Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of enthesopathies (inflammatory disorders of tendons, tendon attachments to bone, bursae, and joint capsules) of the upper extremity (including hand; foot).
Family history
- Are there frequent musculoskeletal disorders in your family?
Social history
- What is your profession?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Are you experiencing pain? If yes, when does the pain occur? How long has the pain been present?
- Where is the pain localized?
- Do you have any pain-related functional limitation of the affected joints?
- Is the pain activity-dependent?
- Was there a precipitating event? Accident? Fall?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you participate in sports? If yes, which sport discipline(s) and how often weekly?
Self history including medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (diseases of the musculoskeletal system).
- Operations
- Allergies
Medication history
- Quinolones/fluoroquinolones/gyrase inhibitors (ciprofloxacin) → tendinitis (tendonitis).
