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since November 2018, the study notes. Researchers ultimately found that 58 percent of the posts on the Reddit board were explicitly requesting a “crowd-diagnoses.” Twenty percent of people in the group were asking for a second opinion after a doctor had already diagnosed them. take it for granted that the public is relying on Dr. Google for all of their health concerns,” explained, a research fellow who co-lead the study, in a press release. “But people also want a sense of connection.
The authors noted that social media is an avenue for people who want help quickly, or who don’t have insurance or the money to go through traditional medical institutions. The study says that this is one way people who aren't being served by the healthcare system are managing to get help, and they say it’s only the beginning.
“Crowd-diagnoses are becoming popular because strangers are so willing to try to help,” Ayers, the vice chief of innovation in the division of infectious disease and Global Public Health at UC San Diego, says. “Seventy-nine percent of requested crowd-diagnoses were answered in less than a day. Try getting a doctor’s opinion in that time… but fast doesn’t mean accurate.”
People could also be receiving faulty diagnosis from their peers, or be getting the wrong treatments."Apple cider vinegar cures all according to the crowd on social media," Nobles said. (
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