Thread Topic: One of the Problems With Health Sites
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disorderguy
Joined: May 5, '09
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2009-06-15 09:35:33 |
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I think a big problem with health sites, when listing symptoms of disease, is that the symptoms they list are so vague as to be completely useless. Take for instance the following hypothetical list: headache muscle spasms rash What use is this? Headache is a symptom of everything. What I want to know is what are the characteristics of the headache associated with this specific illness. Sharp or dull? Location? Duration? Muscle spasms. This one drives me nuts, because the site will almost never describe the muscle spasms, like where do they occur, their intesity, their duration, etc. Rash. Where on the body? What does it look like? Itchy or not? Again, it's hard to find this information. Health sites tend to be very lazy, only listing broad terms like these for symptoms...and then it is no wonder everyone thinks they have a given disease, because these symptoms are so common and we have not been given detailed information to determine if this particular rash or headache applies to what we are experiencing. |
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Unanswered Thread: No Subject posted by alwaysknew 21 hours ago |
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2rlyblssd
Joined: Jun 8, '09
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2009-06-15 10:29:39 |
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AMEN to that! The media also disturbs me because they talk about how the symptoms for a woman are so subtle for a heart attack, and as Sammie has said before, the symptoms of cancer are subtle and vague as well! If I ran to the doctor every time I had a backache or a twinge in my arm, I'd never get anything done. I also hate that when people on television describe how they felt the day of their heart attack, they always say "I felt funny all day..." What the heck is that supposed to mean?? Please define 'funny' because there are several days in a week that I feel 'funny'! Incredibly vague. It's also cruel that they show people who are athletic and eat right and don't smoke and don't drink...and they get a heart attack! I understand that these people have a different type of heart attack, such as one caused by a genetic flaw rather than poor lifestyle habits, but still! I do all these things and I have NO family history, but I am just as capable of getting one too! And even if I go to a cardiac specialist and he gives me the all-clear, how do I know that THAT is correct, because people have received clean screenings before and suffered heart attacks only weeks later. |
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2rlyblssd
Joined: Jun 8, '09
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2009-06-15 10:38:42 |
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Another problem that I must add is this: Have you noticed how many more drug commercials there are out there now?! Even on the radio, you can not escape them, and so subliminally we are bombarded with talks of symptoms and what could be wrong or what could go wrong.... I hear this one nearly every morning that says, "I never thought I'd get a heart attack at the age of 35, but I did. My doctor prescribed blah, blah, blah..." UGH! I hate it! P.S. Yes, as you have probably gathered by now, my big pre-occupation is with heart attacks, followed very closely by cancer. The two sneakiest, most common diseases we know today...... |
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One_maple
Joined: Jun 17, '09
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2009-06-17 20:45:53 |
| Exactly, why I'm having such hard time trying to figure out which personality my soon to be ex-husband might have. He's definatly got one. Just like to find out and see what I'm up against. | |
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One_maple
Joined: Jun 17, '09
Status: New User |
2009-06-17 20:47:15 |
| Exactly, why I'm having such hard time trying to figure out which personality my soon to be ex-husband might have. He's definatly got one. Just like to find out and see what I'm up against. | |
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disorderguy
Joined: May 5, '09
Status: Admin |
2009-06-18 10:15:04 |
| I read in Consumer Reports that drug companies spend $5 billion each year in advertising. There is no way they would spend that kind of money if it wasn't putting thoughts into people's heads. | |
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