Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of Perthes disease.
Family history
- Does your family have a history of frequent skeletal system disorders?
Social history
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- What changes have you noticed in your child?
- How long have these changes existed?
- Does the child report hip or knee pain?
- When does this pain occur? At rest, under stress, or as a start-up pain?
- Does your child limp?
- Is he lazy to walk? Quick to tire?
Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis
Eigenanamnese incl. medication anamnesis
- Pre-existing conditions (diseases of the skeletal system).
- Operations
- Allergies
- Medication history
