The Internet: Never Be Embarassed Again!

(My bad, i accidentally posted this in the class blog instead of my own!!)

Thanks to the anonymity of the internet, if you have medical issues that may be embarassing for you to ask your doctor about, you can look online and consult an e-doctor's opinion. More than once when I was talking to a friend about a sickness that they or someone they knew had, I would go online in order to find more information about the symptoms, treatments, cures and personal accounts of the sickness. I personally consulted medical information online before going to the doctors because generally I feel that if I can demonstrate medical understanding in front of my doctor, she might spend more time explaining to me my sickness, its symptoms, threats and treatments.Back to my original point regarding consulting advice on embarassing diseases: if a person has a sexual issue, which is generally embarassing, they can become educated without needing to talk to anyone about it. This is especially the case if a person has only curiosity that they might have a medical problem. They could look online and check the symptoms before needlessly going to the doctors.

A relevant website is www.errowid.com which is a website where people can get honest and seemingly unbiased information regarding drugs and their uses. However, this website is pretty much a community where drug users can tell eachother how to abuse substances. Regardless of this negative usage, you can also gain interesting information about over the counter and perscription drugs.