Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

The Science of Stress | Unveiling Secrets_ The Hidden Cards in Patient Care

22 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD narrates a monologue emphasizing the role of broad intake questions in understanding patient stress and overall health. He highlights that clinicians should treat birth history and childhood exposures (mode of delivery, prematurity, birth trauma, feeding method, pediatric antibiotic use) as important context alongside medical history, symptoms, allergies, and medications.

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I feel like most of them are pretty transparent and open, but clearly some are still holding their cards a little close to their chest. And in these intakes, I review that section as importantly as I review their medical history, as importantly as I review their symptoms and their allergies and their medications. I think all of it's good. I think all of it's helpful, and all of it tells me more about the global nature of that individual. But it's anything from birth history. Were you vaginal or were you a C section? Were you premature? Did you have nuchal cord? Was it traumatic? If they know these answers, were you breast or bottle fed? Did you have a lot of antibiotics as a child?