COUGH

SNEEZE
CHOKE
BURN
HEADACHE
FAINT / PASS OUT / LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS
SUNBURN
BLEED
BLISTER
RASH
DIARRHEA
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
DIZZY
SWOLLEN
TWIST
SPRAIN
WOUND
LEAN
TREAT
PINCH (a nose)
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 BOOK p. 14

Now go to page 152 in your book.

 BOOK p. 152

ache / hurt / pain

all be used to describe the same thing, e.g.

• I have a pain in my back.

• My back hurts.
• My back aches.

There is a slight difference between ache and hurt:

ache = a continuous, dull pain

hurts = often stronger (especially sudden pain, e.g. Ouch! That hurts!

• ache is used both as a noun and a verb whereas

• hurt is normally used as a verb,
• and pain is normally used as a noun.
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illness (sickness) vs. disease

illness (n) = the general term for the state of being

My uncle has a serious illness.

disease (n) = is used for infectious illnesses, e.g. malaria, and for illnesses affecting
the organs, e.g. She has heart disease, and illnesses which have a
person's name, e.g. Parkinson's disease.
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an injury vs. a wound

A WOUND

an injury, usually where there is a hole in the skin,

e.g. a bullet wound.

Put the plaster over the wound.