Flu season is in full effect and with the added pandemic flu H1N1, the barrier we face is how do we differentiate the the conventional flu with the swine flu? Having the flu, most people try staying home and resting while dosing our bodies full of antivirus medications. While at home recovering and watching the local news, we hear about deaths being caused by the swine and can't help but breed panic in our minds wondering if we have H1N1.
Surfing the Internet as most would do trying to look for answers, we type in "symptoms" or "how to diagnose" related searches with H1N1. Search results come up and there are many posts or forums about self-diagnostics or self-assessments. Since when did people with opinions became medical experts? It's quite amusing because most websites or forums eventually in the opinion will all point to one common advice, see your doctor to make sure. Here is an example:
http://www.symptoms-h1n1.com/
So why do we waste endless hours trying to find information that might not be a sure thing when our family doctors will most likely have the answer? We are comforted by a false sense of certainty and while going to the doctor can give you full satisfaction, we must still use our own judgement because there is not always complete certainty.
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Great post. Alot of health related advice on the internet is stated as a fact when in reality it is no more than an opinion.
ReplyDeleteI've also noticed that people who have positive health experiences do not post them, but people who have negative experiences post excessively about them! The H1N1 posts are NO exception.
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