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“Making your own diagnosis by rushing to the internet is a trap to avoid”

February 16, 2025

By Vincent Rea THE Reading 4 min. Subscribers

Is my pain getting worse? Do I have other symptoms? Does it tickle or itch? These are all questions to ask yourself instead of rushing to sites that will give you a dubious diagnosis.

A pregnant woman consults the Doctissimo website

A pregnant woman consults the Doctissimo website.

Philippe Turpin / Photononstop / Photononstop via AFP

This article is from the magazine Les Dossiers de Sciences et Avenir n°220 dated January/March 2025.

Loïc Etienne is an emergency physician and author of the book “ Health emergencies. Is it serious? What to do? Who to call? » (First, 2024).

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