Bolivia situation guide
Allergies, reactions, and the doctor
This mission is about escalation language: reporting an allergy or a reaction clearly and asking whether you should see a doctor. Use neutral words like síntoma and reacción and placeholder words for your own allergies rather than sharing real health data in practice. Your role is to report what happened and ask, not to interpret symptoms or decide how urgent it is; the pharmacist or médico judges that. If you are told it is urgente, knowing how to ask for emergencias helps you get there fast.
Essential vocabulary
- efecto secundario: side effect Lets you ask if a reaction could be expected.
- alergia: allergy Flag this before anything is given to you.
- reacción: reaction The word to report what happened to you.
- urgente: urgent Helps you signal something needs fast help.
- médico: doctor The person to ask for when in doubt.
- síntoma: symptom A neutral word to describe what you feel.
Bolivian Spanish terms
- me cayó mal: it didn't agree with me Everyday way to report a bad reaction.
- emergencias: emergency department Where to go for an urgent medical problem.
Useful phrases
- Tengo alergia a…: I am allergic to [allergen]… Warn about an allergy clearly.
- Tuve una reacción.: I had a reaction. Report that something happened after taking it.
- ¿Esto puede ser un efecto secundario?: Could this be a side effect? Ask the pharmacist or doctor to assess it.
- ¿Debo ir al médico?: Should I go to a doctor? Ask whether to escalate to a doctor.
- ¿Dónde está emergencias?: Where is the emergency department? Find urgent care quickly if you are told to go.
Learn this in the app
At the Pharmacy in Bolivia, Practical Spanish