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How about your appetite? How bad is it? How far pregnant are you? How long has it been this way? How long has this been going on? How long have you been ill? How long have you been like this? How long have you had it? How long have you had this trouble?
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I’m aching all over. I’m afraid I’ve got a temperature. I’m feeling rather out of sorts these days. I’m having some trouble sleeping. I’m suffering from insomnia. I’m rather sick. I’m running a fever. I’m running a temperature. I’m under the weather.
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I feel like vomiting. I feel sick. I feel poorly. I feel rather unwell. I feel very bad. I feel so ill. I feel shivery and I’ve got a sore throat. I feel a dull pain in the stomach. I just feel all pooped out. I keep feeling dizzy.
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2. Telling a doctor how you feel
About a week now. About five days running already. I can’t life my right arm.
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I cough a great deal at night. I don’t feel like eating anything. I feel a bit off color. I feel a pain in my left leg. I feel absolutely rotten. I feel chilly. I feel dizzy and I’ve got no appetite. I feel feverish. I feel hot and cold. I feel like I’m burning up.
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Are your bowels acting properly? Are your bowels regular? Did you have pains here before? Do you cough? Do you feel short of breath sometimes? Do you feel short-winded? Do you feel tired? Do you have any appetite? Do you have difficulty breathing? Does it hurt?
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How are you feeling now? How is your rheumatism? How is your sleep? Is the cut still painful? Since when have you been feeling like this? What did you eat yesterday? What sort of pain do you get there? What’s wrong with your ear? What’s your appetite like?
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What seems to be the matter? What seems to be the problem? What seems to be the trouble? When did the pain start? When did you begin feeling unwell? Which tooth is troubling you? Why is that? Your case record, please. You’re suffering from an allergy?
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I really feel terrible. I have a headache. I have a splitting headache. I have a stomach-ache. I have a stuffed-up nose. I seem to have pain all over. I think I’m dying. I tried some sleeping pills, but they have done nothing for me. I’m a bit stuffed up.
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What do you complain of? What’s your complaint? What hurts you? What’s the trouble? What’s troubling you? What’s your trouble? What’s the matter with you? What’s wrong with you? What’s bothering you? What seems to be bothering you?
1. Asking aAny vomiting? Are you feeling all right? Are you feeling well? Are you feeling nausea?
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Have you had this experience before? Have you got any chronic diseases in the past? Have you got any feeling of nausea? Have you lost weight recently? Have you taken anything for it?