Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of hemoptysis (hemoptysis).
Family history
- What is the general health 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).
- When did you first notice blood when you coughed?
- Please describe the manner of blood when you cough:
- Blood abundant* ?
- Blood scanty?
- Blood frothy?
- Blood admixtures: light red?, raspberry?, rusty brown?, black?
- Does blood ejection occur with each coughing burst?
- Is the coughing up blood caused by a very forceful cough?
- Has hemoptysis occurred more than once?
- Has the symptomatology occurred acutely?*
- Do you suffer from shortness of breath* ? Has this occurred acutely?*
- Have you noticed any other symptoms? Fever* , weight loss, etc.?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Have you noticed any change in appetite?
- Have you lost body weight unintentionally? If so, how many kilograms in what time?
- Do you smoke? If yes, 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 (cardiovascular diseases, infections, diseases of the respiratory system (eg, smoker’s catarrh), tumor diseases, trauma (injuries)).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history
- Medication history (anticoagulants/anti-hemorrhagic drugs)
* If this question has been answered with “Yes”, an immediate visit to the doctor is required! (Information without guarantee)
