Dr. Google is often a call for patients who are often worried but may not give the best advice.
Physicians say that internet inquiries should be done carefully for treatment information, especially with artificial intelligence.
Information from the right websites can teach patients about symptoms and prepare them to see the physician. However, a badly done search search may well induce anxiety before reaching a waiting room. It is important to know the source of the information you have sought and to avoid trying to diagnose your health problem.
If you want online treatment, there are questions here to remember.
When you search, do not automatically click the first link. It may not have the best answer.
Some companies pay for listing their websites at the top of the result page. These links can be listed as sponsored.
Scroll for the results that come from sources that you can believe for treatment information. These may include sites operated by government agencies such as Mayo Clinic, such as large health systems or disease control and resistance centers.
“We have become accustomed to clicking on that first link,” said John Grahole, a psychologist in online behavior. “For your health information, especially when it’s personal, you want to think about it”
It depends on what you tell you.
More people are using artificial intelligence to quickly pull answers from different Internet sources. Some searches will also create an AI summary at the top of the result page.
However an AI cannot answer where it has received information. It makes it strong to judge credibility.
AI may also be prone to “hallucinations”, an art sound for a topic that creates the technology. If no source is quoted, be especially careful about it.
The results of how you look into a question plays a big role in the results. Physicians say that information should be searched based on the symptoms of patients, not the expected diagnosis.
“You need to ask the right questions at first,” says Dr. Eric Bus, Cleveland Clinic.
The meaning of that means, “What can be made of a molasses under my skin?” Instead of “what is the nausea under my skin cancer?”
Concentrating towards diagnosis means you can miss other explanations, especially if you click on the first few links listed on the results.
For some problems, your search should be completely avoided. If you have chest pain, you feel the dizziness of showing the symptoms of the stroke, seek assistance immediately.
“You don’t want to delay something that should be treated within a certain time,” said Dr. Olivier Ghordi, medical director of Brown University Health Argent Care. “
No Leave those who are trained to ask the real physicians who are trained to ask questions that lead to diagnosis.
Blood in your urine can cause cancer. It may also be due to stones or infections in the kidney.
Infinite weight loss can also be a symptom of cancer. Or it can reflect an overtistic thyroid or a new job that makes you more rotating.
Some tests with a doctor who knows the history of your treatment and a visit can be the best medicine in this situation.
Dr. Sara Sams, a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, said: “There are many symptoms that overlap between minor situations and major treatment problems.
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Associated Press Health and Science Department has received assistance from the Science and Educational Media Group of Howard Hughes Medical Institute. AP is the sole responsible for all content.
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