Common diseases, llnesses and conditions 1

Match the words 1-16 below with the corred definitionsl-16. Write
your answers in the boxes at the bottom ofpage 42.
a is an infectious disease which is like _&<
a bad.cpld. When you have it you .
very w"eak and your muscles ache.
b is an infectious illness where you "*
have a fever and small red spots on
your face and body.
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c is an illness that makes your joints or
muscles stiff and painful.
d is a condition associated with many
"""illnesses where you develop a high '<*
temperature.
e is a serious medical condition,
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es fatal, in which your heart s
to beat irregulrlv or fails to your
blood ^erTflTthat it causes a lot o
pain.
' is a condition of being very sensitive ..to
feiigs such as food, animis,
medicine, dust, etc., which often
j-esults in rashes or difculty in
breathing.
is a sudden and severe ness which
affects your brain and which can kill
you or- make you paralysed in one
side-of your body. -
h is a mil illness which can give you a
slight fever, a headache and your body
might shake.
i is the eeling of wanting to be sick. _^
The feeling tdt you think you are going to
vomit.
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j is an
injury to the
brain caused
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~" blow to your head. It is not normally
- long-lasting. .
k is an illness where you sufer from ^
deep depression, worry and tiredness.
You often cry uricoritrollaaly and find it
almst impossible to do your normal work
or activities.
1 is an unhealthy condition in which "
you have too few red cells in your blood,
which makes you look pal
and feel tired.
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m is a paifi that you get in your -_^.
stomach when you find it difficult to digest
your food.
n is a painful stomach disorder caused
.~~ by eating food which has gone bad,
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o is a long-lasting chest
disease which at times makes
breathing very difficult.
p s the condition of being constantly
-unable to sleep.
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1 An allergy fi
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2 Anaema
JLAsthma
4 A chill. ,
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5 Concussion
6 A fever
7 Flu/influenza
8 FpM poisoning
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9_ A heart attack
10 Indigestin
11 Insomnia
12 Measles
.13, Nausea
14 A nervous
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15 Rheumatisni
16 A stroke
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