Essential Spanish Health Vocabulary To Handle Medical Situations

Planning to travel to a Spanish speaking country? If so, then it’s always a good idea to learn the most common Spanish health vocabulary, should you find yourself in a situation where you need to speak to a doctor, or require some kind of medical assistance.

(ps, we covered some additional Spanish emergency phrases here)

Body Parts in Spanish

The first thing you need to master is the Spanish vocabulary for body parts.

And now, the internal parts.

Spanish Vocab For Common Illnesses

The below vocab relates to the most common illnesses – from a mild stomach bug, to the more serious stuff.

Spanish Vocab For Common Symptoms

You’ll need to know how to describe the symptoms that you are feeling.

Let’s start with some important adjectives to memorize.

(remember, most Spanish adjectives require you to change the last letter, depending on the gender of the noun)

General Symptoms 

Colds and Allergy Symptoms

This section is especially important if you suffer from allergies.

Food Poisoning Symptoms

Not to be overly pessimistic, but if you’re visiting certain countries, then you may need this vocabulary at some point.

Heat Stroke or Sunstroke Symptoms

 Migraine Symptoms

.

Anxiety Symptoms

Common Phrases To Express Being Sick

Again, we hope you never have to the below, but it’s worth learning them just in case.