two weeks ago a week ago two days ago okay so it's important
to know when did you start coughing when did it start
three weeks ago two weeks ago give a simple answer just the time two weeks
ago is there any mucus mucus is hmm something
that comes out when you cough if the answer is yes remember simple answers
you're sick yes doctor he will probably ask you
what color is it green is it brown yeah disgusting but it's important he
may also ask you if you had a fever a temperature okay did you have a fever
yes or no simple answer yes doctor he may also ask you are you taking any
medication yes say the name of the medication yes I'm taking blah no I'm not
now important question do you have shortness of breath okay this is usually
a symptom related to the coughing it's hard for you to breathe so do you have
shortness of breath when you are coughing when you move does your chest
remember this area does your chest hurt remember yes or no yes doctor a little
yes doctor when I am coughing no not very much short answers at this moment
and here it depends the doctor will physically examine you maybe at the
beginning when you say you have a cough or maybe after some questions he will
tell you oh excuse me all right I want you to take deep breaths for me okay
he will use his I don't know how to say that in English stethoscope
anyways back to the subject the doctor will use a....
stethoscope they've status cope to check your chest
to check your back because if your coughing they need to know if you're
making any abnormal sounds such as wheezing okay so that's the best way for
the doctor to do that so be ready and the doctor may give you some
instructions okay deep breath this is a deep breath okay deep breath and I'm
a little sick my nose is a little stuffed, anyway so you got the idea now after all the examining
the questions the doctor may ask for some tests if you are at the hospital
or even if you are at his office so he may ask you for a chest x-ray he may ask
for some blood tests so that he can better understand what's wrong with you
and hey disclaimer I'm not a doctor to make this video I talked to a doctor
haha yeah that's the nice thing about having friends who are doctors you can
ask them questions so I ask did this doctor a friend of mine about some
common questions that they usually ask the patients now the questions may vary
when I texted my friend about this he sent me a million questions and I said whoa
whoa wait a second I don't want a million questions I want
the most important ones and which means the doctor may ask you many questions or
not moving on second problem, back backache okay remember if you watched my
previous videos about medical English you know what backache is is when your
back hurts okay now if your back is hurting and you need to go to a hospital
you also need to get ready because the doctor will ask you some specific
questions about your back well the first thing they may ask you is where
does it hurt is it upper back is it lower back where exactly does it hurt so
be prepared be prepared to show oh here oh here okay simple words you don't need
to complicate it okay another question does it hurt when you move not when you
dance when you move your body the doctor may touch you okay remember he will
physically examine you so he may touch you and he may ask how does it hurt here
does it hurt here does it hurt here he will ask you these questions does it
hurt when you are still moving still
does it hurt yes doctor a little no not really
only when I move oh when I move no not really only when I am still it's
important to explain that does it hurt when you bend what is bend
Bend okay so does it hurt when you bend all right good
and a very important common question on a scale from one to ten how bad is your
pain so is it hurting a lot 10 so so five or so so very little two probably he
will ask you for an x-ray and a CT computer tomography but he may ask for
other things he may ask you for some more questions
it depends as I said and number three stomachache well if your stomach hurts
and if you feel sick and nauseated maybe you have diarrhea I don't want to go into
the details of the diarrhea but let's focus on the stomach the doctor may ask
you how long have you had this pain two days three days okay how long has your
stomach been hurting two days, a week three days okay when did it start
remember short answers okay do you feel nauseated do you feel nauseated yes or
no then he may ask all the time like you wake up nauseated and you go to sleep
nauseated or at specific times after lunch do you vomit do you throw up if
you throw up after you eat something or not so he may ask you these questions
here in this case he will probably get a blood test to have a better idea of
what's going on remember these are general problems this is just to give
you an idea of what to expect from the doctor because if you don't understand
the doctor it will be difficult to explain your problems to find a solution
to your problem which new words did you learn in this video let me know here in
the comments and if you liked it make sure to share it with your friends thank
you so much and I'll see you next time bye