Do you devour mountains of medical information off the Web and, as a result, think you're much sicker than you are?
You may be a
cyberchondria.
In an article in today's Sun Sentinel's FIT section reporter
Liz Doup writes about how doctors are seeing more people freaked out because they've self-diagnosed themselves using information they got over the Internet.
I have cancer of the bone ... when it's really just a bruised knee.
Have you ever done this?
When I don't feel well I try to ignore it till it becomes a serious problem than go see a doctor. Not the ideal way to go, but I would never surf the web looking for info to self-diagnose myself.
Thought it was interesting ... if you want to read more go to Sun-Sentinel.com.
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