We all do it regularly. As soon as some symptoms appear, we used to sit at the computer desk and ask google, what could be wrong with us. Typing in our worries, we expect internet to reveal the truth.
Different studies show, that in average 30-60% patients google symptoms online. Even if most of us don’t suffer from a so-called cyberchondria, the tendency to self-diagnose health problems online to the anxiety-producing results. Internet is neither a medical encyclopedia, nor a reliable source of health advices.