I was listening to the radio earlier today and they were talking about using “Doctor Google” to self-diagnose.

It occurred to me that I’ve never really talked about this in the context of internet education but it’s probably worth adding to the long and growing list of subjects that need touching on, however briefly.

Cybercondria is health anxiety that people try to fix by going online and picking a condition with a scientific name that sounds about right. Not helpful.

As I’ve written before, it might be better to call the doctor and book an appointment if we have to, not to Google a set of symptoms and self-diagnose what we probably haven’t got.

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