Why is it important to develop a case history of physical symptoms of each patient to be used along with the physical tests performed on the patientâs urine specimen? A thorough history will ensure that nothing is missed and will allow critical pieces of information to be exchanged between various health care professionals Certain physical symptoms will prompt that certain questions be asked and their answers included as they may represent pertinent positive negative or positive data. In short, a good, well-contructed history will allow other physicians to formulate their own differential diagnoses and will include the pertinent information on which to base the differential
