OET Speaking Card 18

Profession: Medicine

Card Type: After Examination

Description:

This 45-year-old patient presents with a five-day history of simple upper respiratory symptoms. This morning he/she noticed a vesicular rash on the upper left chest wall, on the skin over the fifth rib. He/she had chickenpox in childhood. You have just examined the patient. You diagnose herpes zoster (shingles).