【一起学英语】第20期|Gynaecological complaints（上篇）

A

D:What seems to be the problem?

P:Over the last few months my periods have been getting terribly painful.

D:Is this a new thing?

P:My abdomen is always a little bit sore in the first couple of days, but over the last few weeks, I’ve been getting really sore. I’ve been getting this terrible crampy feeling in my tummy and some back ache as well. It’s been coming on before the bleeding begins and it’s been so bad that I’ve had to have some days off from work over the last few months, I’ve also got another problem. I get so up-tight just before my period. I feel as though I could murder everyone.

D:That sounds typical of PMT-pre-menstrual tension. It’s difficult to treat but some people are helped by vitamin B12 or evening primrose oil. There are some self-help groups that you could join. The receptionist will give you a pamphlet if you ask her.

B

D:What seems to be the problem?

P:My period used to be quite light, Doctor, but they seem to have been getting much heavier recently.

D:Have you been passing any clots in them?

P:Well, the last few times there have been one or two quite big clots and sometimes it’s been soaking right through the pads and into my underwear and I’ve had to go and change quickly. It’s becoming really very embarrassing.

D:I see. Are your periods very painful at all?

P:Well, they’re worse than they used to be. But, the worst thing is really just this terrible bleeding. It’s caused me awful embarrassment and trouble.

C

D:Could you tell me when your last period was?

P:Well, Doctor, they’ve been a bit irregular. Sometimes they’re coming every two weeks, sometimes I’m not getting any for six or seven weeks, and when they do come they can be terrible heavy with flooding and passing clots for the first couple of days. I’m having to use sanitary towels and tampons sometimes, and they can be very very painful for the first two or three days and for the week beforehand.

D:Have your periods always been irregular or has this been something recent?

P:No, they were quite regular up until about a year ago and then they gradually began to go haywire.

D:Do you get any bleeding in between your period?

P:Yes, I sometimes get a little bit of spotting of blood just in the middle of my periods.