English-Dutch medical phrases

This phrasebook of emergency medical phrases was produced using Microsoft Translator. See http://www.davecurtis.net/phrasebook for further information.

Disclaimer: The translations are generated automatically and no guarantee is given as to their accuracy. The translations are produced from single words or short phrases so they are not always appropriate to the context. However hopefully they may be useful in emergency in order to provide a little bit of information about medical problems. Copyright Dave Curtis 2013.

Contents

Seeing a doctor

Getting to be seen
Getting treatment

Current medical problems

Current diseases
Current medication

Words to describe symptoms

Injury
Pain
Bleeding
Parts of the body

Specific complaints

General symptoms
Breathing
Heart
Digestion
Urinary system
Reproductive system
Nervous system
Mental health

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Seeing a doctor

Getting to be seen - Krijgen om gezien te worden

I feel unwell. - Ik voel me ziek.
I need to see a doctor. - Ik nodig om een arts te zien.
I need to see a nurse. - Ik moet om te zien een verpleegster.
I need to go to hospital. - Ik moet gaan naar het ziekenhuis.
I need to be admitted to hospital. - Ik wil het ziekenhuis worden opgenomen.
I want to arrange to return for health treatment in my own country. - Ik wil regelen voor medische behandeling in mijn eigen land terug te keren.
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Getting treatment - Behandeling krijgt

I have health insurance. - Ik heb de ziektekostenverzekering.
Here is my health insurance policy. - Hier is mijn gezondheid verzekering.
I do not have health insurance. - Ik heb geen ziektekostenverzekering.
Can I pay by credit card? - Kan ik met credit card betalen?
Please give me a letter for my own doctor. - Gelieve te geven me een brief voor mijn eigen arts.
Please tell me where I can take this prescription. - Vertel me waar ik dit recept kan nemen.
Do I have to come into hospital. - Ik moet komen in het ziekenhuis.
Do I have to come back to see you again? - Heb ik je weer te zien terugkomen?
Please write down the instructions for the medicine. - Noteer de instructies voor de geneeskunde.
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Current medical problems

Current diseases - Huidige ziekten

I have asthma. - Ik heb van astma.
I have chronic bronchitis. - Ik heb chronische bronchitis.
I have heart disease. - Ik heb hart-en vaatziekten.
I have heart failure. - Ik heb hartfalen.
I have angina. - Ik heb angina pectoris.
I have epilepsy. - Ik heb de epilepsie.
I have cancer. - Ik heb kanker.
I have leukaemia. - Ik heb de leukemie.
I have lymphoma. - Ik heb lymfoom.
I have HIV. - Ik heb HIV.
I have diabetes. - Ik heb de diabetes.
I have rheumatoid arthritis. - Ik heb reumatoïde artritis.
I have sickle cell disease. - Ik heb de sikkelcelziekte.
I have thalassaemia. - Ik heb thalassaemia.
I have depression. - Ik heb depressie.
I have schizophrenia. - Ik heb de schizofrenie.
I have manic depression. - Manic depressie heb.
I have bipolar disorder. - Ik heb de bipolaire wanorde.
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Current medication - Huidige medicatie

This is my medication. - Dit is mijn medicatie.
I take these tablets once a day. - Ik neem deze tabletten eenmaal per dag.
I take these tablets twice a day. - Ik neem deze tabletten tweemaal per dag.
It is important that I take these tablets every day. - Het is belangrijk dat ik neem deze tabletten elke dag.
I have been taking these tablets for two weeks. - Ik heb het nemen van deze tabletten voor twee weken.
I have been taking these tablets for two years. - Ik heb het nemen van deze tabletten voor twee jaar.
I need more of this medicine. - Ik heb meer van dit geneesmiddel.
I need more of these tablets. - Ik heb meer van deze tabletten.
I took too many of these tablets. - Ik heb te veel van deze tabletten.
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Words to describe symptoms

Injury - Schade

I was injured. - Ik was gewond.
Somebody hit me. - Iemand raakte me.
Somebody stabbed me. - Iemand mij gestoken.
I was hit by a car. - Ik werd geraakt door een auto.
I was bitten by an insect. - Ik werd gebeten door een insect.
I was bitten by a dog. - Ik werd gebeten door een hond.
I fell. - Ik viel.
I fell off a bicycle. - Ik viel van een fiets.
I fell off a motorbike. - Ik viel van een motorfiets.
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Pain - Pijn

I have a pain here. - Ik heb hier een pijn.
It hurts here. - Het doet hier pijn.
The pain starts here and it goes to here. - De pijn begint hier, en het gaat hier.
The pain is there all the time. - De pijn is er de hele tijd.
The pain comes and goes. - De pijn komt en gaat.
It hurts when I touch it. - Het doet pijn wanneer ik aanraken.
It is worse when I am standing up. - Het is erger wanneer ik ben opstaan.
It is worse when I am lying down. - Het is erger wanneer ik ben liggen.
The pain feels like a burning pain. - De pijn voelt als een brandende pijn.
The pain is a sharp pain. - De pijn is een scherpe pijn.
The pain feels like it is squeezing. - De pijn voelt alsof het is knijpen.
It is a crushing pain. - Het is een verpletterende pijn.
The pain feels like something is pushing down on me. - De pijn voelt iets duwt op mij.
The pain has been there for one day. - De pijn is er voor een dag.
The pain has been there for two days. - De pijn is er voor twee dagen geweest.
The pain has been there for one week. - De pijn is er voor een week.
The pain started suddenly. - De pijn plotseling begon.
The pain began gradually. - De pijn begon geleidelijk aan.
I have had this pain before. - Ik heb deze pijn vóór.
I have never had this pain before. - Ik heb nog nooit deze pijn vóór.
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Bleeding - Bloeden

I am bleeding. - Ik ben bloeden.
There is blood in my urine. - Er is bloed in mijn urine.
There is blood in my faeces. - Er is bloed in mijn uitwerpselen.
There is blood in my vomit. - Er is bloed in mijn braaksel.
I cough up blood. - Ik hoesten van bloed.
There is blood in my sputum. - Er is bloed in mijn sputum.
I had a nosebleed. - Ik had een bloedneus.
I am bleeding from my anus. - Ik ben bloeden uit mijn anus.
I am bleeding between my periods. - Ik ben bloeden tussen mijn periodes.
My periods finished a few years ago but I am bleeding again. - Mijn periodes eindigde een paar jaar geleden, maar ik ben opnieuw bloeden.
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Parts of the body - Delen van het lichaam

My head. - Mijn hoofd.
My eye. - Mijn oog.
My ear. - Mijn oor.
My mouth. - Mijn mond.
My face. - Mijn gezicht.
My neck. - Mijn nek.
My shoulder. - Mijn schouder.
My elbow. - Mijn elleboog.
My hip. - Mijn heup.
My knee. - Mijn knie.
My ankle. - Mijn enkel.
My foot. - Mijn voet.
My arm. - Mijn arm.
My leg. - Mijn been.
My hand. - Mijn hand.
My finger. - Mijn vinger.
My toe. - Mijn teen.
My chest. - Mijn borst.
My stomach. - Mijn maag.
My heart. - Mijn hart.
My lung. - Mijn longen.
My throat. - Mijn keel.
My brain. - Mijn hersenen.
My kidney. - Mijn nieren.
My liver. - Mijn lever.
My intestine. - Mijn darm.
My bowel. - Mijn darm.
My rectum. - Mijn rectum.
My anus. - Mijn anus.
My spleen. - Mijn milt.
My uterus. - Mijn baarmoeder.
My ovary. - Mijn eierstok.
My vagina. - Mijn vagina.
My testis. - Mijn testis.
My penis. - Mijn penis.
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Specific complaints

General symptoms - Algemene symptomen

I feel ill. - Ik voel me ziek.
I have a fever. - Ik heb een koorts.
I have been sweating a lot. - Ik heb veel zweten.
I feel cold. - Ik voel me koud.
I have been shaking. - Ik heb al schudden.
I feel tired. - Ik voel me moe.
I feel faint. - Ik voel me vaag.
I feel dizzy. - Ik voel me duizelig.
I had a fit. - Ik had een pasvorm.
I fainted. - Ik flauwgevallen.
I was unconscious. - Ik was bewusteloos.
I fell over. - Ik viel.
I had a fit and I was shaking. - Ik had een pasvorm en ik trilde.
I had a fit and I urinated. - Ik had een pasvorm en ik geplast.
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Breathing - Ademhaling

I have difficulty breathing. - Ik heb moeite met ademhalen.
It feels like I can't breathe. - Het voelt alsof ik kan niet ademen.
I was wheezing when I was trying to breathe. - Ik was hijgen toen ik probeerde om te ademen.
I have a cough. - Ik heb een hoest.
I have been coughing a lot. - Ik heb veel hoesten.
I have been coughing at night. - Ik heb in de nacht is hoesten.
I wake up out of breath at night. - Ik wakker buiten adem 's nachts.
I am coughing up sputum which is yellow. - Ik ben ophoesten van sputum die geel is.
I am coughing up sputum which is white. - Ik ben ophoesten van sputum die wit is.
I am coughing up sputum which is green. - Ik ben ophoesten van sputum die groen is.
I am coughing up sputum with blood in it. - Ik ben ophoesten van bloed in het sputum.
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Heart - Hart

My heart beats fast. - Mijn hart klopt snel.
My heart beats slowly. - Mijn hart klopt langzaam.
My heart was beating hard. - Mijn hart was hard gewonnen.
My heartbeat was irregular. - Mijn hartslag was onregelmatig.
When I exercise I get a pain in the middle of my chest. - Wanneer ik de oefening krijg ik een pijn in het midden van mijn borst.
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Digestion - Spijsvertering

I have stomach ache. - Ik heb de maag pijn.
I feel sick. - Ik voel me ziek.
I have been sick. - Ik ben ziek geweest.
I vomited. - Ik braakte.
I have diarrhoea. - Ik heb de diarree.
I have diarrhoea every two hours. - Om de twee uur heb ik diarree.
I have diarrhoea with blood in it. - Ik heb het diarree met bloed.
I am not eating properly. - Ik ben niet eten goed.
I do not have an appetite. - Ik heb geen een eetlust.
I have lost weight. - Ik heb verloren gewicht.
I have constipation. - Ik heb constipatie.
I cannot defecate. - Ik kan niet poepen.
I only defecate every three days. - Ik poepen slechts om de drie dagen.
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Urinary system - Urine-systeem

I urinate every two hours. - Ik plassen elke twee uur.
I have not urinated for many hours. - Ik heb niet geplast voor vele uren.
I have not urinated since yesterday. - Ik heb niet geplast sinds gisteren.
When I urinate it hurts. - Wanneer ik het plassen, pijn.
It stings when I urinate. - Het steekt wanneer ik plassen.
There is blood in my urine. - Er is bloed in mijn urine.
My urine looks cloudy. - Mijn urine kijkt bewolkt.
My urine smells bad. - Mijn urine ruikt slecht.
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Reproductive system - Reproductieve systeem

I have heavy periods. - Ik heb zware periodes.
My periods are not regular. - Mijn periodes zijn niet regelmatig.
I have bleeding between my periods. - Ik heb bloeden tussen mijn periodes.
My periods finished years ago but now I am bleeding again. - Mijn periodes klaar jaar geleden maar nu ben ik weer bloeden.
I might be pregnant. - Ik zou zijn zwanger.
It is not possible that I am pregnant. - Het is niet mogelijk dat ik zwanger ben.
I last had sex two days ago. - Seks had laatst twee dagen geleden.
I have not had sex for a long time. - Ik heb geen seks gehad voor een lange tijd.
I have a discharge from my vagina. - Ik heb een kwijting van mijn vagina.
I have a discharge from my urethra. - Ik heb een kwijting van mijn urinebuis.
I have a discharge from my penis. - Ik heb een kwijting van mijn penis.
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Nervous system - Zenuwstelsel

I feel tingling in my hands. - Ik voel me tintelend gevoel in mijn handen.
I feel tingling in my feet. - Ik voel me tintelend gevoel in mijn voeten.
My arm is weak. - Mijn arm is zwak.
My leg is weak. - Mijn been is zwak.
I cannot see properly. - Ik kan niet goed zien.
I cannot see properly with one eye. - Ik zie niet goed met een oog.
I have difficulty speaking. - Ik heb moeite spreken.
I cannot read. - Ik kan niet lezen.
I cannot feel things properly with my hand. - Ik kan niet de dingen goed voelen met mijn hand.
I cannot feel things properly on my arm. - Ik kan niet de dingen goed voelen op mijn arm.
I cannot feel things properly on my face. - Ik kan niet de dingen goed voelen op mijn gezicht.
I cannot feel things properly on my leg. - Ik kan niet de dingen goed voelen op mijn been.
My hand shakes. - Mijn hand schudt.
My leg shakes. - Mijn been schudt.
I feel unsteady on my feet. - Ik voel me wankele op mijn voeten.
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Mental health - Geestelijke gezondheid

I feel very frightened. - Ik voel me erg bang.
I feel very depressed. - Ik voel me erg depressief.
I feel very sad. - Ik voel me erg verdrietig.
I want to kill myself. - Ik wil mezelf.
I am thinking of killing myself. - Ik denk aan het doden van mezelf.
I can hear voices. - Ik hoor stemmen.
I can hear people talking about me. - Ik hoor mensen praten over mij.
People are watching me. - Mensen kijken me.
People are following me. - Mensen volgen mij.
People are trying to kill me. - Mensen proberen om me te doden.
I keep forgetting things. - Ik vergeet dingen.
I don't know where I am. - Ik weet niet waar ik ben.
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Index

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

Contents

index

a
a -
Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Current medication, Injury, Pain, Bleeding, General symptoms, Breathing, Heart, Reproductive system
about - Mental health
ache - Digestion
admitted - Getting to be seen
again - Getting treatment, Bleeding, Reproductive system
ago - Bleeding, Reproductive system
all - Pain
am - Pain, Bleeding, Breathing, Digestion, Reproductive system, Mental health
an - Injury, Digestion
and - Pain, General symptoms
angina - Current diseases
ankle - Parts of the body
anus - Bleeding, Parts of the body
appetite - Digestion
are - Reproductive system, Mental health
arm - Parts of the body, Nervous system
arrange - Getting to be seen
arthritis - Current diseases
asthma - Current diseases
at - Breathing
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b
back -
Getting treatment
bad - Urinary system
be - Getting to be seen, Reproductive system
beating - Heart
beats - Heart
been - Current medication, Pain, General symptoms, Breathing, Digestion
before - Pain
began - Pain
between - Bleeding, Reproductive system
bicycle - Injury
bipolar - Current diseases
bitten - Injury
bleeding - Bleeding, Reproductive system
blood - Bleeding, Breathing, Digestion, Urinary system
body - Parts of the body
bowel - Parts of the body
brain - Parts of the body
breath - Breathing
breathe - Breathing
breathing - Breathing
bronchitis - Current diseases
burning - Pain
but - Bleeding, Reproductive system
by - Getting treatment, Injury
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c
can -
Getting treatment, Mental health
can't - Breathing
cancer - Current diseases
cannot - Digestion, Nervous system
car - Injury
card - Getting treatment
cell - Current diseases
chest - Parts of the body, Heart
chronic - Current diseases
cloudy - Urinary system
cold - General symptoms
come - Getting treatment
comes - Pain
constipation - Digestion
cough - Bleeding, Breathing
coughing - Breathing
country - Getting to be seen
credit - Getting treatment
crushing - Pain
current - Current diseases, Current medication
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d
day -
Current medication, Pain
days - Pain, Digestion, Reproductive system
defecate - Digestion
depressed - Mental health
depression - Current diseases
diabetes - Current diseases
diarrhoea - Digestion
difficulty - Breathing, Nervous system
digestion - Digestion
discharge - Reproductive system
disease - Current diseases
diseases - Current diseases
disorder - Current diseases
dizzy - General symptoms
do - Getting treatment, Digestion
doctor - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment
dog - Injury
don't - Mental health
down - Getting treatment, Pain
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e
ear -
Parts of the body
eating - Digestion
elbow - Parts of the body
epilepsy - Current diseases
every - Current medication, Digestion, Urinary system
exercise - Heart
eye - Parts of the body, Nervous system
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f
face -
Parts of the body, Nervous system
faeces - Bleeding
failure - Current diseases
faint - General symptoms
fainted - General symptoms
fast - Heart
feel - Getting to be seen, General symptoms, Digestion, Nervous system, Mental health
feels - Pain, Breathing
feet - Nervous system
fell - Injury, General symptoms
fever - General symptoms
few - Bleeding
finger - Parts of the body
finished - Bleeding, Reproductive system
fit - General symptoms
following - Mental health
foot - Parts of the body
for - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Current medication, Pain, Urinary system, Reproductive system
forgetting - Mental health
frightened - Mental health
from - Bleeding, Reproductive system
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g
general -
General symptoms
get - Heart
getting - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment
give - Getting treatment
go - Getting to be seen
goes - Pain
gradually - Pain
green - Breathing
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h
had -
Pain, Bleeding, General symptoms, Reproductive system
hand - Parts of the body, Nervous system
hands - Nervous system
hard - Heart
has - Pain
have - Getting treatment, Current diseases, Current medication, Pain, General symptoms, Breathing, Digestion, Urinary system, Reproductive system, Nervous system
head - Parts of the body
health - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Mental health
hear - Mental health
heart - Current diseases, Parts of the body, Heart
heartbeat - Heart
heavy - Reproductive system
here - Getting treatment, Pain
hip - Parts of the body
hit - Injury
hiv - Current diseases
hospital - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment
hours - Digestion, Urinary system
hurts - Pain, Urinary system
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i
i -
Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Current diseases, Current medication, Injury, Pain, Bleeding, General symptoms, Breathing, Heart
ill - General symptoms
important - Current medication
in - Getting to be seen, Bleeding, Breathing, Heart, Digestion, Urinary system, Nervous system
injured - Injury
injury - Injury
insect - Injury
instructions - Getting treatment
insurance - Getting treatment
intestine - Parts of the body
into - Getting treatment
irregular - Heart
is - Getting treatment, Current medication, Pain, Bleeding, Breathing, Urinary system, Reproductive system, Nervous system
it - Current medication, Pain, Breathing, Digestion, Urinary system, Reproductive system
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j
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k
keep -
Mental health
kidney - Parts of the body
kill - Mental health
killing - Mental health
knee - Parts of the body
know - Mental health
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l
last -
Reproductive system
leg - Parts of the body, Nervous system
letter - Getting treatment
leukaemia - Current diseases
like - Pain, Breathing
liver - Parts of the body
long - Reproductive system
looks - Urinary system
lost - Digestion
lot - General symptoms, Breathing
lung - Parts of the body
lying - Pain
lymphoma - Current diseases
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m
manic -
Current diseases
many - Current medication, Urinary system
me - Getting treatment, Injury, Pain, Mental health
medication - Current medication
medicine - Getting treatment, Current medication
mental - Mental health
middle - Heart
might - Reproductive system
more - Current medication
motorbike - Injury
mouth - Parts of the body
my - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Current medication, Bleeding, Parts of the body, Heart, Urinary system, Reproductive system, Nervous system
myself - Mental health
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n
neck -
Parts of the body
need - Getting to be seen, Current medication
nervous - Nervous system
never - Pain
night - Breathing
nosebleed - Bleeding
not - Getting treatment, Digestion, Urinary system, Reproductive system
now - Reproductive system
nurse - Getting to be seen
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o
of -
Current medication, Parts of the body, Breathing, Heart, Mental health
off - Injury
on - Pain, Nervous system
once - Current medication
one - Pain, Nervous system
only - Digestion
out - Breathing
ovary - Parts of the body
over - General symptoms
own - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment
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p
pain -
Pain, Heart
parts - Parts of the body
pay - Getting treatment
penis - Parts of the body, Reproductive system
people - Mental health
periods - Bleeding, Reproductive system
please - Getting treatment
policy - Getting treatment
possible - Reproductive system
pregnant - Reproductive system
prescription - Getting treatment
properly - Digestion, Nervous system
pushing - Pain
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q
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r
read -
Nervous system
rectum - Parts of the body
regular - Reproductive system
reproductive - Reproductive system
return - Getting to be seen
rheumatoid - Current diseases
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s
sad -
Mental health
schizophrenia - Current diseases
see - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Nervous system
seen - Getting to be seen
sex - Reproductive system
shakes - Nervous system
shaking - General symptoms
sharp - Pain
shoulder - Parts of the body
sick - Digestion
sickle - Current diseases
since - Urinary system
slowly - Heart
smells - Urinary system
somebody - Injury
something - Pain
speaking - Nervous system
spleen - Parts of the body
sputum - Bleeding, Breathing
squeezing - Pain
stabbed - Injury
standing - Pain
started - Pain
starts - Pain
stings - Urinary system
stomach - Parts of the body, Digestion
suddenly - Pain
sweating - General symptoms
symptoms - General symptoms
system - Urinary system, Reproductive system, Nervous system
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t
tablets -
Current medication
take - Getting treatment, Current medication
taking - Current medication
talking - Mental health
tell - Getting treatment
testis - Parts of the body
thalassaemia - Current diseases
that - Current medication, Reproductive system
the - Getting treatment, Pain, Parts of the body, Heart
there - Pain, Bleeding, Urinary system
these - Current medication
things - Nervous system, Mental health
thinking - Mental health
this - Getting treatment, Current medication, Pain
three - Digestion
throat - Parts of the body
time - Pain, Reproductive system
tingling - Nervous system
tired - General symptoms
to - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment, Pain, Breathing, Mental health
toe - Parts of the body
too - Current medication
took - Current medication
touch - Pain
treatment - Getting to be seen, Getting treatment
trying - Breathing, Mental health
twice - Current medication
two - Current medication, Pain, Digestion, Urinary system, Reproductive system
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u
unconscious -
General symptoms
unsteady - Nervous system
unwell - Getting to be seen
up - Pain, Bleeding, Breathing
urethra - Reproductive system
urinary - Urinary system
urinate - Urinary system
urinated - General symptoms, Urinary system
urine - Bleeding, Urinary system
uterus - Parts of the body
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v
vagina -
Parts of the body, Reproductive system
very - Mental health
voices - Mental health
vomit - Bleeding
vomited - Digestion
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w
wake -
Breathing
want - Getting to be seen, Mental health
was - Injury, General symptoms, Breathing, Heart
watching - Mental health
weak - Nervous system
week - Pain
weeks - Current medication
weight - Digestion
wheezing - Breathing
when - Pain, Breathing, Heart, Urinary system
where - Getting treatment, Mental health
which - Breathing
white - Breathing
with - Breathing, Digestion, Nervous system
worse - Pain
write - Getting treatment
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y
years -
Current medication, Bleeding, Reproductive system
yellow - Breathing
yesterday - Urinary system
you - Getting treatment
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