Mental Health
A condition where a person feels very sad and loses interest in daily life.
Depression
A person who takes care of you in a hospital but is not a doctor.
Nurse
A common viral infection that causes sneezing, coughing, and a runny nose.
A cold
Pills or liquids taken to treat an illness.
Medication
To start to feel better after being sick.
To recover/ feel better
Feeling nervous, worried, or uneasy all the time.
Anxiety
The room where a doctor examines you.
Examination room
A more serious viral infection with fever, chills, and body aches.
Flu
A type of preventative medicine given by injecting needle into your arm.
A vaccine/ shot
Catch an illness
When you talk with a licensed professional to help improve your mental health. You go to _____.
Therapy
A piece of paper your doctor gives you to buy medicine.
Prescription
A condition where the body cannot properly control blood sugar levels.
Diabetes
When a doctor cuts into your body to fix or remove something.
When a doctor tells you to take a specific type of medication that you pick up from a pharmacy. He ______ a medication
Prescribes
A disorder where a person re-experiences trauma through nightmares or flashbacks.
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
A test where the doctor looks inside your body using a camera or scanner.
X-ray, or CT scan
This condition causes chest pain due to blocked blood flow to the heart.
Heart Attack
Physical exercises or massages to help people recover movement or strength.
Physical Therapy
To make an illness go away completely.
To cure
This term describes a long-lasting feeling of extreme tiredness not improved by rest.
Chronic Fatigue
The process of identifying an illness after tests or examination.
Diagnosis
A brain condition that affects memory and thinking, often in older adults.
Alzheimer's
Chemotherapy
To ask a professional for advice about your health-- You need to _____ with a doctor.
To consult with a doctor