Apr 13, 2017 15:41
7 yrs ago
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Swedish term

kli

Swedish to English Medical Medical (general)
Used in a questionnaire immediately after "klåda", hence my query:

"Hur mycket klåda, ”kli”, ömhet eller smärta har du upplevt i huden under den senaste veckan?"

I've thought of "irritation" for "klåda" and "itch" (or "itching") for "kli", but I would appreciate suggestions before I scratch that particular itch.

Proposed translations

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itching

Your suggestion is as good as any..... :)
Peer comment(s):

agree George Hopkins
14 hrs
agree Michele Fauble
23 hrs
agree Cynthia Coan
1 day 21 hrs
agree Deane Goltermann
3 days 21 hrs
agree Helen Johnson
4 days
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1 day 8 hrs

tingling?

In this questionnaire, patients are being asked about different types of physical discomfort they might have experienced. Itching is "klåda" and "kli" is scratching. It seems redundant to me. Perhaps you could ask the author if the tingling sensation often subsumed under paresthesia (as an example, the sensation when your leg or arm "falls asleep") could be "kli" in this questionnaire. Usually that should be "pirra", but since we have "klåda" and "kli" right next to each other, this seems to make better sense, both linguistically and medically. Otherwise one might simply have to merge the two words "klåda" and "kli" into itching.
Example sentence:

How much itching, tingling, tenderness or pain...

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3 days 18 hrs

irritation

I think I would say itch or itching or itchiness for klåda and irritation for kli. This is based on a sense that klåda is a longer lasting state of itchiness than kli, which feels like something that is more of a sudden, temporary irritation. Perhaps.
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