Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of acute rhinitis (rhinitis).
Family history
- What is the current health status of your relatives?
Social history
- What is your profession?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- How long has the rhinitis been present?
- Do you suffer from a stuffy nose?
- What are the additional symptoms?
- Difficulty breathing
- Deterioration of olfactory and gustatory perception
- General feeling of illness
- Head pressure
- Irritative cough
- Eye tears
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you get enough exercise every day?
- Do you smoke? If so, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
Self history including medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (allergies, ENT disorders, immunosuppression).
- Operations
- Allergies
- Environmental history (chemical or physical noxae).
- Medication history
Medication history
- Immunosuppressants – drugs used to suppress the body’s defenses.
- Cytostatics (substances that inhibit cell growth or cell division).
