OET English Test for Healthcare exercise

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In the meantime, these exercises cover some commonly used healthcare terms

1. Match the described condition with the correct medical condition in the box

 

Alzheimer’s disease                  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)                                                                 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)                             Diabetes (Type 1)                                           Multiple sclerosis (MS)

 

D Initially, increasing breathlessness only happening when exercising or waking up at night, a persistent chesty cough with phlegm that does not go away, frequent chest infections and persistent wheezing. Symptoms will usually get progressively although flare-ups are possible, particularly in winter. Weight loss, tiredness and swollen ankles from a build-up of fluid (oedema) may also occur.

Answer
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

 

2. Match the described condition with the correct medical condition in the box

 

Alzheimer’s disease                  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)                                                                 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)                             Diabetes (Type 1)                                           Multiple sclerosis (MS)

 

B Feeling very thirsty, peeing more than usual, particularly at night, feeling very tired, losing weight without trying, thrush that keeps coming back, blurred vision, cuts and grazes that are not healing

Answer
Diabetes (Type 1)

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