Monday, August 3, 2020
Are Medical Websites Doing More Harm Than Good?
A Room for Debate article, "Are Medical Websites Healthful?"discusses the issue of people coming across medical websites allowing them to avoid a face-to-face consult with a doctor, and instead a consult with Google. Personally, if I'm experiencing the slightest symptom of anything I always find myself on WebMD. But, then suddenly a headache turns into a neurological disorders which then turns into me freaking myself out. If you're like me, going down a rabbit hole of possible medical conditions based off of these websites is bound to happen. Although I can say, apart from the times I freak myself out, I have diagnosed myself and confirmed things for minor health complications without having to consult a doctor. I don't mind visiting the doctor at all, but that may not be the case for others which brings in the main issue of how these medical websites may be harmful. In my opinion, these sites are definitely scary, but people need to learn when to stop investigating and scaring themselves into believing they have these severe conditions when that may not be the case at all. These websites are created to serve the public displaying general information, not information based off of each individual who searches a symptom or disease coming across these sites. So, do you think it's the people making these medical websites harmful for themselves? Are these medical websites good for the public or are they misleading and harmful?
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The problem isnt with the medical websites themselves its more the fault of gullible people. The fault with people is that a lot of them, think they are experts on a topic that they don't know much about. They go on the mindset that just because they read or watched a quick article or video, they are just as knowledgable as an expert. Medical websites should only really be used as a guideline for the wors that could happen, as to be catuious and learn what could happen. However, its really just surface level knowledge and the deadly disease you might enovunter on there are more complicated then they're often portrayed to be. If they were that simple as they're listed then everyone would have them. Before taking any action people should really have some common sense and go see a doctor instead of relying on surface level medical websites.
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