Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of gastric cancer (stomach cancer).
Family history
- Is there a history of frequent gastrointestinal diseases or tumors in your family?
Social history
- What is your profession?
- Are they exposed to harmful agents in your profession?
Current medical history/systemic medical history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- Do you suffer from loss of appetite, poor performance or aversion to meat?
- Do you have upper abdominal discomfort (feeling of pressure and fullness)?
- Do you have difficulty swallowing?
- Have you noticed any black stools?
- Do you feel nauseous frequently?
- How long have these changes existed?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Have you unintentionally lost body weight? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Do you eat a balanced diet? Do you eat a lot of cured or smoked foods? A lot of fruits / vegetables?
- Do you like to drink coffee, black and green tea? If so, how many cups per day?
- Do you drink other or additional caffeinated beverages? If so, how much of each?
- Do you smoke? If yes, how many cigarettes, cigars or pipes per day?
- Do you drink alcohol? If yes, what drink(s) and how many glasses per day?
- Do you use drugs? If yes, what drugs and how often per day or per week?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Previous diseases (diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, tumor diseases, infections).
- Operations
- Allergies
- Environmental history (benzo(a)pyrene)
- Drug history
