TAKING A HISTORY

   Exercise I: Match.

   

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   |1. bowels     |A. the organs of the body through which urine is passed                      |
   |              |                                                                             |
   |2. indigestion|B. a slight stinging feeling                                                 |
   |              |                                                                             |
   |3. waterworks |C. a flow of blood for a few days each month from the  body of a woman when  |
   |              |she is not pregnant                                                          |
   |4. period     |                                                                             |
   |              |D. breathing noisily and with difficulty                                     |
   |              |                                                                             |
   |              |E. an abnormally larger/rounder place on the body                            |
   |5. palpitation|                                                                             |
   |              |F. intestines                                                                |
   |6. swelling   |                                                                             |
   |              |G. rapid beating of the heart                                                |
   |7. wheezing   |                                                                             |
   |              |H. pain caused by difficulty in digesting food                               |
   |8. tingling   |                                                                             |
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   Exercise II: What do the abbreviations in the first column stand for?

   

   Exercise III: In which order are the systems being discussed?

   

   Exercise IV: Which system(s) does the patient complain about? Put a tick for each system.

   

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   |    SYSTEM     |          ORDER          |        COMPLAINT        |      NO COMPLAINT      |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |      ENT      |                         |                         |                        |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |      RS       |                         |                         |                        |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |      CVS      |                         |                         |                        |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |      GIS      |                         |                         |                        |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |      GUS      |                         |                         |                        |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |      CNS      |                         |                         |                        |
   |---------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
   |  Psychiatric  |                         |                         |                        |
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   Exercise V: Complete the questions the doctor asked the patient.

   

   1. Do _____ _____ _____ _____ with your stomach or bowels?

   2. _____ your appetite _____?

   3. _____ _____ with your waterworks?

   4. _____ _____ coughs or wheezing or shortness of breath?

   5. _____ _____ _____ any weakness or tingling in your limbs?

   6. _____ _____ of mood have you been in recently?