Family Medical History

FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY

It's time to be your own historian! Use this medical family tree to help trace your health history.

Family Tree Chart

Print out this family tree, fill it in, and bring it along to all your doctors' appointments.

For both of your biological parents and both sets of grandparents, make sure to include birth and death locations, lifetime diseases and conditions (use the list below as a reference), causes of death and ages at times of death.

Diseases and Medical Conditions
PHYSICAL HEALTH:

Heart Disease Congestive Heart Failure Heart Attack High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Stroke Cancer Bladder Cancer Bone Cancer Brain Cancer Brain Tumors Breast Cancer Cancer of the Esophagus Cancer of the Tongue Cancer of the Uterus Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Endometriosis Hodgkin's Disease Lung Cancer Lymph Leukemia Ovarian Cancer Prostate Cancer Throat Cancer Thyroid Cancer	Adrenal Disorders Aids/HIV ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Alzheimer's Appendicitis Arthritis Asthma Autism Blindness Bronchitis Cerebral Palsy Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Migraines Chronic Pain Crohn's Disease Cystic Fibrosis Deafness DES Syndrome Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes Type 2 Down's Syndrome Emphysema Encephalitis Epilepsy Fibramyalgia Gallbladder Disorder Glaucoma Gout Hemophilia Hepatitis Hyperthyroid	Adrenal Disorders (cont) Hypothyroid Incontinence Infectious Mononucleosis Infertility Influenza Jaundice Kidney Disorders Lupus Lyme Disease Malaria Melanoma Miscarriage Multiple Sclerosis Muscular Dystrophy Osteoporosis Pancreatic Disorders Parkinson's Pneumonia Polio Raynaud's Syndrome Retina Disorders Scarlet Fever Scoliosis Sickle Cell Disorders SIDS Smallpox Spinal Bifida Thyroid disorders Tuberculosis Viral Meningitis

EMOTIONAL/SPIRITUAL HEALTH:

Abandonment Adult children of Alcoholics Alcoholism Anger Disorders Anorexia Anxiety Disorders Attention Deficit Disorder Binge Drinking Binge Eating	Bipolar Disorders Bulimia Depression Drug Addiction Hyperactivity Kleptomania Memory Loss Mental Abuse Obesity	Obsessive/Compulsive Physical Abuse Rape Schizophrenia Sexual Abuse Sleep Disorders Smoking Suicide Unwanted Pregnancy

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