Aurora tiene dolor de barriga.
Medical Spanish for healthcare providers: dialogue 19
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19. Aurora tiene dolor de barriga. (Aurora has abdominal pain.)
Aurora: ¡Ay doctora! Yo no sé que me está pasando. Tengo un dolor de barriga terrible.
(Ay, doctor. I don't know what is happening to me. I have a terrible pain in the belly.)
Doctora: ¿Hay algún sitio del abdomen que te duela más? ¿Has tenido alguna otra cosa?
(Is there any place of the abdomen that hurts you most? Have you had any thing else?) Note: "Has tenido" is a good example of the present perfect tense, "have you had."
Aurora: Bueno, me duele de lado a lado, y he tenido muchas náuseas con vómitos verdosos.
(Well, it hurts me from side to side, and I have had much nausea and greenish vomit.)
Doctora: ¿Has tenido esto antes?
(Have you had this before?)
Aurora: Sí, una vez tuve algo parecido, pero no vomité tantas veces. Me hicieron los exámenes y un ultrasonido abdominal, pero no apareció nada.
(Yes, once I had something similar, but I didn't vomit so many times. They did to me the examinations and an abdominal ultrasound, but did not appear nothing.) Note: The double negative sounds funny in English, but that is indeed correct grammar in Spanish.
Doctora: Bueno, esta vez haremos una rutina diagnóstica similar. ¿Has tenido fiebre?
(Well, this time we will do a similar diagnostic routine. Have you had fever?)
Aurora: Sí, dos veces, que se quitaron con ibuprofeno, pero el medicamento no ha servido para calmar el dolor.
(Yes, two times, that they were taken away with ibuprofen, but the medicine has not served to calm the pain.)
Doctora: ¿Has tenido excesos en la comida o en la bebida recientemente?
(Have you had excesses in the food or in the drink recently?)
Aurora: Bueno, sí. Estos últimos fines de semana he estado cometiendo algunos excesos, especialmente con las bebidas alcohólicas.
(Well, yes. These last few weekends, I have been committing some excesses, especially with the alcoholic drinks.)
Doctora: Por lo que describes, tendremos que descartar una pancreatitis. Si el diagnóstico se confirma, tendremos que dejarte aquí en el hospital, para chequearte continuamente hasta que la inflamación haya mejorado.
(By the thing that you describe, we will have to rule out pancreatitis. If the diagnosis is confirmed, we will have to leave you here in the hospital, to check you continuously until the inflammation has improved.) Note: Observe how "lo" is translated as "the thing" in this sentence. Also note that "haya mejorado" is the present perfect subjunctive tense.
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Notice: This page is not for providing medical advice or medical information, but only for helping people to communicate in Spanish. If you have a health problem, consult your doctor.