Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of pallor.
Family history
- What is the general health of your relatives?
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).
- How long have you been suffering from pallor?
- Do you suffer from:
- Fatigue?
- Fever?
- Pain in the limbs?
- Hypotension (low blood pressure)?
- Chest pain* ?
- Small-spot capillary bleeding in the skin or mucous membranes* ?
- Headache?
- Tachycardia (heartbeat too fast: > 100 beats per minute)* ?
- Tongue pain?
- Do you suffer from any other complaints? If so, from which? And since when?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.
- Are you underweight? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Do you smoke? If yes, 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 (disease of the respiratory system, blood or blood-forming organs, nutrition and metabolic diseases, skin disease (eg neurodermatitis), diseases of the cardiovascular system, infectious diseases (eg tuberculosis), neoplasms or tumor diseases, disease of the genitourinary system, injuries and poisonings).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history [e.g. hazardous substances?]
* If this question has been answered with “Yes”, an immediate visit to the doctor is required! (Information without guarantee)
