Google Doctor

I have a friend that diagnosis himself far too much.

His nickname is google doctor as he is constantly looking up things on google to self diagnose, he is so bad that yesterday he went to the hospital because he read on some site that dark yellow pee can be the start of cancer.

I know how deadly cancer is and it is no joke, but really... would it not be better of him to drink plenty of water and then double check the next day to see if he was dehydrated, or go see the doctor... A&E (really)...

He went on the piss a few months back woke up with a feeling of a numb elbow, what happened he ended up A&E with an ECG. after he read on google it might be the start of a heart attack.

I just wonder is this self diagnosis is really a good thing? of course it is good to know symptoms to be careful but living with the worry of what it might be in my opinion is not right, stress is a killer so why be stressed about something that might not be anything?

Do not get me wrong, I keep marine fish and one time my black urchin spiked me and almost instantly I could not feel my hand right, and had these dark black marks in my skin that would not come out... I crapped myself got google doctoring lol and found the best thing to do was piss on it lol as it could go septic - Well I did that lol, and funny it started feeling better lol.

We all are guilty but where does it stop lol

Mick

people who use google to diagnose every little thing end up dead just like everyone else, they just dont enjoy life as much as those who live 'normally' lol

you can imagine the number of doctors visits which start with 'well I google'd my symptoms and it said that it may be something serious....'

Mick said:

I keep marine fish and one time my black urchin spiked me and almost instantly I could not feel my hand right, and had these dark black marks in my skin that would not come out... I crapped myself got google doctoring lol and found the best thing to do was piss on it lol as it could go septic - Well I did that lol, and funny it started feeling better lol.

We all are guilty but where does it stop lol

Mick

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Would it still work if I pissed on my goldfish @Mick?. :err:

miggy said:

Would it still work if I pissed on my goldfish @Mick?. :err:

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Why not lol

I can name all of the structures of the elbow and have particular knowledge of ulnar neuropathy .

I did need an operation though, and that was from reading proper medical books online.

I think looking symptoms up but only if they are persistent. A colleague and I come across some medical diagnosis site (he was worried about his liver LOL - He's a proper hypochondriac) and I'm sure whatever you clicked on in the end it would tell you you had cancer. It was like some algorithm that learned from previous searches patterns I think. If I can find it I'll post it .

I know about hernia ops...lol

I have to admit I do Google symptoms from time to time and, taken in context I think it can be useful. I do try to ignore American sites- they have you dead if you have an ingrowing toenail! And Yahoo Answers, what a load of sh*te!
I actually asked my GP the other day waht he thought of people self-diagnosing, his raised eyebrow said enough.

As Trevortron said, can be useful in moderation but just needs a bit of common sense. Doesn't help when you've got adverts on the TV saying if you've got a cough it's probably nothing.. oh, but it might be cancer!

Having said that, my GP practice is so useless I might be better off on the internet. One of the GP's asked me what I did for a living and when I said I worked in IT he asked me how to delete porn from his internet history on the office PC. The other muppet who speaks about as much comprehensible English as Joey Essex, spends so long looking at his screen, I think he's fookin Googling it.

its bad you end up with somthing like what you read ,but is not the ill ness,but by the same you end up with hypo disorder (hypochondriac)calling wolf and if you do end up with a real thing they will just send you away to die ,lol sad but true.

Concerned in Essex...

Suffering from fatigue, could be diabetes or lung cancer. Also, may have IBS. My sight is not so good, floaters, must have cataracts and my ears! Ffs, what is wrong with my ears?

Oh, bit older, ear wax syringed, floaters normal, fatigue due to assuming can still do stuff like 20, IBS reduced by staying off the p*ss!

Erm, okay, sarky. Seriously though, you have to take this stuff as a guideline. A friend read Google, assumed skin cancer and went into panic mode. The only redeeming feature was a trip to the Doc proved otherwise.

It's a guide, if worried see your GP

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My sight is not so good, floaters

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Nothing worse than a lingering floater you have to beat down with a stick, or a double flusher as I like to call them..... oh hang on, thought we'd changed subject :blushing:

The risks of a vitrectomy are very scary. Most retina doctors will not perform this for floaters because of these risks. Patients suffering from floaters travel far to have this surgery done and take on the risks in the hope of being able to see clearly again.

Risks:

You are GUARANTEED an early accelerated cataract. This means another operation to replace the lens of your eye.

Other risks include, but are not limited to:

Infection
Bleeding
Retinal detachment
Retinal tear
Poor vision
High pressure in the eye (glaucoma)
Blindness

The medical community needs another option for patients suffering from floaters. Please consider donating today to this very important research. We need to find an option which will not result in cataracts and possible permanent blindness.

it will not harm you.