Medical history (history of illness) represents an important component in the diagnosis of tongue pain (glossalgia).
Family history
- What is the general health of your relatives?
- 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 have the complaints existed?
- Have you noticed any trigger for the symptomatology?
- Did you notice any change in the mucosa?
- Have you noticed this discomfort in the past?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Have you lost body weight unintentionally in the recent past? If so, how many kilograms 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 (diseases of the gastrointestinal tract).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Vaccination status
- Allergies
Medication history
- Acetylsalicylic acid
- Mouthwashes
- Reserpine
