“For a number of reasons, most medical professionals aren’t too happy about the self-diagnosis trend. It isn’t simply a matter of loss of control or an undermining of their authority though online medical searches—it can mess with the diagnostic process, because the results can suggest rare or morbid conditions to patients, which in turn can prompt the appearance of new “symptoms.” You search online for “sore throat,” for instance, and find yourself engrossed and horrified by descriptions of esophageal cancer. Your anxiety escalates.”
Googling our medical symptoms is making us sicker
http://qz.com/773031/googling-our-medical-symptoms-is-making-us-sicker/
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Googling our medical symptoms is making us sicker
http://qz.com/773031/googling-our-medical-symptoms-is-making-us-sicker/
via Instapaper
