11. HISTORY TAKING
• Current smoker?
• Past smoker?
• How many years?
• Cigarettes/ roll-ups / cigars?
• How many per day?
• Who lives at home – partner? Children?
• Stairs at home?
• Need help with housework, shopping, cooking?
• Do you drink alcohol?
• What? Wine? Beer?
• How much?
• Calculate units/week
12. Couple of questions for each body system e.g:
• Fits, faints, funny turns
• Headaches
• Vision problems
• Shortness of Breath (SOB)
• Cough – blood (red flag)
• Chest pain
• “Heart fluttering” (palpitations)
• Ankle swelling
• Change in bowel habits – blood (red flag)
• Nausea or vomiting
• Weight loss – red flag
• Change in waterworks
• Blood in urine
• Menstrual problems
• Joint or muscle pain
• Skin rashes
• Lumps or bumps
HISTORY TAKING
16. HISTORY TAKING
Symptoms that may indicate
serious underlying condition
Different for each body system
e.g. coughing-up blood
(haemoptysis) and lung cancer
17. HISTORY TAKING
“I’d like to ask you about ….”
• Your general health
• Your previous health
• Your background
• etc
WHY?
Patient and examiner
know you have a structure