Health

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Doctors
How can I help?

I've got a pain in my

my ___ has been very sore recently

I think I've broken my...

I'm having some trouble... (breathing, with my leg)

When did it start?

I first noticed...

I had an accident when I was...

Adjectives
Describing pain

aching, biting, blunt, burning, cold, comes and goes, constant, crushing, cutting, dragging, dull, excruciating, frightful, gnawing, hot, intense, nagging, nauseating, niggling, numb, penetrating, piercing, pins and needles, pricking, radiating, scratchy, sharp, shooting, smarting, sore, spreading, stabbing, stinging, tender, throbbing, tingling, tiring, unbearable

Activities

 * Broken bones - Students take three random cards from piles (part of body you can break, dangerous activity and type of pain) and have to act out a meeting with a doctor ending with a diagnosis of a broken bone. Second time round, they can't say the words on the cards, only act them when they get to that part of the sentence (oh, you know, my..... yes, head!)

Images
Eye charts



X-rays

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