The medical history (history of the patient) represents an important component in the diagnosis of penile pain.
Family history
- What is the general health of your family members?
- Are there any diseases in your family that are common?
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family?
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 has the pain been present?
- Was there a trigger for the pain?
- Do you have pain when you urinate?
- Do you have discharge from the urethra?
- Do you have changes in the skin in the area of your complaints?
- Do you have erection problems that are new?
- Do you also have pain in the area of the anus (anus)?
- What other symptoms have you noticed?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Have you lost body weight unintentionally in the recent past? If so, how much weight in what time?
- Do you smoke? If yes, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol more often? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses of it per day?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, which drugs and how often per day or per week?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (urological diseases; infectious diseases).
- Surgeries (surgeries on the urinary and genital apparatus).
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history
- Medication history
