Patient History Taking in Medicine

Allergy history is important to avoid potentially fatal allergic reactions to medications or foods.

Allergies should be recorded in red ink on the history sheet for easy identification.

Personal history should include habits like smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, and marital status.

<p>Information about parents' health helps assess genetic predispositions to diseases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vaccinations include diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, smallpox, and tuberculosis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Addressing a patient by name helps establish rapport and provides them with psychological comfort before and after surgery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cystic hygroma and cleft lip are two congenital anomalies that present since birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Persistent urachus and branchial cyst are congenital anomalies that may present later in life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acute arthritis and Wilms' tumor of the kidney are diseases commonly found in infants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sarcomas are the type of tumors that commonly affect teenagers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Appendicitis is most commonly seen in girls between the ages of 14 to 25.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carcinoma of the penis is rare in Jews and Muslims due to their religious practice of circumcision in infancy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intussusception has been observed in Muslims after Ramadan fasting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient complaints should be recorded in chronological order of their appearance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Accurate documentation helps understand when each symptom started, which is crucial for diagnosis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The patient should be asked if they were completely well before the onset of their current symptoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They may provide important diagnostic clues that could affect the overall assessment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It should include the mode of onset, progression of symptoms, and previous treatments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Leading questions may influence the patient's response, leading to inaccurate or biased information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Negative answers help rule out certain diagnoses, refining the focus for further investigation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Past illnesses such as diabetes, tuberculosis, and rheumatic fever should be noted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tuberculosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Workers in aniline dye factories</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enlargement of the olecranon bursa seen in students</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bankura district of West Bengal</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Kangri cancer' is a type of abdominal cancer found in Kashmir.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Footballers and miners</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Allows for future correspondence and follow-up with the patient.

Patient complaints should be recorded in the order they appeared.

Accurately ask when each symptom started to record its duration.

Ask the patient if they were completely well before current symptoms.

Previously ignored complaints may provide important diagnostic clues.

Starts from the first symptom and extends to the examination time.

Helps identify previous illnesses related to the current condition.

Important for diagnosis and treatment planning, including anesthesia considerations.

Allergy history is crucial to avoid potentially fatal allergic reactions to medications or foods.

Allergies should be recorded in red ink on the history sheet for easy identification.

Personal history should include habits like smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, and marital status.

Includes regularity, pain, duration, last menstrual period, pregnancies, miscarriages, delivery methods, and white discharge.

Diseases with familial tendencies include fissure-in-ano, piles, breast cancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, and hypertension.

Addressing patients by name builds rapport and psychological comfort before and after surgery.

Congenital anomalies like cystic hygroma and cleft lip appear at birth.

Anomalies such as persistent urachus can present later in life.

Common diseases in infants include acute arthritis and Wilms' tumor.

Sarcomas are tumors that frequently affect teenagers.

Appendicitis is commonly seen in girls aged 14 to 25.

Carcinomas primarily affect individuals over 40 years old.

Acute appendicitis is more common in higher social classes.

A disease more common in low social status individuals due to malnutrition and poor living conditions.

Swollen veins commonly seen in bus conductors due to prolonged standing.

Cancer risk increased among workers in aniline dye factories.

Cancer more commonly observed in chimney sweepers and those exposed to tar.

Enlargement of the olecranon bursa seen in students due to frequent leaning.

Prepatellar bursitis caused by prolonged kneeling, commonly found in housemaids.

A parasitic disease most common in Odisha, India.

'Kangri cancer' is abdominal cancer in Kashmir caused by a warming pot of charcoal.