Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of latent metabolic (metabolic-related) acidosis.
Family history
Social history
- What is your occupation?
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Have you noticed symptoms such as listlessness and fatigue?
- Do you suffer from poor concentration?
- How long has this symptomatology existed?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Do you eat a balanced and healthy diet? Or do you eat rather too much?
- What foods are part of your daily meals? (e.g. heaped: Meat, fish, eggs, milk, white flour products, fast food, carbonated soft drinks, sugar).
- Do you eat a lot of fruits and vegetables?
- Do you often go on diets?
- Do you like to drink coffee, black and green tea? If so, how many cups per day?
- Do you drink other or additional caffeinated beverages? If so, how much of each?
- 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.
