1. Medical Signing Lesson 03

2. COMFORTABLE

3. "Are you…?"

4. *

5. 01. Are you comfortable? (YOU COMFORTABLE YOU?)

6. SWEAT vs SWEAT!

7. *

8. 02. Do you sweat a lot? (YOU SWEAT!? YOU?)

9. ANY

10. "Anyone" can sometimes be interpreted as ….

11. "any of them" or "ANY THEM"

12. The sign "HAVE" can often be dropped.

13. BLOOD- PRESSURE

14. HIGH- [general]

15. QM-wig = “Question mark wiggle”

16. QM-wig can be used to show incredulity.

17. QM-wig can also be used to clarify long sentences.

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19. 03. Does anyone in your family have high blood pressure? (YOUR FAMILY ANY THEY BLOOD- PRESSURE HIGH QM- wig?)

20. *

21. COUGH- [version_1] COUGH- [version_2]

22. BLOOD- [full_version] BLOOD- [abbreviated_vers ion]

23. 04. Have you ever coughed up blood? (YOU BEFORE COUGH COUGH, CL:5- "check_mouth" BLOOD, YOU?)

24. FEVER

25. 104-[one_oh_four- version] 104- [a_hundred_and_four- version]

26. *

27. 05. Have you ever had a 104 degree fever? (YOU BEFORE FEVER TEMPERATURE 104 YOU?)

28. "Have you ever…?" = "YOU BEFORE…" or "UP-TILL-NOW…" or "YOU FINISH…" etc.

29. BONE or POISON

30. BREAK- [general]

31. *

32. 06. Have you ever had a broken bone? (YOU BEFORE BREAK BONE YOU?)

33. "urine" = PEE

34. SAMPLE various ways to describe

35. *

36. 07. Have you ever had to give a urine sample? =

37. (YOU BEFORE DOCTOR, HOSPITAL, MUST URINE CUP YOU?)

38. SELL = sold

39. EXCHANGE = swap = change

40. BLOOD-DRAW = "give blood” "a blood sample” "draw-blood"

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42. 08. Have you ever sold your blood? (PAST YOU BLOOD BLOOD-DRAW EXCHANGE MONEY YOU?)

43. 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.

44. *

45. 09. Have you had a blood test before? (YOU BEFORE BLOOD TEST YOU?)

46. POOP / crap

47. "deal with“ HANDLE, SOLVE, take- CARE-of, and/or PATIENCE

48. CONSTIPATION

49. *

50. 10. How do you deal with constipation? (SUPPOSE YOU CONSTIPATION, what-DO YOU?)

51. 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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53. 11. How do you get rid of a head- ache? (SUPPOSE YOU HEAD-ACHE, YOU DISSOLVE HOW?)

54. *

55. CONCERN

56. 12. What are you concerned about? =

57. (YOU CONCERN WHAT?)

58. "SYMPTOMS.“ HOW+, ITEMIZE, LOOK- LIKE, WHAT'S- UP?, etc.

59. The sign "HIT" can mean "to occur suddenly," "to impact," "to begin influencing"

60. *

61. 13. What are your symptoms? =

62. PROBLEMS WHAT? HIT ITEMIZE DESCRIBE

63. Hard of Hearing = HH

64. HH joke: Doctor: What are the symptoms? Patient: A funny yellow family on a TV cartoon.

65. Remedy = take care of solve

66. PREFER = FAVORITE =FAVOR = “my_type” (As in “He is not my type.”)

67. Blood-type = BLOOD TYPE = BLOOD T-Y-P-E

68. *

69. 14. What is your favorite remedy for sneezing? =

70. SUPPOSE YOU SNEEZE+ CONTINUE, YOU TRY STOP, HOW?

71. HEART-BEAT vs “a beating heart”

72. PULSE-take-pulse

73. HEART

74. *

75. 15. What is your pulse? =

76. (YOUR HEART heart- BEAT PULSE- [wrist], HOW FAST?)

77. A head cold = COLD- [sick].

78. "When was the last time that… =

79. "MOST RECENT WHEN?"

80. GET vs HIT-occur

81. “get sick” = HIT SICK

82. *

83. 16. (YOU COLD-[sick], MOST RECENT HIT- [occur] YOU WHEN?) …

84. 16. When is the last time that you got a cold?

85. NEXT

86. APPOINTMENT

87. *

88. 17. YOUR NEXT DOCTOR APPOINTMENT WHEN?

89. FRONT

90. Desk = TABLE

91. *

92. 18. Where is the front desk? (FRONT TABLE WHERE?)

93. "receptionist" = SECRETARY [Many versions]

94. *

95. 19. Where is the receptionist? (SECRETARY WHERE?)

96. "A scratch" vs scratching

97. SCRATCHING vs ITCH

98. “Why?” = what-FOR?

99. *

100. 20. Why are you scratching yourself? (YOU SCRATCH what-FOR?)