A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin and mucous membranes [moist hands].
- Auscultation (listening) of the heart [sinus tachycardia (heartbeat too fast (> 100 beats per minute))]
- Auscultation of the lungs [tachypnea (increased respiratory rate), breathing difficulties]
- Palpation (palpation) of the abdomen (abdomen) (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, defensive tension?, hernial orifices?, renal bearing knocking pain?)
- Inspection (viewing).
- If necessary, ENT medical examination [due topossible secondary diseases: Hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), vertigo (dizziness)]
- Neurological examination [due todifferential diagnoses: acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, burnout syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)][due topossible sequelae:
- Alcohol dependence
- Burnout syndrome
- Cephalgia (headache), unspecified
- Depression
- Insomnia (sleep disorders)
- Migraine
- Orgasm disorder
- Somatoform disorders (form of mental illness that leads to physical symptoms without the need to collect physical findings) – especially functional pain syndromes, especially cephalgia (headache).
- Tension headache
- Tobacco addiction]
- Health Check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
