At present, the Internet plays a vital role in almost every aspect of human life. As a result, individuals are searching online in order to get reasonable solutions to their illnesses. Not everyone is convinced that access to such information online is safe and helpful. However, in my view, providing the general public with access to trustworthy information about medical disorders would invariably improve the quality of the medical care for the whole society.
Nowadays, even though there are plenty of online platforms have been developed for medical education, most of the sites have not been written by professional healthcare providers. Hence, there is a high possibility of spreading wrong medical information throughout the world, unless the site developers are held accountable for the content they provide. If patients receive incorrect information about a medical procedure and follow the wrong advice, for instance, to remove a wart at home, it might lead to a serious infection, excessive bleeding or other medical emergency. That would constitute, a negative effect of using online knowledge for medical treatments at home rather than visiting a professional.
On the flip side, for the sake of the Internet, the society is well aware of most common medical disorders and preventive measures. Consequently, a reasonable and prudent individual can decide whether to get a professional opinion on one’s disease or to handle it at home, providing that they get reliable online medical information. Moreover, if patients can manage mild medical problems themselves, it would certainly reduce the workload at the local hospitals, freeing more doctors for patients in real need. Besides, if patients come to a certain extent of knowledge about their condition to the medical consultation, it would invariably be helpful to the medical practitioner for effective decision making.
To sum up, it is evident that online search for information on medical disorders can be a positive development as long as the general public receives trustworthy information.
At present, the Internet plays a vital role in almost every aspect of human life.
As a result
, individuals are searching
online
in order to
get
reasonable solutions to their illnesses. Not everyone
is convinced
that access to such
information
online
is safe and helpful.
However
, in my view, providing the
general public
with access to trustworthy
information
about
medical
disorders would
invariably
improve
the quality of the
medical
care for the whole society.
Nowadays,
even though
there are
plenty
of
online
platforms have
been developed
for
medical
education, most of the sites have not
been written
by professional healthcare providers.
Hence
, there is a high possibility of spreading
wrong
medical
information
throughout the world, unless the site developers
are held
accountable for the content they provide. If
patients
receive incorrect
information
about a
medical
procedure and follow the
wrong
advice,
for instance
, to remove a wart at home, it might lead to a serious infection, excessive bleeding or other
medical
emergency. That would constitute, a
negative
effect of using
online
knowledge for
medical
treatments at home
rather
than visiting a professional.
On the flip side, for the sake of the Internet, the society is well aware of most common
medical
disorders and preventive measures.
Consequently
, a reasonable and prudent individual can decide whether to
get
a professional opinion on one’s disease or to handle it at home, providing that they
get
reliable
online
medical
information
.
Moreover
, if
patients
can manage mild
medical
problems themselves, it would
certainly
reduce
the workload at the local hospitals, freeing more doctors for
patients
in real need.
Besides
, if
patients
come
to a certain extent of knowledge about their condition to the
medical
consultation, it would
invariably
be helpful to the
medical
practitioner for effective
decision making
.
To sum up, it is evident that
online
search for
information
on
medical
disorders can be a
positive
development as long as the
general public
receives trustworthy
information
.