The medical history (history of the patient) represents an important component in the diagnosis of knee joint effusion.
Family history
Social history
- What is your occupation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Are you experiencing pain? If yes, when does the pain occur?
- Where is the pain localized?
- Do you have a pain-related functional limitation of the knee joint?
- Have you noticed an increase in circumference, overheating and/or redness of the joint?
- Was there a trigger for the symptomatology? Accident? Injection?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you participate in sports? If yes, which sport discipline(s) and how often weekly?
Self history including medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (injuries)
- Operations
- Allergies
- Medication history
