When you don’t know what your symptoms mean, do you go straight to Google? Most people do and that’s perfectly understandable. Considering how easy it is to search online for “headache in the morning” instead of going to the doctor’s office, wait in line (big sigh) and pay a fee, it’s easy to see why people would rather consult Dr. Google than an actual doctor. Diagnosing yourself through an online symptom checker and Googling all your symptoms, hoping for the correct answer in a forum are practices that have become quite common today. People are turning to Google’s alleged “clinical eye” for their bill of health or, at the very least, a peek into what they might potentially be suffering from. A medical hotline has even been recently launched here in the Philippines to cater to people who prefer not to come face-to-face with a doctor just yet. But does [...]
