Due to the limited time of the meeting with the doctor and its passing quickly from the perspective of respected patients, and also due to the fact that often various discussions may be raised in this meeting (apparently unrelated but indirectly important for clinical judgment), it is better for this Prepare for the meeting in advance.
What information should you review (the day before the visit)? To make a more effective visit
What actions can you take the day before the visit? So that the doctor can get a better history and then give you the most suitable decision and treatment.
The following steps can help you have the best possible visit with your doctor:
Take a photo of your skin lesion and bring it with you when you see your doctor. And if the lesion is variable, take several photos, especially of special areas of the body that are not easy for the doctor and you to examine.
- Record a sound of your or your beloved child’s wheezing or acute respiratory condition and bring it with you when visiting the doctor.
- Write down all the symptoms you have had (preferably by specifying the time of their occurrence).
- These symptoms may even include symptoms that are not related to your visit to the doctor. and indirectly related
• Write down the times when your symptoms bother you the most. - For example, if your symptoms are worse at certain times of the day or in certain seasons, or when exposed to cold weather, pollen, or other irritants.
Because allergy diseases are attacks and its severity increases and decreases, it is important for the doctor to know how many attacks you had in a day and night, especially in a week before your visit (frequency or incidence rate).
The duration of each attack was several minutes/hours or several days
When we say that it is a severe disease that disrupts the normal process of life, whether it is in terms of sleeping/eating, activity and sports, or causing not to go to work, appointments, or school.
The effect of what hours of the day and night is very important in allergic diseases, for example, when we say that the night is worse, do we mean only when the weather gets dark, or when lying down first to sleep, or when sleeping is worse, but the disease wakes the person up in the middle of the night? or it wakes the person up early in the morning, or the attack starts after waking up normally in the morning.
The effect of a specific body position, such as lying on the back or sitting forward, which makes it better or worse, is important
The effect of mental conditions and having worry and anxiety on the development or worsening of the attack is very important
In addition to the type of food, the effect of eating and the weight of the stomach is important in an allergy attack
The impact of physical shocks such as impact pressure/cold/heat/moisture is important on allergies
Having a pet, or being interested in smoking and alcohol, etc., state any important stress or recent major changes in your life.
• Make a list of all the medications, vitamins, and supplements you take.
Bring the blood, urine, and stool tests and the results of the pathology samples, radiology photos, and their CDs, and especially the written answers to their reports, even up to a year before, and since it is related to your body, it is acceptable, and if there is a problem We will repeat again (so it is necessary to bring them with you)
• Go to the doctor with one of your family members or friends. Sometimes it is difficult to remember all the information that the doctor gives you during the appointment. The person who was with you may remember things that you have forgotten.