I completely refused at first when people first told me about it. I am only 20, I am single and trying to raise a two year old daughter, I have Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, along with many other illnesses that I have been trying to live with all my life.
family history(noun) part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases. family history(Noun) an extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated. family history(Noun) Information concerning the disorders suffered by the direct relatives of a patient; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
A family medical history is a record of health information about a person and his or her close relatives. A complete record includes information from three generations of relatives, including children, brothers and sisters, parents, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, grandparents, and cousins.he Office of the Surgeon General offers a tool called My Family Health Portrait that allows you to enter, print, and update your family health history. Information about collecting and recording a family medical history is also available from the National Society of Genetic Counselors.