Anamnesis - what is it?

In translation from Greek, "anamnesis" is a memory. The meaning of this word regarding medicine is information about the current and past state of health of the patient, the study of the factors affecting it. The anamnesis is carried out by the doctors at the first treatment of the patient and, in most cases, after it is diagnosed. The information received from the patient helps not only to determine the cause of the disease and illness without any further procedures and studies, but also to prescribe the necessary treatment. Thus, the anamnesis (what it is, we discussed above) is a universal diagnostic method used in any field of medicine. This article is devoted to a story about him.

History (anamnesis) of the disease

In case of an anamnesis of the disease, the attending physician can reveal:

• The date of onset of the illness and how it started;
• Course of the current;
• What diagnostic methods have already been applied and what it was possible to find out;
• What was the treatment and what are its results.

About the general picture of the disease allows you to learn anamnesis. What does this give the doctor? As mentioned earlier, a patient interview gives an initial idea of what ailment is at stake. If the patient has addressed the described symptoms for the first time, the doctor asks questions about what he did to eliminate them. If the symptoms are repeated, the doctor will know from the client how frequent they are (exacerbations, relapses, etc.), what was the treatment when they first appeared. Anamnesis of the disease gives the doctor the necessary information for diagnosis.

History (anamnesis) of life

The patient's story about his life, habits, allows you to determine the cause of the symptoms. Anamnesis (which is an effective diagnostic tool, is proved more than once) is collected as follows:

1. General information:

• Place of birth (it is possible that the disease is caused by territorial peculiarities);
• Presence of premorbid conditions;
• Age of the parents at the time of the patient's birth;
• Course of the course of pregnancy (the threat of miscarriage, the transferred diseases) and childbirth;
• Living conditions in childhood;
• Degree of mental and physical development;
• puberty.

2. Information on the transferred diseases and infections:

• Infectious diseases in childhood;
• Congenital diseases;
• Catarrhal diseases and complications caused by them.

And:

1. Information on contact with toxic and harmful substances (for example, at work).
2. Information about bad habits (alcohol, nicotine and drug addiction).
3. Information about the health of parents.

Anamnesis of life helps the doctor to know the conditions of the disease and its causes.

conclusions

Based on the findings, the physician determines:

• Affected organs or body systems;
• Date of onset of the disease;
• Its nature, form (acute, chronic, subacute);
• Course of the disease (exacerbation, stabilization, improvement);
• Causes that triggered the development of the disease;
• Methods of treatment (drugs, therapy);
• Results of treatment.

Thus, we can summarize: anamnesis (what it is, we learned at the very beginning of the article) gives an almost complete picture of the development and progression of the disease.