Many professions have their own words and expressions.
许多专业领域都有专业术语。

This is true for the medical profession.
医学专业也是如此。

Doctors use many technical terms that most people do not understand.
医生会使用大多数人都不懂的医学术语。

But there are also expressions we use every day to tell about a person's health.
但我们日常也会使用一些词语来形容人们的健康状况。

Let me explain.
下面，我来给大家阐述一下。

Last month, I was not feeling well.
上个月，我不太舒服，

I was under the weather.
我身体不舒服（under the weather ）。

I thought I had caught a cold.
感觉感冒了（ caught a cold）。

I had a runny nose, itchy eyes, a sore throat and a cough.
我流鼻涕（runny nose）、眼睛干痒、喉咙痛外加咳嗽。

I felt tired and run down.
我感觉很累，浑身乏力（run down）。

I was in poor condition because I had not been getting enough rest.
我因为长期休息不够而身体欠佳。

My body hurt all over.
我浑身酸痛。

I also had severe head pains -- a real splitting headache.
我头也很痛，真是头痛欲裂（splitting headache）。

And I was running a fever.
同时，我还在发烧（running a fever），

My body temperature was higher than normal.
体温要比正常时高。

At one point, I blacked out.
我一度出现昏厥（black out）。

That's right, I was out cold.
没错，我昏过去了，

I lost consciousness and my friend had to bring me around.
失去了知觉，我的朋友不得不让我苏醒（bring around），

He used cold water on my face to restore my consciousness.
他用冷水给我擦脸让我恢复知觉。

I grew concerned that I might take a turn for the worse.
我越来越担心自己的病情会恶化（take a turn for the worse）。

I did not want to become sicker because then surely I would be at death's door.
我不想让病情加重，让自己踏进鬼门关（death's door）。

My friend took me to the doctor.
我的朋友带我去看了医生。

I told the doctor I thought I had come down with a cold.
我告诉医生说，我认为自己是感冒病倒（come down with a cold）。

When the doctor saw me, she immediately wanted to run some tests.
医生在看到我时，希望马上做化验（run test）。

She said that medical tests would help her discover why I was sick.
她说，医学化验能帮助她查明我的病因。

The doctor also asked when I had my last physical.
医生还询问了我上次做体检（physical）的时间。

I do not get yearly check-ups.
我没有每年做体检（check-up）的习惯，

But I probably should get a medical exam by a doctor every year.
但我确实应该每年都请医生检查一次身体。

Then the nurse drew my blood.
然后，护士给我抽血（draw blood）。

She used a needle to take a small amount of blood from my arm.
她用针从我的胳膊上抽了一点点血液，

She sent it to a laboratory for tests.
然后送到化验室化验。

The nurse also took my temperature.
这位护士还给我量了体温（take temperature）。

She used a thermometer to measure my body temperature.
她用温度计来测量我的身体温度。

The doctor told me I had influenza, or the flu.
医生告诉我说，我患了流行感冒，或叫流感（the flu）。

But she told me I would recover soon.
但她说，我很快就会恢复。

She said I was over the worst of the disease.
她告诉我说，我已经熬过了流感最严重的时期。

She told me to rest at home and to stay away from other people because the flu can spread.
她告诉我要在家好好休息，不要与他人接触，因为流感会传染。

It is contagious.
它有传染性（contagious）。

Thankfully, I did not have to go under the knife.
谢天谢地，我不需要挨刀（go under the knife）。

I did not need an operation.
我不需要动手术。

Instead, I did just what the doctor ordered.
我只需遵从医嘱（do what the doctor ordered）就可以复原。

I went home and did exactly what was needed to become healthy again.
我回到家，完全按照医生的要求来做，让自己恢复健康。

Soon, I was on the mend.
不久，我的情况好转（on the mend）。

I was pulling through and recovering from my sickness.
我正在克服疾病、恢复健康（pull through）。

Now, I am back on my feet.
现在，我已经痊愈（back on sb's feet）。

I am physically healthy again.
我身体又健康了。

Even better, the doctor has given me a clean bill of health.
更棒的是，医生给我出具了一份健康证明（clean bill of health）。

She says that I am one-hundred percent cured.
她说，我已经彻底治痊。

I am back to normal and I feel great.
我已经恢复正常，感觉棒极了。

In fact, I feel on top of the world.
事实上，我感觉非常好（feel on top of the world）。

My friends say I now look like the picture of health.
我的朋友们说我看上去非常健康（look like the picture of health）。