This English for beginners illnesses guide, is a complete English vocabulary list about the most common types of pain and illnesses.

 Let’s begin with a general question:

How Do You Feel?

I feel...
Sick
Tired
Nauseated
Like I have a fever
I’m burning up
Like my head is going to explode

 

Nauseated: to make someone feel that they are going to vomit

She felt dizzy and nauseated.

be burning up: (spoken) if someone is burning up, they are very hot, usually because they are ill:

Feel his forehead - he's burning up.

 

The types of pain that you can suffer are:

Sharp pain
Dull pain
Throbbing pain
Tingling sensation
Burning

Dull pain: a dull pain is not severe but does not stop [≠ sharp]:

Throbbing pain : if a part of your body throbs, you have a feeling of pain in it that regularly starts and stops

Tingling sensation: if a part of your body tingles, you feel a slight stinging feeling, especially on your skin

 

Ache
shooting pain

Head
Headache
Fever
concussion

 

shooting pain: continuous short pains passing through your body.

concussion : a small amount of damage to the brain that makes you lose consciousness or feel sick for a short time, usually caused by something hitting your head

 

Nose
Nosebleed
Sneeze
Runny nose
Itchy nose
Sore nose

 

Itchy: if part of your body is itchy, it feels slightly unpleasant and you want to rub it with your nails

Throat
Cough
Dry Throat
Sore Throat

 

Stomach
Stomach ache
Vomit
Nausea

 

Muscles
Cramps
Strain

 

Skin
Rash
Burn
Cut
Graze
Bruise
Fracture
Sunburn
Bite
Sting
Blister

When studying English for Beginners, illnesses and the associated vocabulary, can be very useful to know.

It’s worth knowing some typical illnesses, such as:

Cold
Flu
Mumps
Depression
Measles
AIDS
Cancer
Diabetes
Herpes
STD (Sexually Transmitted disease)
Skin fungus
Anemia
Anorexia
Dehydration
An Ear Ache
Hemorroides
Hypertension
Obesity
Varicose veins
Vertigo
Asthma
Bird flu
Osteoporosis
Gastritis
Heartburn
Cardiovascular disease

 

English for Beginners Illnesses Vocabulary


Some examples...:

  I haven’t had a cold for 3 months.

  I only eat soup when I have the flu.

  I get headaches if I drink too much coffee or coke.

  The boxer got hit in the face and got a nosebleed.

  I usually get a fever when I have the flu.

  My sister got a concussion when she fell off her bike.

  I was cleaning my office last week, and there was so much dust that I started sneezing.

  Do you have a Kleenex? I have a runny nose.

  My nose is always itchy in the spring, because of all the pollen.

  When I have a cold, I blow my nose so much that it gets really sore.

  Did you know there are different kinds of coughs? Dry coughs and wet ones to name a few.

  How do you deal with a sore throat?

  I always get a stomach ache after eating theatre popcorn.

  I hate vomiting. I have very little control over it and tend to just vomit where I am.

  Whenever I get nausea I drink some ginger ale that is flat (the gas has been released).

  After my gym class my muscles are sore but they are not strained.

  Lots of women get cramps during their periods.

  I don’t have sensitive skin but I get a rash if I wear anything made of gold.

  I burnt my hand last year with oil when I was frying potato chips.

  One of the most painful cuts is a paper cut.

  Last weekend I fell of my bike and grazed my hands.

  The man got punched in the face and it left a purple bruise around his eye.

  She fractured some ribs after falling on the ski hill.

  Tourists always seem to get sunburns at the beach

  Mosquito bites are very itchy.

  I have never been stung by a bee.

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