Medical History Check List:
*Repeated antibiotics during
childhood:_____
*Acne during teen years:_____
*Recurrent urinary infections:_____
*Frequent Vaginitis:_____
*Jock itch:_____
*Sexual dysfunction:_____
*Fatigue, headache, depression:_____
*Visits to many different
physicians:_____
*Digestive symptoms:_____
*Crave sweets:_____
*Feel sick all over:_____
Section A: History
1. Have you taken tetracyclines or other antibiotics for acne for
1 month (or longer)? 35 points
2. Have you at any time in your life taken broad-spectrum
antibiotics or other antibacterial medications for respiratory,
urinary or other infections for two months or longer, or in shorter
courses four or more times in one year? 35 points
3. Have you taken a broad-spectrum antibiotic drug-even in a
single dose? 6 points
4. Have you at any time in your life, been bothered by persistent
prostatitis, vaginitis, or other problems affecting your reproductive
organs? 25 points
5. Are you bothered by memory or concentration problems-do you
sometimes feel spaced out? 20 points
6. Do you feel "sick all over" yet, in spite of
visits to many different physicians, the causes have no been
found? 20 points
7. Have you been pregnant...2 or more times? 5 points
one time? 3 points
8. Have you taken birth control pills...
for more than two years? 15 points
for six months to two years? 8 points
9. Have you taken steroids orally, by injection or inhalation...
for more than two weeks? 15 points
for two weeks or less? 6 points
10. Does exposure to perfumes, insecticides, and other chemicals
provoke...
moderate to severe symptoms? 20 points
mild symptoms? 5 points
11. Does tobacco smoke really bother you? 10 points
12. Are your symptoms worse on damp, muggy days, or in moldy
places? 20 points
13. Have you had athlete's foot, ring worm, jock itch, or other
chronic fungal infections of the skin or nails? Have such infections
been...
severe or persistent? 20 points
mild to moderate? 10 points
14. Do you crave sugar? 10 points
Total Score, Section A ______
Section B: Major Symptoms
Does Not Apply=0 points
Mild Or Occasional=3 points
Moderate Or Frequent=6 points
Severe Or Disabling=9 points
1. Fatigue or lethargy_____
2. Feeling of being drained_____
3. Depression or manic depression_____
4. Numbness, burning or tingling_____
5. Headache_____
6. Muscle aches_____
7. Muscle weakness or paralysis_____
8. Pain and/or swelling in joints_____
9. Abdominal pain_____
10.Constipation and/or diarrhea_____
11. Bloating, belching or intestinal gas_____
12. troublesome vaginal burning, itching or discharge_____
13. Prostatitis_____
14. Impotence_____
15. Loss of sexual desire or feeling_____
16. Endometriosis or infertility_____
17. Cramps and/or other menstrual irregularities_____
18. Premenstrual tension_____
19. Attacks of anxiety or
crying_____
20. Cold hands or feet, low body temperature_____
21. Hypothyroidism_____
22. Shaking or irritable when hungry_____
23. Cystitis or interstitial cystitis (bladder inflammation)_____
Total Score, Section B _______
Section C, Other Symptoms
Does Not Apply=0 points
Mild Or Occasional=1 point
Moderate Or Frequent=2 points
Severe Or Disabling=3 points
1. Drowsiness, including inappropriate drowsiness_____
2. irritability_____
3. uncoordination_____
4. Frequent mood swings_____
5. Insomnia_____
6. Dizziness/loss of balance_____
7. Pressure above ears...feeling of head swelling_____
8. Sinus problems...tenderness of cheekbones or forehead_____
9. Tendency to bruise easily_____
10. Eczema, itching eyes_____
11. Psoriasis_____
12. Chronic hives (urticaria)_____
13. Indigestion or heartburn_____
14. Sensitivity to milk, wheat, corn or other common foods_____
15. Mucus in stools_____
16. Recta or erratic vision_____
17. Burning or tearing eyes_____
18. Recurrent infections or fluid in ears_____
19. Ear pain or deafness_____
Total Score, Section C _______
Total Score, Section A _______
Total Score, Section B _______
Total Score, Section C _______
Grand Total Score _______
*If score is MORE THAN 180 in women
and MORE THAN 140 in men, systemic yeast is almost certainly present
*If score is MORE THAN 120 in women
and MORE THAN 90 in men, systemic yeast is probably present.
* If score is MORE THAN 60 in
women and MORE THAN 40 in men, systemic yeast is possibly present.
*With scores LESS THAN 60 in women
and LESS THAN 40 in men, systemic yeast is less likely to cause
health problems.