Illness & fashion

catch a cold

złapać przeziębienie

sneeze

When you sneeze, air and often small drops of liquid suddenly come out of your nose and mouth in a way you cannot control:

cough

to force air out of your lungs through your throat with a short, loud sound

get worse/deteriorate

to become more ill, or to become a more severe condition

fever

a medical condition in which the body temperature is higher than usual and the heart beats very fast

body ache

pain in all body

sprain ankle

to cause an injury to a joint (= a place where two bones are connected) by a sudden movement

swollen

larger than usual

hurt

to feel pain in a part of your body, or to injure someone or cause them pain

cut sb

to break the surface of something, or to divide or make something smaller, using a sharp tool, especially a knife

food poisoning

an illness usually caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria

stomachache

pain in your stomach

diarrhoea

an illness in which the body's solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body more often

feel sick

be ill

vomit

throw up

nurse

(the title given to) a person whose job is to care for people who are ill or injured, especially in a hospital:

burn sb

get sb on fire

faint

to feel weak, as if you are about to become unconscious

unconscious

An unconscious thought or feeling is one that you do not know you have, in the state of not being awake and not aware of things around you, especially as the result of a head injury:

come round

to become conscious again after an accident or medical operation:, to change your opinion of something

dress

to treat an injury by cleaning it and putting medicine or a covering on it to protect it

examine

to look at or consider a person or thing carefully and in detail in order to discover something about them:

sore

painful and uncomfortable because of injury, infection, or too much use

scruffy

untidy and looking a little dirty

get over

to return to your usual state of health or happiness after having a bad or unusual experience, or an illness

suede

leather that is slightly rough to touch and is not shiny

lace

a decorative cloth made by twisting thin thread in delicate patterns with holes in them

blister

a painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot, or by burning

antihistamine

a type of drug that is used to treat medical conditions caused by an extreme reaction to particular substances

rash

a lot of small red spots on the skin