Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of calf pain.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
Social history
- What is your profession?
- Are you exposed to harmful working substances in your profession?
Current medical history/systemic medical 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:
- Occurring only at night?
- Sudden or slowly increasing?
- A wrong movement or an overload?
- After an accident?
- By what does the pain increase:
- Load-dependent?
- At rest?
- At night ?
- 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?
- Have you noticed any swelling of the calf? Any overheating of the calf?
- Do you suffer from a general feeling of illness?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you participate in sports? If yes, which sport discipline(s) and how often weekly?
Self history including medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history (lead; strychnine)
- Drug history
* If this question has been answered with “Yes”, an immediate visit to the doctor is required! (Information without guarantee)
