I don’t have gynecological diseases, why should the doctor ask me about my menstrual history?

Just came out of school, the first thing to do when studying clinically is to write medical records. It happened that a patient came, and I took it for granted to ask about the medical history, asking as carefully as possible, for fear of missing important information about what. I came back to report the situation to the teacher. I thought the teacher would praise me. As a result, she asked: [What about the patient’s menstrual history? ] [Ah? What is menstrual history? ] [As a gynecologist, you don’t ask the patient’s menstrual history? ! ] I had to have the cheek to ask the patient again. At that time, I didn’t know how important my menstrual history was. I Read More …