Medical Signing Lesson 03
COMFORTABLE
"Are you…?"
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01. Are you comfortable? (YOU COMFORTABLE YOU?)
SWEAT vs SWEAT!
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02. Do you sweat a lot? (YOU SWEAT!? YOU?)
ANY
"Anyone" can sometimes be interpreted as ….
"any of them" or "ANY THEM"
The sign "HAVE" can often be dropped.
BLOOD- PRESSURE
HIGH- [general]
QM-wig = “Question mark wiggle”
QM-wig can be used to show incredulity.
QM-wig can also be used to clarify long sentences.
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03. Does anyone in your family have high blood pressure? (YOUR FAMILY ANY THEY BLOOD- PRESSURE HIGH QM- wig?)
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COUGH- [version_1] COUGH- [version_2]
BLOOD- [full_version] BLOOD- [abbreviated_vers ion]
04. Have you ever coughed up blood? (YOU BEFORE COUGH COUGH, CL:5- "check_mouth" BLOOD, YOU?)
FEVER
104-[one_oh_four- version] 104- [a_hundred_and_four- version]
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05. Have you ever had a 104 degree fever? (YOU BEFORE FEVER TEMPERATURE 104 YOU?)
"Have you ever…?" = "YOU BEFORE…" or "UP-TILL-NOW…" or "YOU FINISH…" etc.
BONE or POISON
BREAK- [general]
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06. Have you ever had a broken bone? (YOU BEFORE BREAK BONE YOU?)
"urine" = PEE
SAMPLE various ways to describe
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07. Have you ever had to give a urine sample? =
(YOU BEFORE DOCTOR, HOSPITAL, MUST URINE CUP YOU?)
SELL = sold
EXCHANGE = swap = change
BLOOD-DRAW = "give blood” "a blood sample” "draw-blood"
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08. Have you ever sold your blood? (PAST YOU BLOOD BLOOD-DRAW EXCHANGE MONEY YOU?)
There are multiple signs for "TEST" with much variation in the Deaf Community. I'll show you a good general version. A "blood test" sometimes also means the “CHECKing" of blood.
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09. Have you had a blood test before? (YOU BEFORE BLOOD TEST YOU?)
POOP / crap
"deal with“ HANDLE, SOLVE, take- CARE-of, and/or PATIENCE
CONSTIPATION
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10. How do you deal with constipation? (SUPPOSE YOU CONSTIPATION, what-DO YOU?)
The right interpretation of "get rid of" depends on your meaning and the sentence. Some things are gotten ride of via throwing away. Others are “dissolved.” Others are “ flicked away.” (etc.)
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11. How do you get rid of a head- ache? (SUPPOSE YOU HEAD-ACHE, YOU DISSOLVE HOW?)
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CONCERN
12. What are you concerned about? =
(YOU CONCERN WHAT?)
"SYMPTOMS.“ HOW+, ITEMIZE, LOOK- LIKE, WHAT'S- UP?, etc.
The sign "HIT" can mean "to occur suddenly," "to impact," "to begin influencing"
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13. What are your symptoms? =
PROBLEMS WHAT? HIT ITEMIZE DESCRIBE
Hard of Hearing = HH
HH joke: Doctor: What are the symptoms? Patient: A funny yellow family on a TV cartoon.
Remedy = take care of solve
PREFER = FAVORITE =FAVOR = “my_type” (As in “He is not my type.”)
Blood-type = BLOOD TYPE = BLOOD T-Y-P-E
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14. What is your favorite remedy for sneezing? =
SUPPOSE YOU SNEEZE+ CONTINUE, YOU TRY STOP, HOW?
HEART-BEAT vs “a beating heart”
PULSE-take-pulse
HEART
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15. What is your pulse? =
(YOUR HEART heart- BEAT PULSE- [wrist], HOW FAST?)
A head cold = COLD- [sick].
"When was the last time that… =
"MOST RECENT WHEN?"
GET vs HIT-occur
“get sick” = HIT SICK
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16. (YOU COLD-[sick], MOST RECENT HIT- [occur] YOU WHEN?) …
16. When is the last time that you got a cold?
NEXT
APPOINTMENT
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17. YOUR NEXT DOCTOR APPOINTMENT WHEN?
FRONT
Desk = TABLE
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18. Where is the front desk? (FRONT TABLE WHERE?)
"receptionist" = SECRETARY [Many versions]
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19. Where is the receptionist? (SECRETARY WHERE?)
"A scratch" vs scratching
SCRATCHING vs ITCH
“Why?” = what-FOR?
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20. Why are you scratching yourself? (YOU SCRATCH what-FOR?)