Medical history (history of illness) is an important component in the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy type.
Family history
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family?
- Are there any neurological diseases in your family?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Life stage questions: up to 18 months of age.
- Please describe motor development as a function of age? [see below description depending on the month of life under “complaints – symptoms”]
- Was your child able to walk freely until 18 months of age?
- Did your child respond to calling his or her own name by 14 months of age?
- Did your child speak clearly recognizable strings of syllables (e.g., “dadada, “bababa”) by 14 months of age?
- Life stage questions: 3 to 5 years of life.
- Is there frequent falling – difficulty running/jumping/climbing stairs?
- Toe-tapping gait/waddling gait?
- Knee hyperextension while walking?
- Straightening from prone to standing occurs with the help of your own arms?
- Is there reduced physical endurance compared to peers?
- What other symptoms are present?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Is the child overweight overweight? Please give us the body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
Self-history
- Pre-existing conditions (unclear elevation of transaminases (see below laboratory diagnostics); hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism), pneumonia (pneumonia), heart failure (heart failure), lymphedema (proliferation of tissue fluid caused by damage to the lymphatic system), mental disorders).
- Operations
- Allergies
