You Should Google Your Health Symptoms

You may have read many warnings not to Google your symptoms. This I say it's wrong information. Nobody should tell you not to Google your symptoms. It doesn't make any sense. When you've read further you realise they never said you should not Google your symptom. What they are saying is never try to diagnose using Google from your symptoms.

Never Google Your Health Symptoms

Do you know so many reasons diagnosing yourself using your symptoms on Google is bad. Googling the diagnosis of your symptom can lead to a lot of different illnesses or diseases. This information can be complicated. You could overestimate your symptoms or underestimate it.  In both cases. It is dangerous.

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But if it is wrong to Google your symptoms, then who are online blogs made for. In that case, definitely not for the layman. This is not true. Because there are so many blogs on Google written in simple language for the layman. They have been written with the layman in mind to enable them to understand these symptoms.

Google Your Health Diagnosis

Since you know there is a reason blogs are written for the layman, it is now up to the layman to know when and how to use Google. There are many reasons people like to diagnose themselves using their symptoms on Google. The number one reason is lack of access to good health care. They look for an alternative and the available alternative is Google.

It is not a good thing to visit Google for diagnosis. Instead consult a health professional. It can be offline or online. The information available to a health professional will enable the team to give a closer diagnosis to the condition. Now this is where Google comes in.

With the available information from a health professional you can expand on that knowledge by going to Google. Search for the diagnosis and other associated information. For example, if a diagnosis of malaria is made, you can ask Google and seek answers to questions the health professional did not provide. These include the cause of the malaria, symptoms, prevention and other information that was not provided. You can also search for home remedies and discuss these if possible with the healthcare professional on your next appointment. This reduces the workload on a healthcare professional and also increases your well-being.

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Not every information on Google you should take. Although Google is trying their best to bring only relevant and up-to-date information using their search engine optimisation tools, they are still behind. It is left for you to figure out the source of the right information. Click only links to primary sources of information such as research articles. Not all research articles are without bias. Some are written by professionals trying to market a particular product. Find out who the writers are and who they are working for. That will make it clear if they want to be biased.

For posts that are not research articles, make sure the writer is a professional in the field. Or the article was proofread by a professional. Avoid blogs that promote products as they are filled with bias. Examples are blogs with affiliate links. Avoid chat rooms and forums. Chat rooms and forums are online social media where both professional and non-professional are free to give out their own contributions. Some of these contributions can make your search for information complicated. Lastly the date of the article should be recent.