Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of jaundice (jaundice).
Family history
- Is there a history of frequent liver/gallbladder disease in your family?
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family (e.g. Meulengracht’s disease, Wilson’s disease, etc.)?
Social history
- What is your profession?
- Are you exposed to harmful working substances in your profession?
Current medical history/systemic medical history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- In which parts of the body have you noticed yellowing? (Skin, sclerae/eyes)
- How long has this lasted?
- Have you noticed any additional symptoms such as fever, pain?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Have you lost body weight unintentionally?
- Have you noticed any changes in bowel movements and/or urination (amount, color, frequency)?
- Do you smoke? If yes, 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 (diseases of the liver and gall bladder).
- Operations
- Allergies
- Environmental history (phenols, fungal poisoning).
Drug history
- Antipsychotics (neuroleptics)
- Conventional (Classical) Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics)
- Tricyclic neuroleptics – phenothiazines (drugs such as chlorpromazine, which are used to treat psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, among other conditions)
- Conventional (Classical) Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics)
- Isoniazid (antibiotic from the group of tuberculostatics/drugs used in the therapy of tuberculosis).
- Hormones
- Anabolic steroids (synthetic derivatives of the male sex hormone testosterone).
- Sex hormones
- Methyldopa (antihypertensive drug/drugs used in the therapy of hypertension).
- Paracetamol overdose (analgesic; pain reliever).
- Quinacrine – former antimalarial drug.
- Thyrostatic drugs – drugs such as thiamazole, used for example in hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid).