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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Pain. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
Create your printable checklist by answering questions that your doctor may ask below:
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Why: to determine the site of the pain.
Why: e.g. aching, stabbing, burning, throbbing, constricting, gripping and cramp-like.
Why: e.g. a person with a peptic ulcer will have a persistent pain under the ribs in the midline but sometime the pain will radiate through the abdomen to the back; a person with angina or a heart attack will have a central crushing chest pain but sometimes the pain will radiate to the left side of the neck, jaw and left arm.
Why: e.g. begins at it's maximal intensity and remains at this level until it goes; increases gradually until it reaches a peak; begins at its peak and gradually declines; severity of the pain may fluctuate.
Why: e.g. gradually or suddenly.
Why: e.g. a certain position, movement, hot water bottle, food, medication.
Why: e.g. certain gut pains may be made worse by eating certain foods; muscle or joint pain may be made worse by joint movement, muscle exercise or posture.
Why: e.g. tuberculosis, diabetes, rheumatic fever, asthma, bleeding tendencies, tropical diseases, heart attack, stroke, sexually transmitted diseases.
Why: e.g. previous abdominal or pelvic surgery increases the risk of pelvic adhesions which may cause painful periods, pelvic pain, infertility and intestinal pain.
Why: e.g. asthma, heart attacks, stokes, diabetes, endometriosis, high cholesterol.
Why: If yes, nature and volume of the vomit and if it contains any blood?
Why: If yes, the amount, color, smell and presence of blood?
The following list of conditions have 'Pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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The following list of medical conditions have 'Pain'
or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.
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