Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of fatigue.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
Social history
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- How long have you been suffering from fatigue?
- Do you have any other complaints, such as:
- Chronic pain of unclear origin* ?
- Exhaustion?
- Fever?
- Weight loss* ?
- Pain in the limbs?
- Cold feeling?
- Drop in performance?
- Lymph node enlargement?* If so, where?
- Fatigue?
- Feeling of weakness?
- Feeling unwell
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Are you underweight? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm). [please record only if under causes underweight is written.
- Do you suffer from loss of appetite?
- Has your appetite changed?
- Do you suffer from insomnia?
- Difficulty falling asleep?
- Trouble sleeping through the night?
- Shortened sleep duration?
- Do you smoke? If so, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day? If you are now a non-smoker: When did you quit smoking and how many years did you smoke?
- Do you drink alcohol? If so, what drink(s) and how many glasses of it 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 (disease of the respiratory system, blood or blood-forming organs, cardiovascular system, for infections, neoplasm (tumor disease), kidney disease and rheumatological diseases).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history
* If this question has been answered with “Yes”, an immediate visit to the doctor is required! (Information without guarantee)
