#1- How many I help you today?
Answer: Tell the doctor why you are
there. Does something hurt? Have you been having some unusual symptoms? Are you
pregnant? Did you fall?
#2- Where do you feel pain?
Answer: Name the part(s) of the body
that is hurting you and when they hurt.
#3- What are your symptoms?
Answer: More specifically, what is
going on with your body? What do you feel? Common symptoms: dizziness, cough,
stomach ache, diarrhea, head ache, stomach ache, vertigo, constipation, sore
throat, sleeplessness, feeling bad, etc.
#4- How long has this been going on?
Answer: How many days or months have
your symptoms been going on? Give an estimate if you do not know exactly.
#5- Has the pain been getting better
or worse?
Answer: When do you feel the worst?
Is it always the same time of day? Does it hurt all of the time? After you do a
certain activity?
#6- Do you smoke? Do you take any
recreational drugs? Do you drink alcohol and how often?
Answer: Truthfully answer the
question. Your answer helps how the doctor makes his/her diagnosis. Also be
sure to tell the doctor how often/how much.
#7- Do you have a family history of
this?
Answer: The doctor wants to know if
something runs in your family. Tell the doctor if your parents, siblings or
grandparents had similar ailments. They often will ask you this about a list of
diseases; like: cancer, diabetes, hypertension, depression, anxiety, heart
problems, etc.
#8- Do you take any medicines or
supplements?
Answer: This helps the doctor know
if the symptoms that you are feeling are side effects of the medicine or not.
Supplements means: vitamins or herbs.
#9- Are you sexually active?
Answer: This helps the doctor know
if they should consider pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted diseases in their
possible diagnosis.
#10- Have you had any previous
surgeries?
Answer: Tell the doctor yes or no.
If you have had surgeries tell the doctor what kind and how long ago.
#11- Does it hurt when I push here?
Answer: During a physical exam the
doctor will touch or push on different parts of the body. Tell the doctor if
that area hurts when touched or not.
#12- Are you allergic to any
medicines?
Answer: If the doctor prescribes you
medicine they want to make sure you have not had a bad reaction to it in the
past.
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