Medical history (history of the patient) represents an important component in the diagnosis of actinic keratosis (AK).
Family history
Social history
- What is your occupation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints)?
- Have you noticed any changes in the skin?
- Where exactly are the changes located?
- Since when do these changes exist?
- Did the changes develop over a long time or did they occur suddenly?
- Are there multiple affected areas of the skin?
- Are/were they frequently exposed to the sun?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis
Self anamnesis incl. medication anamnesis
- Pre-existing conditions
- Operations
- Allergies
- Medication history (long-term immunosuppression?)
- Environmental history
Environmental anamnesis
- Damage to the skin by UV radiation (UVA, UVB; sun; solarium); recognized occupational disease (occupational disease list, BK list) in the presence of multiple actinic keratoses of the skin due to UV radiation.
- Infrared radiation
- X-ray radiation/ionizing radiation
- Anthracene
- Arsenic
- Benzpyrene
- Crude kerosene wax
- Carbon black
- Tar products (lignite tar/lignite workers) and other hydrocarbons.
