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Section 2: Speaking

Dialogue: Asking about symptoms
Mrs. Smith has been taken into hospital because of persistent pain and sickness. The doctor asks her
some questions about her health.

Doctor: Hello, Mrs. Smith. How are you today?
Patient: I’m a bit down because I don’t think I’m making good progress.
Dr: I see, are you still having pain?
Pt: It’s very bad at the moment, it makes me feel sick too. You see, I’m not getting any rest at all. It
wakes me up even at night. I go to sleep for about an hour and then I’m awake again.
Dr: Show me where it hurts.
Pt: Down here.
Dr: Can you describe the pain?
Pt: It’s a sort of dull pain, sometimes it moves up and down.
Dr: You’re taking something for the pain, aren’t you?
Pt: Yes, I am. They’re giving me a lot of medicines.
Dr: Did you have fever last night?
Pt: I didn’t have a fever last night, but today it is going up again, that’s why I am very upset.
Dr: Don’t worry. We’ll try to bring your temperature down. Are you eating well?
Pt: I often get indigestion. I can’t eat a lot.
Dr: Does any particular food upset you?
Pt: If I eat fatty food I feel very sick.
Dr: Do you work?
Pt: I work in a bank. I’ve been off work a lot lately.
Dr: What about your bowels? Is there any blood in your stools?
Pt: No. there isn’t.
Dr: What about your kidneys? Are you urinating more frequently than usual?
Pt: Not really, although sometimes I have to get up during the night to pass water.
Dr: And do you get any pain when you urinate?
Pt: No, no pain at all.
Dr: Do you often get a cough?
Pt: Only when I have a cold or a sore throat. It usually happens in water or in damp weather.
Dr: Do you suffer from breathlessness?
Pt: Not really. I sometimes get breathless when I climb the stairs or I rush about.
Dr: Are you a smoker?
Pt: I don’t smoke too much, just four or five cigarettes a day.
Dr: Do you get palpitations?
Dr: From time to time. When I am anxious I feel my heart thumping.
Dr: Any pain in your chest?
Pt: No.
Dr: Do you get giddy at all?
Pt: Sometimes in the morning when I get up but it doesn’t last long.
Dr: Do you suffer from headaches?
Pt: Quite a lot lately.
Dr: Do you take anything for them?
Pt: Every now and then a pill.
Dr: Is your hearing good?
Pt: I think so.
Dr: I see you wear glasses?
Pt: Yes, I’m short-sighted.
Dr: I see, try to keep calm.
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