Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis.
Family History
- Are there any diseases of the bones and joints in your family that are common?
- What is the general health of your relatives?
Social history
- What is your profession?
- Do you have heavy physical workload in your job?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Do you have pain in the joint(s)?
- Start-up and run-in pain?
- Fatigue pain?
- Pain at rest?
- Continuous and night pain?
- Do you suffer from joint stiffness or a feeling of tightness in the joint(s)?
- Do you have loss of function in the joint(s)?
- Do you have any other symptoms such as joint noises, sensitivity to wetness or cold?
- Do you suffer from muscle tension?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis
- Are you overweight? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Do you exercise enough every day?
- Do you engage in competitive sports?
- 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 (bone and joint diseases).
- Operations
- Allergies
- Medication history
