In medicine, a family history consists of information about disorders that a patient's direct blood relatives have suffered from.

In medicina l'anamnesi familiare indica tutte le informazioni riguardanti i disturbi di cui hanno sofferto i parenti prossimi del paziente.

Genealogy typically includes very little of the medical history of the family, but the medical history could be considered a specific subset of the total history of a family.

Generalmente la genealogia comprende ben poco della storia medica di una famiglia mentre la storia medica potrebbe essere considerata uno specifico sottoinsieme di tutta la storia familiare.

Uses

Usi

Although often neglected, many doctors glean information on family morbidity of particular diseases (e.g. cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, cancer) to appreciate whether a person is at risk for developing similar problems.

Sebbene spesso l'anamnesi familiare sia trascurata, molti medici raccolgono minuziosamente informazioni sulla morbilità di particolari malattie (ad esempio malattie cardiovascolari, disturbi autoimmuni, diabete, cancro), per valutare se una persona corre il rischio di sviluppare problemi similari.

Family histories may be imprecise because of various possible reasons:

Le anamnesi familiari possono essere imprecise a causa di diverse possibili ragioni:

- Adoption or illegitimacy

- Adozione o illegittimità

- Lack of contact between close relatives

- Mancanza di contatto tra parenti stretti

- Uncertainty about the relative's exact diagnosis

- Incertezza circa la diagnosi esatta riguardante il parente prossimo

In complex situations, a family tree may be necessary to cover the necessary aspects.

In situazioni complesse, può essere indispensabile un albero genealogico per coprire tutti gli aspetti necessari.

Consequences

Conseguenze

Not all positive family histories imply a genetic cause.

Non tutte le anamnesi familiari positive comportano una causa genetica.

If various members of the same family have been exposed to the same toxin, then they may develop similar symptoms without a genetic cause.

Se diversi membri di una stessa famiglia sono stati esposti allo stesso agente tossico, allora essi possono sviluppare sintomi simili senza che ci sia una causa genetica.

If a patient has a strong family history of a particular disorder (or group of disorders), this will generally lead to a lower threshold for investigating symptoms.

Se l'anamnesi familiare di un paziente riguardo ad un particolare disturbo (o ad un gruppo di disturbi) è decisamente positiva, ciò comporterà una minore propensione ad indagare altre possibili cause della sintomatologia.
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Se un paziente ha una forte storia familiare di un particolare disturbo (o gruppo di disturbi), ciò generalmente comporterà una soglia più bassa per investigare i sintomi.

In diseases with a known hereditary component, many healthy people are now tested early to prevent the symptoms from developing.

Attualmente, in malattie con una componente ereditaria nota, molte persone sane sono testate in anticipo per prevenire lo sviluppo di sintomi.

This has become accepted in cystic fibrosis, hemochromatosis and various other disorders.

Questa procedura è diventata routine per la fibrosi cistica, l'emocromatosi e diversi altri disturbi.

In medicine, a family history consists of information about disorders that a patient's direct blood relatives have suffered from.

Genealogy typically includes very little of the medical history of the family, but the medical history could be considered a specific subset of the total history of a family.

Uses

Although often neglected, many doctors glean information on family morbidity of particular diseases (e.g. cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, cancer) to appreciate whether a person is at risk for developing similar problems.

Family histories may be imprecise because of various possible reasons:

- Adoption or illegitimacy

- Lack of contact between close relatives

- Uncertainty about the relative's exact diagnosis

In complex situations, a family tree may be necessary to cover the necessary aspects.

Consequences

Not all positive family histories imply a genetic cause.

If various members of the same family have been exposed to the same toxin, then they may develop similar symptoms without a genetic cause.

If a patient has a strong family history of a particular disorder (or group of disorders), this will generally lead to a lower threshold for investigating symptoms.

In diseases with a known hereditary component, many healthy people are now tested early to prevent the symptoms from developing.

This has become accepted in cystic fibrosis, hemochromatosis and various other disorders.