Some people today prefer to get advice for medical problems from the internet and do not want to visit a doctor. Why is this? Is this a positive or a negative development?

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The more popular the internet is, the more people refer to it to seek
the
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information
for
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about
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any
health
issue
without going to
hospital
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the hospital
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.
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this
is, and
personally
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I believe it is not a good way to have a
health
check-up online. The main reason why some people search online for their own medical problems is because of its convenience. All people need to do is to open
search
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a search
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tool like Google, key in their symptoms,
then
select
the
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similar search result and give their own conclusion that their
symtomps
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symptoms
are not serious enough to see a doctor.
This
subjective judgement may lead to severe
health
issue
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if it is not probably checked in a hospital with good machinery to identify the root cause. I personally
had
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experienced the same
issue
when I assumed my
stomache
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stomach
was caused by food
poison
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because the symptom was
as
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the same as the online article. In fact, I was admitted to
emergency
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the emergency
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room because the symptom was getting worse and worse
during
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at
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mid-night
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midnight
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.
Doctor
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The doctor
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said I were almost in danger if I went to
hospital
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the hospital
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30 minutes later.
Thus
, having checked
in
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the internet for your own medical
issue
is a very harmful way, which may cause the loss of life. In conclusion, we can refer to the internet for any sources of information except for
health
issue
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. It is recommended that you had better go to
hospital
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the hospital
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anytime you do feel abnormal in your body.
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