Medical history (history of illness) is an important component in the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Family history
- What is the general health status of your family members?
- Do you have a history of cancer in your family?
Social anamnesis
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Have you noticed any changes such as fatigue, pallor?
- Have you noticed an increased tendency to bleed?
- Do you have a fever or other signs of infection?
- Do you suffer from sweating?
- Do you suffer from shortness of breath?*
- Have you noticed any lymph node swelling(s)? If so, are they painful?
- Do you suffer from headaches, bone or joint pain?
- How long have these changes existed?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Are you overweight? Give us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Has your appetite changed?
- Have you noticed any unwanted change in weight?
- Have you noticed any changes in digestion and/or water excretion?
- Do you suffer from sleep disturbances?
- Do you smoke? If yes, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, what drugs and how often per day or per week?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Previous diseases (previous tumor diseases: e.g., myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/acquired clonal diseases of the bone marrow, which is associated with a disorder of hematopoiesis (blood formation)).
- Surgery (previous tumor surgery).
- Radiotherapy
- Allergies
- Environmental history (radiation exposure, especially in combination with the administration of alkylanzien (cytostatics); benzene; exposure to petroleum products, paints, ethylene oxides; formaldehyde?; herbicides; pesticides).
Medication history
- Azathioprine
- Prior chemotherapy, especially with alkylants as well as topoisomerase II inhibitors (anthracyclines, anthraquinones, epipodophylotoxins).
* If this question has been answered with “Yes”, an immediate visit to the doctor is required! (Data without guarantee)