Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of senility (frailty of old age).
Family history
- What is the general health of your relatives?
- Are there any diseases in your family that are common? (Tumor diseases, metabolic and vascular diseases, and psychiatric diseases, etc.).
- Are there any hereditary diseases in your family?
Social history
- Were you exposed to harmful agents in your job?
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- What is their physical condition? Same?, Better?, Worse?
- What is their mental state? Same?, Better?, Worse?
- What changes have you noticed?
- Forgetfulness or memory problems?
- Depressive moods?
- Decreased performance?
- Decreasing muscle strength?
- Back and joint pain?
- Decreased desire for sexual intercourse (libido disorders)?
- Decrease in sexual performance?
- Drying of the skin with wrinkling?
- Do you trip easily? If so, have you ever injured yourself in the process?
- Do you have to get up at night to urinate? If yes, how often?
- Do you suffer from shortness of breath?
- Do you have a cough?
- Have you noticed any changes in your sensory organs? (Hearing, sight, smell, taste, etc.).
- Do you have a swallowing disorder?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Has your body weight changed recently? How fast has your body weight changed? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Do you suffer from loss of appetite?
- Do you drink enough? How much have you drunk today?
- Are there any changes in digestion and/or urination?
- Do you get enough exercise every day?
- Do you suffer from insomnia?
- Difficulty falling asleep?
- Trouble sleeping through the night?
- Shortened sleep duration?
- Do you smoke? If so, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses of it per day?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Pre-existing conditions (obesity, atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries), depression, diabetes mellitus, periodontal disease).
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
- Environmental history