The medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of arm pain.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
Social history
- What is 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).
- Where exactly is the pain localized?
- What is the character of the pain? Sharp? Dull?
- How did the discomfort start:
- Suddenly or slowly increasing?
- A wrong movement or an overload?
- After an accident?
- By what does the pain increase:
- Load-dependent (indications of possible degenerative changes)?
- At rest?
- At night (inflammatory cause)* ?
- Provocation by a typical movement?
- In the case of professional activity?
- In sports?
- On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is very mild and 10 is very severe, how severe is the pain?
- Is there any limitation of movement of the affected arm?
- Are there other symptoms such as sensory disturbances or paralysis of the arm?
- Do you also suffer from chest pain and / or shortness of breath?* .
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you participate in sports? If yes, then indicate the sports discipline.
Self history incl. medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (musculoskeletal disorders, internal diseases).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Medication history
* If this question has been answered with “Yes”, an immediate visit to the doctor is required! (Information without guarantee)
