Facial Injuries: Preparing For Your Appointment
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Preparing For Your Appointment
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
You can help your health professional diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions:
- When did your injury occur?
- What caused your injury?
- What are your main symptoms?
- What have you done so far to treat your injury?
- Have you had a facial injury in the past?
- Was your injury evaluated by a health professional?
- What was the diagnosis?
- How was your injury treated?
- Do you have any continuing problems because of the previous injury?
- Was this injury from abuse caused by another person?
- Was the use of alcohol or drugs involved in your injury?
- What home treatment measures have you tried? Did they help?
- What prescription or nonprescription medicines do you take?
- Do you have any health risks?
| Last updated: | May 15, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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