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English Conversation Questions on Diseases, Illnesses and Treatment
- What do you think are the most common illnesses?
- Have you ever had a serious illness?
- Which illnesses are you really afraid of?
- As a child if you remember, or as a parent, did you have to cure measles, chicken-pox, mumps or scarlet fever?
- How do you usually treat children with chicken-pox?
- Do you think it is serious to catch chicken-pox when you are an adult?
- What is the most common infectious disease in your country?
- How would you treat somebody with a flu or a cold?
- Have you ever had a problem with your appendix?
- Do you know anyone who had acute appendicitis?
- Are you afraid of catching AIDS?
- Do you know anybody who got AIDS?
- Do you think we will be able to cure AIDS one day in the future?
- How can you prevent yourself from getting AIDS?
- Do you know anybody who had problems with SARS?
- In which continents do you think there is a risk of getting typhoid?
- Do you know anything about vaccinations typical for travelers to tropical areas of Africa or Asia?
More ESL Conversation Questions on Health
- Health: Aging, getting old, getting young
- Health: Allergies and allergic reactions
- Health: Alternative medicine, placebos and stuff
- Health: Backache and headache
- Health: Blood, blood donation and bleeding
- Health: Cold, flu, pneumonia, antibiotics
- Health: COVID-19, global pandemic
- Health: Diseases, illnesses and treatment
- Health: Doctors, good and bad doctors, nurses
- Health: Drugs, addictions and chocolate
- Health: Health care system
- Health: Healthy and unhealthy lifestyle
- Health: Hygiene, cleaning and smelling good
- Health: Injuries, common injuries and awkward injuries
- Health: Organs and damaging them
- Health: Sleeping well, insomnia
- Health: Smoking cigarettes, cigars and other stuff
- Health: Stomach ache, diarrhea, throwing up, food poisoning
- Health: Teeth, dentists, tooth decays and vampire teeth
- Health: Vaccines, injections