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Complaint Question
Ex:. Duration-10 hours How long has it been bothering you?

1. Quality-sharp, aching
2. Prior episodes-hepatitis at age of three

3. Relevant family history-mother has had
gall bladder removed
4. Habits-drinker

5. Tobacco-yes-1 1/2 ppd x 20 yrs

3. Practice these expressions from case histories. Look at the following
cases and then use the questions studied in this lesson to obtain the
history of the patients.

1. Chu X X, a 22-year-old female patient, unmarried, a worker, was admitted on Dec.12,
2004, with chief complaints of polyarthritis followed by exertional palpitation and dyspnea
off and on for eight years, which has been exacerbated in the last two weeks and
accompanied by edema and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
2.

SURNAME Lee FIRST NAME Sara

AGE 36 SEX M MARITAL STATUS D
OCCUPTION Civil servant

PRESENT COMPLANT
frontal headaches many years, lasting 1-2 days every month.

Worse in a.m.