Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of paresthesias (paraesthesias).
Family history
- What is the general health of your relatives?
- Are there any diseases in your family that are common?
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family?
Social history
- What is your profession?
- Are you exposed to harmful working substances in your profession?
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- How long have the sensory disturbances existed?
- Did the symptomatology occur acutely?
- Where are the insensations localized?
- Does the localization change or do the misperceptions always stay in one place?
- Please describe the paraesthesia: Formication, furry feeling, etc.?
- Did you experience any other symptoms such as headaches, gait disturbances, impaired consciousness, visual disturbances, etc.?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you smoke? If yes, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol more often? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses of it per day?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, which drugs and how often per day or per week?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (neurological diseases, diabetes mellitus, alcohol dependence).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Pregnancies
- Environmental history
Medication history
- Antiepileptic drugs
- KCNQ2/3 opener (retigabine).
- Calcimimetic (etelcalcetide)
- Carboanhydrase inhibitors, systemic (acetazolamide, dichlorophenamide, methazolamide).