Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Lessons

Intermediate 24: Doctor’s visit – High Blood Pressure


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So how does a doctor know if we have high blood pressure because of diet, exercise, and health, or high blood pressure because we are nervous about being in a doctor’s office? In the end, we’ve got to take care of the high blood pressure, and in today’s lesson the doctor is taking the steps necessary to do so. Whether you say “hypertension” or “high pressure” we’ll give you the Portuguese to talk about how to make you feel better.

Dialogue

Sara: Ai Doutor, essa dor de cabeça está me matando, e de noite não durmo nada.
Doutor: Há quanto tempo que essas dores começaram Dona Sara?
Sara: Faz quase dois meses agora, mas nessas últimas duas semanas tem sido bem mais fortes.
Doutor: Como assim, descreva as dores para mim.
Sara: Bom, é mais ou menos como uma pressão, como se a cabeça explodisse, especialmente aqui atrás dos olhos.
Doutor: Bom, deixa eu ver, a enfermeira já checou a sua pressão e estava 160/100. Parece que você está com hipertensão, e podemos começar com o programa de medicamento para controlar isso.
Sara: Doutor, claro, estou um pouco nervosa, quando venho pra cá pra ver o senhor, mas não creio que eu esteja com hipertensão, não. É que eu fico nervosa.
Doutor: Claro, muita gente fica nervosa quando tem consulta médica, mas lembra que sua pressão já era alta as últimas duas vezes que você esteve aqui. E eu já lhe disse que teríamos que dar uma olhada nisso.
Sara: É isso doutor, eu fico nervosa cada vez que venho aqui.
Doutor: Eu sei Dona Sara, mas não queremos correr o risco de você ter um ataque cardíaco.
Sara: Concordo doutor, e pra falar a verdade a hipertensão é comum em nossa família.
Doutor: Exato, vamos começar com esse programa de medicamento, e em duas semanas vamos checar a pressão outra vez.
Sara: Está bem doutor, obrigada pela ajuda.


Sara: Ay Doctor, this headache is killing me, and at night I can’t sleep at all.
Doutor: How long ago did these pains begin, Sara?
Sara: It’s been almost two months now, but in the past few weeks it has been much stronger.
Doutor: What do you mean, describe the pains for me.
Sara: Well, it’s more or less like a pressure, as if my head were to explode, especially here behind the eyes.
Doutor: Well, let me see, the nurse has already checked your blood pressure and it was 160/100. It seems that you have hypertension, and we can begin a medication regiment to control that.
Sara: Doctor, of course, I am a little nervous whenever I come to see you, but I don’t believe that I have high blood pressure. It’s just that I get nervous.
Doutor: Of course, many people get nervous when the have a doctor’s appointment, but remember that your pressure was already high the last two times you were here. And I already told you that we’d have to take a look at this.
Sara: That it doctor, I get nervous every time I come here.
Doutor: I know Sara, but we don’t want to run the risk of you having a heart attack.
Sara: I agree doctor, and to tell you the truth high blood pressure is common in our family.
Doutor: Exactly, let’s begin medication regiment and in two week we will check your blood pressure again.
Sara: OK doctor, thanks for the help.
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