Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of freezing.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
Social anamnesis
Current medical history/systemic medical history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- How long have you been cold?
- Are you cold all over or locally, i.e., for example, in the area of one leg?
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?
- 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 (infectious diseases, thyroid dysfunction (eg, hypothyroidism/ hypothyroidism), peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD)).
- Surgeries
- Radiotherapy
- Allergies
