Aihepiiri 3 Health issues

Health issues

Hobble When your leg hurts and you cant walk My leg hurts so i hobble Nilkuttaa
Agony Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Tuska
Ailment Something which ails one; a disease; sickness. He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments Sairaus/vaiva
Anaemia   I have anaemia Verenvähyys
Cardiac arrest When your heart stops beating My granny had a cardiac arrest Sydämmenpysähdys
Chickenpox When you have red spots on your skin Do you have chickenpox Vesirokko
Collapse To fall down suddenly; to cave in I had collapse Romahdus
Emaciated Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease. My sister is emaciated Sairaalloisen laiha
Frostbite The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body. My leg catched a frostbite Paleltuminen
Haemophilia a medical condition that causes severe loss of blood from even a slight injury because the blood fails to clot normally. It usually affects only men although it can be passed on by women. My dad has haemophilia Verenvuototauti


Blister A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection. These shoes have given me blisters on my heels. Rakkula
Cancerous  Relating to or affected with cancer. To become cancerous Syöpäinen/pahanlaatuinen
Coeliac Someone who has coeliac disease. He is Coeliac Keliaakikko
Disorder  A physical or psychical malfunction. She has eating disorder Sairaus
Fragile Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure. He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed. Hauras
Contagion  the spread of a disease by close contact between people There is no risk of contagion. Tartunta
Fracture When you brake a bone I had a fracture Murtuma
Incapacity Incapacity (of somebody/something) (to do something) lack of ability or skill She returned to work after a long period of incapacity. Työkyvyttömyys
Obese (of people) very fat, in a way that is not healthy She is grossly obese. Ylipainoinen
Measles a disease, especially of children, that causes a high temperature and small red spots that cover the whole body All our children have had the measles. Tuhkarokko


Guide dog a dog trained to guide a blind person These dogs have been bred to work as guide dogs for the blind. Opaskoira
Bronchitis an illness that affects the bronchial tubes leading to the lungs He was suffering from chronic bronchitis. Keuhkoputkentulehdus
Convalesce to spend time getting your health and strength back after an illness She is convalescing at home after her operation. Toipua
Dizzy feeling as if everything is turning around you and that you are not able to balance I feel little dizzy Huimaus
Fatal causing or ending in death If she gets ill again it could prove fatal. Kohtalokas
Anxiety anxiety (about/over something) the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety. Ahdistus
Bipolar Suffering from or connected with bipolar disorder She has bipolar disorder Kaksisuuntainen mieliala
Mentally connected with or happening in the mind mentally ill Henkisesti
Paranoid afraid of other people for no reason or suspecting that they are trying to harm you, when really they are not She's getting really paranoid about what other people say about her. Vainoharhainen
Self-harm When you hurt yourself. For example cutting yourself You can ouvercome self-harm Itsetuhoisuus