What Is Medical History? A medical history or anamnesis (Greek
anamnesis = recalling) is a summary of your symptoms, past
diseases, therapies, medical investigations and diagnoses
(personal medical history), and chronic diseases running in your
family (family medical history), as you reveal them to your
doctor (Picture 1). Picture 1. Collect all important details
about your health problem and reveal them to your doctor Below
questionnaire may help you to recall all details, which may help
your doctor to give you a correct diagnosis and treatment.
Medical History Questionnaire 1. Basic Data Sex, age, height,
weight, occupation, marital status. 2. Current Symptoms a) Your
main current symptom (the one you have right now) with exact
description: - What exactly is your main symptom and how severe
it is: does it prevent you to eat, sleep, walk, etc.? - Where
exactly does the symptom appear, and, if pain, does it radiate
to other parts of the body? - When did the symptom appear the
first time, did it appear slowly