Disease and Symptoms
Enfermedades y síntomas
influenze
flu virus / influenza virus
germ germen
bacteria bacteria
virus virus

flu gripa
cold resfriado
pneumonia neumonía
cancer cáncer
tumor tumor
aids Sida
chicken pox varicela
food poisoning intoxicación (a causa de alimentos)
diabetes diabetes

My daughter came down with the chicken pox.
Mi hija decayó con la varicela.

My sister got food poisoning when she ate at that restaurant.
Mi hermana se intoxicó cuando comió en ese restaurante.

contagious contagioso
infection infección
to transmit transmitir
to infect infectar

I don't want to catch a cold! *
¡No quiero pescar un resfriado!

*'catch' is normally used with contagious illnesses like the flu and cold

Expressions

I'm feeling a little under the weather.

vaccine vacuna
to vaccinate vacunar
immune system Sistema inmunológico
immunity inmunidad

Have you been vaccinated against the swine flu?
¿Te vacunaste contra la gripe porcina?

allergy alergia

Kyle is allergic to peanuts.
Kyle es alérgico al maní.

epidemic epidemia

The flu epidemic of 1918 killed between 50 and 100 million people.
La epidamia de gripe de 1918 mató entre 50 y 100 millones de personas.

Symptoms síntomas
fever fiebre
headache dolor de cabeza
chills escalofríos
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to shiver temblar
to sneeze estornudar

Have you ever sneezed three times in a row?
¿Alguna vez has estornudado tres veces seguidas?

-bless you
salud

to cough toser
cough tos
a fit of coughing
runny nose escurrimiento nasal
congestion congestión

my nose is stopped up

sore throat Garganta seca
dizziness mareo
vertigo vértigo

I'm feeling kind of dizzy.
Me siento un poco mareado/a.