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a health visit

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  • A place where medical tests are analyzed.
    lab or laboratory
  • contagious
    able to be passed on to another person
  • What is a referral ?
    When your regular doctor writes that you have to see another doctor
  • What is inflammation?
    swelling
  • What's the problem?
    a cough
  • What's the problem?
    a stomach ache
  • A medical reaction to something that doesn't bother most people.
    allergy
  • What the doctor says is medically wrong
    diagnosis
  • health insurance
    a legal agreement with a company that will pay some medical expenses.
  • urgent
    You should treat it as soon as possible.
  • medicine to get rid of a bacterial infection
    antibiotics
  • What is a side-effect?
    An extra bad effect a drug may have on you.
  • What's this?
    A prescription
  • patient's medical history
    all information about a patient's past and present medical conditions
  • What is an IV?
    a way to give medicine directly into a vein
  • injection
    a shot
  • What's this?
    bandage
  • ER
    emergency room
  • What's the problem?
    a headache
  • Chronic
    lasting for a long period of time
  • What's the problem?
    a sore throat
  • What does OR stand for ?
    operating room
  • Used to numb pain, or put into temporary sleep
    anesthesia
  • the feeling of being sick, want to throw up
    nausea or vomit
  • What's this?
    a cast
  • What's the problem?
    a rash
  • What's the problem?
    a broken bone
  • What is a temperature of 101 degrees F called ?
    a fever
  • in -patient
    staying in the hospital
  • What's this?
    an X-ray