It would appear that many of us must feel initmated by asking our doctor for?

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advice and help on medical matters. So many of us come on here and ask some very specific medical questions perhpas hoping for an answer that will help them with a medical problem.

And when we get medical advice do we follow it up or do we go to seek further advice from a medical professional?.

I am as bad as anyone asking medical questions on here, but I always seek proper counsel as well.

What do you think; Do you ask medical question, if so what do you do then?

Answer 1

Personally, I have a very over prescribed local practice so seeing the doctor has to be a last ditch attempt and just hope I get an appointment!

I normally ask on here just to see whether people think it's something serious or something that will clear up/can be ignored. If the general consensus is to see a doc, I'd defo go, but if it's something that seems pointless I won't bother unless it gets worse/lingers too long.

I guess I'm just a very thoughtful patient! Just hate the idea of wasting a docs time for nothing. I know how it feels to deal with time wasters!

So if I ask a medical q I normally see a doc if I still think it's an issue otherwise I get on with my life :o)

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Answer 2

when u have the Internet, what reason is there 2 ask on here 4 advice?
4 various opinions of how people have coped & the support u can receive, makes sharing stories on here very beneficial.
but 4 conclusive medical advice i'd go 2 my GP.
whether i actually get the help i'm looking 4 seems 2 depend on the NHS budget constrictions & b4 now i've left the Docs surgery none the wiser!

Answer 3

I think that people ask medical advice here because there will be a much bigger range of experiences and answers. If you ask on yahoo you will get loads and loads of answers whereas if you go to a doctor you will get one. I think people just like to get a sense of what might be wrong with them before they seek medical help.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I have asked a couple of questions in the medical category. I am not looking for a diagnosis though, just some help to get through whatever is wrong with me. People are kind.

Answer 6

But seeing a doctor is so much trouble.

You have to set up an appointment, if they will even give you one, then wait in thier little wiating room for an hour, fill out a stack of forms and haggle with your insurance company just to spend five minutes with a doctor who is likely going to tell you wot you already know and perscribe some medicine that doens't work.

This is so much easier.

Answer 7

if you have a problem, you can come onto answers and get a cross section of answers - some knowledgable, some stupid, some useful, some not-so-useful - but will at least put your mind at rest

on the other hand, you could call you doctor's surgery (only between 9.00 and 11.30 or 1.30 -4.30, in my case) you could explain your condition to an untrained receptionist, who will use her 'best judgement' to give you an appointment which may be as much as 1 week later.

which would you prefer?

Answer 8

anyone who takes medical advice for a real problem from THIS PLACE. is a moron.

Other than the advice of "Go see a doctor".

Answer 9

I split my frenulum (bit of skin that connets the foreskin to the bell end)

I was at the doctors straight away with my trousers down asking for advice, why give a s h i t? drs are used to it and if you need advice, then you go get it!

Answer 10

Not really, I just don't have the time to visit the doctor and if I am concerned about somthing I will look it up on the NHSDirect site.