Medical history (history of illness) is an important component in the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Family History
- What is the general health status of your family members?
- Are there any diseases in your family that are common?
Social anamnesis
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Do you have increased thirst?
- Do you need to urinate very frequently? How often?
- Do you often feel tired, exhausted?
- Do you suffer from visual disturbances?
- Have you noticed any skin changes? Boils? Itching? Delayed wound healing?
- Skin lesions such as furunculosis (inflammation of multiple hair follicles).
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Has your appetite changed?
- Has your body weight changed unintentionally?
- 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.
- Pre-existing conditions (infections)
- Operations
- Allergies
- Environmental history (particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide exposure; nitrosamines).
- Medication history
