If doctors would talk to their patients, they wouldn’t be so prone to seek info elsewhere. The docs can’t have it both ways.
OK fine. Now I’m gonna google my doctor and see if he likes that any better. LOL
The medical establishment is way too trigger happy to use words like, 'hypochondria' and never, "We don't know." IF they were better with correct diagnosis AND cure or alleviation of symptoms, people would not need to diagnose themselves.
Yeah, its not like doctors ever misdiagnose their patients.
As it has ever been, the priestly class finds it easier to function with an ignorant laity.
Yikes. I have it!
Agree with most comments so far.
A “general practitioner” is an oxymoron. Some good research on the Internet can teach you more about a specific condition than a “general practitioner” knows about it.
Of course, docs are crazy happy if a patient googles anxiety and then self-diagnoses.
Under Obamacare, GoogleHealthc are will become everyones primary care provider. To be able to see an actual human physician, you’ll need to be pre-approved and “escalated”.
I had to stop watching House. Almost killed me.
Thank God for the Internet. I was able to diagnose myself with a systemic candida infection after my general practitioner and my obgyn told me it was just post partem depression. They pushed pills on me that didn’t work, and then tried to push more pills to help the first pills work better. Sheesh. Also, when I was having trouble getting pregnant I was able to research all info and talk to my obgyn like a pro. Instead of trying for a year and then start the testing, we were able to go straight to the testing because of all the information that I had recorded about myself.
As far as I’m concerned, they can bite me..............they’re getting like lawyers, dragging out every problem and rakeing in the money. I’ve been to four different types of practioners concerning a skin disorder and have not found any relief from any of them.
Then I researched it thoroughly on Google, and decided that what I have is a calcium deficiency. And adding calcium worked, within a week.
In a world where HMOs dictate that a physician has to see a patient every 10 minutes or get booted, nobody has time to read two or three pages of colloidal-silver and vitamin C drivel reprinted from the Internet. Very short reprints that are clearly relevant and based on sound science may be helpful once in a blue moon, but most of it is a waste of time and effort. Sorry, but until a time machine is invented, that’s the way it’s going to be.
They probably should add to stop taking advice from people who give medical information on infomercials or through multi marketing scams.
If my doctor felt this way I would find another doctor. Why would a doctor want an ignorant patient?
I’ll never google for symptoms again. Your big toe could be hurting, and if you look up the ‘symptoms’ online, within 15 minutes you’ll be convinced that you’re gonna die from some rare terminal illness.
Shut up, doctors, or you will be repairing some minor abrasions to yer freakin' jaw.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I was sure I didn’t want chemotherapy and began googling to validate my position.
Well...It generally changed my mind, but moving on to assess which type of chemo would be best for me, led me to several erroneous conclusions.
Turns out I was all set on a course that would likely have killed me (monoclonal antibodies), as it contains mouse cells and my allergic reaction would have had dire results.
The doc recommended low-dose cisplatin and that worked GREAT!
There are no text book answers for cancer and you’d better start by listening to the doc.
Yes, it’s good to be informed, but don’t think you’re going to replace 10-12 years of focused education w google!
BtD: "Not this time, Doc. I got these pains, see, and I been on the Interwebs so I know what it is..."
Doc: (resignedly) "OK, I'll bite. What is it?"
BtD: "Ovarian cysts."
Doc: "Yeah, right." (Shakes a few pills out of a bottle) "Here, take two of these and call me in the morning."
BtD: "Thanks, Doc! Say, that label says 'KCN' - whazzat?"
Doc: "Oh, it's just a brand name. Very popular in Germany."
BtD: "Thanks, Doc!" (Sound of door thumping shut behind him)
Doc: "Especially with the Nazi high command, as the Russians were closing in..."