Skin Rash (Exanthema): Medical History

Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of exanthema (rash). Family history

  • Are there people with the same complaints in your family?

Social anamnesis

Current medical history/systemic medical history (somatic and psychological complaints).

  • What symptoms have you noticed?
  • Was the onset sudden or gradual?
  • On which parts of the body do the manifestations occur?
  • Have the appearances changed in shape, color, size, etc.?
  • Do you have in the area of skin changes:
    • Pain?
    • Burning?
    • Itching
  • How long have these changes been present?
  • Do the skin changes occur depending on the season?
  • Are there other symptoms such as fatigue, fever, sweating, fatigue, pain, lymph node enlargement, etc.?

Vegetative anamnesis incl. nutritional anamnesis.

Self anamnesis incl. medication anamnesis

Medication history

1 Type I allergy (immediate type)2 Type III allergy (Arthus phenomenon)3 Type IV allergy (allergic late-type reaction)/allergic contact dermatitis4 Type IV allergy (allergic late-type reaction)/Lichen ruber-like or psoriasiform AME5 Type IV allergy (allergic late-type reaction)/blistering AME6 Fixed drug exanthema.

The list of drugs represents only the most common triggers. There is no claim to completeness. Environmental history

  • Cosmetics
  • Sun
  • Vapors
  • Dusts