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In all seriousness, it would be a good idea for the private sector to sell more at-home kits for people to diagnose themselves. There are pregnancy test kits, why not other kits?
I’ve diagnosed my children a few times with things the doctors missed. Not using science - only using the internet. So many people are empowered now by the internet. Of course, on the flip side, a hypochondriac might take things too far.
Ya, they should have strep swaps for parents so they can use them at home ...
The term "cyberchondriac" has been around for a number of years now....
I’ve used the internet to diagnose lots of problems — a hernia, a chalazion, pityriasis rosea and other things in myself, and a genetic deletion disorder (22q or DiGeorge syndrome) in my wife, which had been completely overlooked by her cardiologist and other doctors. In fact her cardiologist, who is actually very good overall, gave us bad advice on having kids (3% risk of problems instead of 50%) because he didn’t realize there was a mutation.