points in the history
Last reviewed 01/2018
The history in these circumstances must include details of:
- the patient's symptoms
- what hazards the patient has been exposed to:
- contact with infected individuals
- travel
- drug history including non-prescribed medication
- alcohol
- recent illness, surgery, trauma, medical intervention
- animal contact - sick parrot
- unusual food - unpasteurized milk
- has the patient ever injected drugs
- tattoos
- infected/sexual contacts
- anyone else with the same problem
- country of origin and endemic/epidemic diseases
- past vaccinations
- how ill is the patient
- previous psychiatric history