Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
Family history
- What is the general health status of your relatives?
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family?
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).
- Have you noticed any changes such as fatigue, pallor, or general feeling of illness?
- Do you suffer from loss of appetite and weight loss?
- Have you noticed an increased tendency to bleed?
- Do you have a fever or other signs of infection?
- Do you suffer from night sweats?
- Do you have bone pain?
- Do you have upper abdominal discomfort?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Are you overweight? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Has your appetite changed?
- Do you smoke? If so, how many cigarettes, cigars, or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses 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 (tumor diseases)
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Allergies
- Environmental history (ionizing radiation, benzene).
- Drug history
