On health history questionnaires, why do they ask if you've ever had surgery?
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There are several reasons. It gives the doctors an overview of your health. For example, if you're a woman and you've had ovaries removed or a hysterectomy they can then rule out problems in those areas before treating someone. If a person is young and has had lots of plastic surgery, then the person could have an emotional problem. It also denotes where there might be scar tissue which is left after surgery. Most importantly, it's an insurance thing. If you neglect to mention something that proves to be important later on, the doctor will be protected if you didn't mention it. Always be honest. They've seen and heard everything.
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Generally, it is just a good question to ask during a health history, but there are certain reasons that you may be asked about it.
One reason is that if you are complaining of some sort of pain it is important to know what should not be causing the pain. For example, right lower quadrant pain is not appendicitis is a patient with a prior appendectomy.
Second, some families have a disorder that causes them to have a bad reaction to certain anesthetics. It is important to know this if you might be going into surgery, especially if you have had this reaction in the past.
Third, this could also be used to screen for a bleeding disorder. For example when you had your wisdom teeth out, did you end up being admitted to the hospital and getting transfusions.
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