HEALTH VOCABULARY: MEDICAL SPECIALISTS

ALLERGIST: specializes in determining food and environmental allergies

ANESTHESIOLOGIST: specializes in pain prevention during surgery
CARDIOLOGIST: heart specialist
DENTIST: tooth specialist
DERMATOLOGIST: skin specialist
GYNECOLOGIST: specialist for womens needs and pregnant women
GENERAL PRACTITIONER: (GP) general doctor or specialist
MIDWIFE: helps women deliver babies in a natural way
NEUROLOGIST: brain specialist
ONCOLOGIST: tumour specialist including cancer
OPHTHALMOLOGIST: specializes in eyes deseases
PEDIATRICIAN: specialist for babies and children
PHYSICAL THERAPIST: specializes in the body s movement
PODIATRIST: foot specialist
PSYCHIATRIST: specialist in mental health
RADIOLOGIST: specializes in imaging tests
SURGEON: specializes in performing an operation
EXERCISES
1. Read the patient complaints. Which specialist does each patient
need?
a) I have a terrible rash on my arms and legs. I think Im allergic to
diary food, but it also might be grass. .
b) My husband and I just took a home pregnancy test, and it came
out positive.

c) I still cant walk and it has been three months since my accident.
I hate being stuck in a wheelchair. .
d) My left eye has an infection that wont go away and my vision has
been blurry for two weeks now.
e) I have been having major chest pains this week. Im also having
trouble breathing.
f) I get terrible acne and I have tried all of the products in the
pharmacy. I dont know what to do now.
g) My baby is not developing properly. She hasnt put on any weigh
in two months and she keeps getting ear infections.
h) I feel bad, I have sore throat and I have fever.
i) I have problems with my foot. .
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