“Am I having a heart attack? Or the mole on my face is an onset of melanoma? My self-diagnosis concludes I must be because the symptoms match what I found on GOOGLE”. Probably when visited a doctor, it might reveal as a hiccup or just an acne!
This tendency is not only misleading for patients but increases the burden on treating physicians with unrealistic question baked with half-hearted knowledge from the internet. The easy availability of health information on the web has certainly helped countless people make educated decisions about their health and medical treatment, but it can be disastrous for people who are likely to worry. Thanks to the internet, Cyberchondria , a new condition on a rise that is the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptomology based on the review of search results and literature online. It's an unwise practice Using the internet to self-diagnose…
