Do you self diagnose using Google?

SpaceCowb0y · 27-02-2014 11:00AM #1

I don't mind putting my hand up and admitting that I am a bit of a hypochondriac, at the first sign of an odd/unusual pain I go straight to Google as my first port of call to see what could be wrong which is more often then not a terrible idea as i suffer from anxiety and 90% of the time i either have cancer or i'm dying of something else if i dig into things enough which doesn't help matters!

Well today i'm happy to announce that for the first time ever my symptoms haven't pointed to imminent doom... it would appear that it's good news for a change and i am however very much pregnant!

Being a man this is all very new to me and a lot to take in at this hour of the morning however it's a lot more positive then dying!:pac:

Question is do you use Google to self diagnose yourself??

kneemos · 27-02-2014 11:02AM

Congratulations.

27-02-2014 11:03AM

I used to but now it tells me I have cancer

its best not to self diagnose using Google

timthumbni · 27-02-2014 11:04AM

I did....... Until I discovered that according to google I was suffering from scurvy.... And it turns out all I had was a slight hangover. Weird....

maguic24 · 27-02-2014 11:05AM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Question is do you use Google to self diagnose yourself??

Yes. Worst thing you can do.

Google is the biggest troll when it comes to illnesses, convincing you that you are going to die even if you only have a minor illness.

Don't trust google, the b*stard.

SpaceCowb0y · 27-02-2014 11:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I used to but now it tells me I have cancer

its best not to self diagnose using Google

fact!

Mr. Incognito · 27-02-2014 11:09AM

Only on How to make my Penis grow.

I only have to pay $1000 for some magic beans.

I love the t'internet

SpaceCowb0y · 27-02-2014 11:11AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Only on How to make my Penis grow.

I only have to pay $1000 for some magic beans.

I love the t'internet

Hahahaha

:D

danniemcq · 27-02-2014 11:13AM

Self Diagnosis is a terrible TERRIBLE idea, especially when using an online service be it webMD, or anything google links to.

Think about it this way, someone has a pain, looks up symtoms, site says something small like a muscle tear or injury or migraines whatever.

You think well thats ok, and take some painkillers.

Fast forward a few weeks or months and you aren't feeling well at all and you decide to go to the docs. He runs blood tests and it comes back with something that is very serious, maybe cancer or something.

Now this person could sue whatever site said that they would be fine as they had entered what was wrong with them and the website failed you.

Because of this EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION has to be listed on the website to cover their arses in case of the above situation.

If you are truely not feeling well and you aren't getting better after a few days go to the doctor. Look out for symtoms yourself for things like menengitus or apendicitus for example and if you start seeing signs go to the doctor straight away.

Dravokivich · 27-02-2014 11:16AM

Never would do it. It helps to get more informed about something, but being informed should be used as something to query, more so than as an answer to your concerns.

Tilly · 27-02-2014 11:18AM

Did it once and never again. Had only 2 months to live. That was 5 years ago and my head cold has long since cleared up.

kneemos · 27-02-2014 11:19AM

If you know what's wrong with you it can be very informative in fairness.

Riamfada · 27-02-2014 11:21AM

I have a headache

.... cancer

I have a toothache

.... cancer

Im dizzy

.... cancer

Me self diagnosing on google has led to me falling into the doctor's office claiming I have cancer when In fact I have something minor.

Stupid google.

Kimbot · 27-02-2014 11:21AM

My GF is forever doing it and its does my head in because she has every condition known to man and thats only since she woke up this morning. The only person that can diagnose you is a doctor. If your unwell get off the internet and see them.

Its one of my pet hates along with people logging on to facebook and asking "has anyone got a phone number for x chipper in x"

SEPT 23 1989 · 27-02-2014 11:22AM

Its always great fun for us smokers:D

SpaceCowb0y · 27-02-2014 11:23AM

kneemos wrote: »

If you know what's wrong with you it can be very informative in fairness.

I agree... it's usually spot on with its diagnosis of death when I type in my symptoms first thing on a Saturday morning after a heavy night!

crazyderk · 27-02-2014 11:24AM

I did it once.

I was in college and went to the states when I was 19 during the summer on a J1 and hooked up with a couple of US girl's while over there.

Got home and got back together with the ex girlfriend (we broke up as I was going to the states) shortly after she got a thrush infection.

I Googled the symptoms and convinced myself I had Aids.......

Also FYI I don't have Aids

SpaceCowb0y · 27-02-2014 11:26AM

crazyderk wrote: »

I did it once.
I Googled the symptoms and convinced myself I had Aids.......

Good Aids or Bad Aids??

Wossack · 27-02-2014 11:28AM

stopped when all my google ad's changed to ones for mortuaries and life insurance

timthumbni · 27-02-2014 11:36AM

My doc one diagnosed my with a life threatening disease. Gave me 6 months to live. I couldn't pay his bill. He gave me another 6 months...... Drum roll........ Ha

Mrs Garth Brooks · 27-02-2014 11:40AM

I hate Dr. Google

Woke up last week with bug bites on my leg. Fleas would seem like most obvious answer as I used to have the animals sleeping with me. Having fleas would be easier to treat. Washing stuff at high temperatures, hoovering and spraying.

Since checking google, im convinced it could be bedbugs, dont know why. But having bedbugs is meant to be a b!tch to get rid off. Checked out youtube and made a homemade trap you leave under your bed. Warm water, sugar, and yeast in a 2 litre bottle with a hole on top. Its produces co2 which bedbugs like. And its what you exhale, co2.

Haven't slept in days. Sleeping with the light on too, bedbugs hate light.

I always think the worst.

Dravokivich · 27-02-2014 11:46AM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I hate Dr. Google

Woke up last week with bug bites on my leg. Fleas would seem like most obvious answer as I used to have the animals sleeping with me. Having fleas would be easier to treat. Washing stuff at high temperatures, hoovering and spraying.

Since checking google, im convinced it could be bedbugs, dont know why. But having bedbugs is meant to be a b!tch to get rid off. Checked out youtube and made a homemade trap you leave under your bed. Warm water, sugar, and yeast in a 2 litre bottle with a hole on top. Its produces co2 which bedbugs like. And its what you exhale, co2.

Haven't slept in days. Sleeping with the light on too, bedbugs hate light.

I always think the worst.

For light, you're better off leaving the duvet off the bed. And sunlight is more affective.

minidazzler · 27-02-2014 11:53AM

I don't self-diagnose using google, I wouldn't trust that fcuker.

I do use it to diagnose people who tell me anything about them though.

Apparently all my friends are HIV Positive and almost all of them have cancer of the bum too. Bad dose of it

TheDriver · 27-02-2014 12:14PM

google would make everyone believe they have cancer or MS and give us all health anxiety aka hypochondria. Web MD is a scurge on modern society

danniemcq · 27-02-2014 12:17PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I hate Dr. Google

Woke up last week with bug bites on my leg. Fleas would seem like most obvious answer as I used to have the animals sleeping with me. Having fleas would be easier to treat. Washing stuff at high temperatures, hoovering and spraying.

Since checking google, im convinced it could be bedbugs, dont know why. But having bedbugs is meant to be a b!tch to get rid off. Checked out youtube and made a homemade trap you leave under your bed. Warm water, sugar, and yeast in a 2 litre bottle with a hole on top. Its produces co2 which bedbugs like. And its what you exhale, co2.

Haven't slept in days. Sleeping with the light on too, bedbugs hate light.

I always think the worst.

ummm how much co2?

it is heavier than oxygen remember could lead to other issues

crazyderk · 27-02-2014 12:39PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Good Aids or Bad Aids??

More like funny Aids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=612DEoTFH0o

Mrs Garth Brooks · 27-02-2014 12:46PM

DannieHasABrazilian wrote: »

ummm how much co2?

it is heavier than oxygen remember could lead to other issues

I think I was meant to make 4 bottles. Four 2 litre bottles. Which is apparently like co2 from one person. I only made up one bottle.

What kind of other problems can it make?

miss no stars · 27-02-2014 01:19PM

Oh I'm very good at playing Dr Google. My mum has a dodgy thumb. I spent some time on google and came up with the correct diagnosis and treatment plan. Unfortunately, the treatment plan is injections into a tendon or surgery, which I don't think I can legally or correctly carry out, so I referred her to a real doctor who confirmed the diagnosis and will be doing the surgery. BOOM!

I've also properly self diagnosed myself a couple of times (including a rare genetic disorder) and have been correct and had my diagnoses confirmed by doctors.

Dr Google can be great if you know how to use it properly.