今天主題是常見的輕微受傷和肌膚症狀 Common Minor Injuries and Skin Conditions～

🔥Skin Conditions 皮膚發炎狀況

▪︎rash 皮疹

任何皮膚疹子都可以叫rash，像是發炎，感染，過敏(allergy rash)，熱疹(heat rash) I developed a rash after using that product.

(develop在這裡是出現症狀的意思)

▪︎hives 尋麻疹

也叫 urticaria。

I broke out in hives after eating seafood.

(Break out in比develop更有症狀突然爆出來的感覺，爆痘=break out in acne)

▪︎ulcer 潰瘍(嘴破)

發音[ˈəlsər] 凹sir

I have a mouth ulcer, so it hurts when I eat.

▪︎stye 針眼 I have a stye on my eyelid. (眼皮)

🤕 Minor Injuries 輕微外傷

▪︎blister 水泡

不管是被燙傷、凍傷、新鞋子磨腳的水泡都可以叫blister

Why do you have a bandage on your foot?

My new shoes gave me a blister.

▪︎splinter 刺傷

splinter有碎片的意思，平常被竹籤、鉛筆、叉子之類的東西刺到的小傷口就叫splinter I got a splinter in my finger.

▪︎graze 擦傷

Graze指輕微的磨到而破皮，像是跌倒後膝蓋上有錯綜的一條一條割傷帶點血這種的cut and graze

I grazed my knee when I fell off my bike.

▪︎scrape 破皮

scrape本身有刮的意思，像是刮雪scrap the ice，scrape通常是有刮掉一層皮，會比graze來得更嚴重 I scraped my hand on the wall.

▪︎bruise 瘀青

也叫做contusion，通常是bump撞擊之後形成。

大家知道瘀青的處理口訣嗎?RICE！

Contusion (bruise) first aid involves the RICE method:

1.Rest the area 讓受傷部位休息

2.Ice - apply Ice (15–20 mins on/off)

冰敷 15～20 分鐘，之後拿掉休息（不要一直冰），再重複

3.Compress with a bandage to reduce swelling

用繃帶加壓，減少腫脹

4.Elevate above the heart

將受傷部位抬高至高於心臟位置

▪︎sprain 扭傷

扭傷也可以說twist(更口語一點)，sprain可當名詞動詞，twist通常不當名詞。 I sprained my ankle. = I twisted my ankle