Medical history (history of illness) is an important component in the diagnosis of urinary bladder pain.
Family history
- Is there a history of frequent kidney and urinary tract disease in your family?
Social history
- Is there any evidence of psychosocial stress or strain due to your family situation?
Current medical history/systemic history (somatic and psychological complaints).
- What complaints have you noticed?
- How long have these changes existed?
- Do you suffer from urinary urgency?
- How often do you have to urinate every day?
- Do you pass large amounts of urine in the process?
- Has the urine changed in color, consistency and quantity?
- Do you have any other complaints such as abdominal pain?
- Do you suffer from incontinence (inability to hold urine)?
Vegetative anamnesis including nutritional anamnesis.
- Have you lost body weight? Please tell us your body weight (in kg) and height (in cm).
- Has your bowel movement changed? In quantity, consistency, admixtures? Does it come to pain in the process?
- 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 per day?
Self history incl. medication history.
- Previous diseases (tumor diseases, diseases of the urinary tract).
- Operations
- Radiotherapy
- Allergies
- Medication history
