Table 6.

Flammer syndrome checklist

1. Do you suffer from cold hands or feet (possibly also in the summer) or have other people ever told you that your hands are cold?

2. Do you feel cold when you sit down quietly for some time or when you are not moving?

3. Do you have or have you ever had a low blood pressure?

4. Do you ever feel dizzy when you suddenly stand up from a lying down (or resting) position?

5. Do you need a relatively long time to fall asleep (e.g., when you are cold)?

6. How is your feeling of thirst?

7. How often do you have a headache?

8. In case you suffer from migraines, do you have accompanying symptoms (e.g., visual disturbances, transient altered sensation [e.g., itching] in your arms or in your legs etc.?)

9. If you have to take medications (other than painkillers), do you have the feeling that you react strongly to them and/or that you would feel better if you would take a lower dose than that which is normally prescribed?

10. Do you suffer from any type of pain (for which you would have to take pain killers)?

11. How well can you smell? Can you smell things that other people do not smell or that others smell to a lesser extent?

12. Please mark the following: At 20–30 years of age, I was …(slim, normal, overweight)

13. If you had to judge yourself (e.g., in your work), would you say that you are particularly reliable with a tendency towards perfectionism?

14. Have you had phases in your life in which you had ringing in your ear (tinnitus)?

15. Have you noticed reversible blotches (white or red) on your skin when you were excited or angry (e.g., during stress)?

Reprinted with the courtesy of Prof. Josef Flammer, University of Basel Eye Hospital, Switzerland