Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of Campylobacter infection.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
Social history
- What is your profession?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- What symptoms have you noticed?
- How long have these symptoms been present?
- Do you suffer from diarrhea?
- If yes, how often do you need to go to the toilet?
- What does the bowel movement look like? Watery, bloody, mucous?
- Do you have abdominal pain? Is the abdominal pain pulling, colicky?
- Do you suffer from headaches, aching limbs?
- Do you have a fever? If so, what is the temperature?
- Do you have muscle, joint pain?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis
Self anamnesis incl. medication anamnesis
- Pre-existing conditions (diseases of the gastrointestinal tract).
- Operations (operations on the gastrointestinal tract).
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history
Medication history
- Long-term therapy with proton pump inhibitors (PPI; acid blockers) – esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole.
