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Sickness and diseases

Use the following words to describe sickness.

Catch (verb) – This word is used specially for cold, flu and pneumonia.

Ex: About 20% of people catch flu every year in the United States.

Get (verb) - For any disease

Ex: You often get fever, please consult your doctor.

Come down with (Idiom) -To get an illness that is not serious, like cold.

Ex: I came down with a cold and couldn't go to the office.

Contract (verb) – This word is formal and medical; it is used especially for serious and deadly diseases, like HIV , Aids or viruses.

Ex: You can contract HIV through unprotected sex with an infected person.

Be infected with (expression) – For viruses or HIV

Ex: If a pregnant woman is infected with HIV, the infection can pass to her child.

Develop (verb) - to begin to have a disease like cancer, ulcer, asthma,diabetes, rash, hepatitis etc.

Ex: He developed cancer six months ago.

Have (verb) – For any disease

Ex: He had a heart attack as he entered the office.

Provoke (verb) – to cause allergic reaction

Ex: Intense sunlight provokes allergic reaction on my skin.

Feel (verb) - aware of sensation

Ex: I feel nauseous.

Run a temperature/run a fever (idioms) -continue to have a fever/ a temperature

Ex: My daughter is running a fever so I won't send her to school today.

Suffer from (expression) -badly affected by a disease which is permanent, yet a person can feel well sometimes.

Ex: He is suffering from asthma.

Battle/fight (verbs) -to try very hard with a difficult situation or a disease.

Ex: You have to be honest with yourself if you are fighting alcoholism.

Be laid up with/ be in bed with(expressions) - Both expressions mean lying down on bed when ill.

Ex: I have been laid up with cold since yesterday. / I have been in bed with cold since yesterday.

Choose the correct verb or expression:

Catch, get, provoke, in bed with, have,battling, develop, suffering from, infected with, come down with, feel, running a temperature, contract.

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