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You can have any illness or disease:I'm warning you - I've got a bad cold.Have the kids had chickenpox yet?Get can be used with diseases or illnesses that you often have:He gets really bad hay fever every summer.Suffer from is used in more formal contexts and with more serious diseases:This medicine is often recommended by doctors for their patients who suffer from arthritis.a heavy cold You can also:catchdevelopcome/godown withcontractsufferchickenpoxa colda coughfluGerman measlesglandular fevermeaslesmumpsa stomach bugwhooping coughan allergy (to sth)arthritisAidscancercataractsepilepsyheart/liver troublehigh blood pressurean infectionpneumoniarheumatismappendicitisbronchitischickenpoxdiarrhoeaflufood poisoningmeaslesmumpsAidscancerconjunctivitishepatitisHIVmeningitispneumoniaa breakdowna heart attacka stroke an attack of flu, nerves, shingles/ an asthma attacka bout of bronchitis, coughing, flu, pneumonia, sicknessa coughing, an epileptic fitIs it serious?noyesa bit of a cold, a cough, an infectionmild depressiona mild attack/bout of stha mild heart attack, infectiona slight cold, headachea bad/heavy/nasty colda bad/nasty/severe attack/bout of stha bad/racking cougha bad/splitting headachea massive/serious heart attack, strokeWhat's the treatment?takebe given/be on/takehave/undergohave/be givenhave/be given/undergomedicinepillstabletsantibioticsdrugsmedicationpainkillersan operationsurgerya transplantacupuncturean anaesthetica blood transfusionan injectiona scanan X-rayhypnosistherapytreatment
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