Hypochondria

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

• Speak English
• Give your opinion!
• Use new vocabulary
• Practise reading
• Practise listening

Lesson goals:

Have you ever heard of this? 

Can you answer these questions after watching the video?

1. What is hypochondria?

2. What do people with this condtion do?

3. What does the term doctor shopping mean?

The answers:

1. Hypochondria is a mental illness.

2. They misinterpret minor health issues as a serious health problem, tend to exacerbate their conditions by

• They obsessively consuming medial research.
• Frequently checking their vital signs.
• Scour their bodies for irregularities.
  

3. When hypochondriacs go from doctor to doctor until someone agrees that they have a serious health problem.

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Time to read!

1. Read the text - 10 minutes

2. Answer the questions below - 5 minutes

3. Pay attention to the underlined words !

4. Use your laptop, phones or ask questions if you need to!

Hypochondria

1. Which of these symptoms have you had in the last year?

1. Dizziness headache
2. sore throat cough
3. diarrhoea vomiting
4. sprain a pulled muscle

2. A heart attack might be accompanied with …?

1. A strange odour
2. A rapid/weak pulse
3. An itch

3. What are some symptoms of the flu?

1. Nausea
2. Being feverish
3. Having a sore throat
4. All of the above?

4. If you are seeing spots and feeling dizzy you should be careful you don’t …?

1. Sneeze
2. Fart
3. Faint

5. For which one of these symptoms would you go to the doctor?

1. A bad earache
2. A bad headache
3. An ugly bruise
4. All of the above?

6. People with headaches are sensitive to …?

1. Lights and noise
2. Children and pets
3. Water and cigarettes

7. When somebody faints or loses consciousness what should you do?

1. Stay with them
2. Leave them alone
3. Do nothing
4. Call for assistence

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