Google-nosing Should be Outlawed

itchingThe other day I woke up with my hands and feet itching so bad I wanted to cut them off.  Not one to be a wimp I downed some Benadryl and got ready for work anyway. By the time I reached my office the Benadryl pretty much had the itching under control, however the itching was determined to break through and had spread to include my stomach.


Itching is one of those things that you can’t hide, so everyone around me asked are you okay? Are you alright to which I responded, “I don’t know I think I need to go to the Doctor.”


This age being what it is all my well-meaning friends and family took to Google within 10 minutes I’d been diagnosis with scabies, lice, liver disease, and a few other maladies which in short meant I am grossly unable to take care of my own hygiene and/or that I’m dying. I went from being mildly uncomfortable to sure I was on my death-bed.


What the well-intentioned among us thought would help me avoid an unnecessary doctor appointment instead sent me scrambling for a phone, so I could get to the hospital. QUICK!


As it turns out I didn’t have lice, scabies, or any of the other deadlier diseases that I’d been Googlenosed with. What happened was I had accidentally ingested soy a substance which is toxic to my system. A substance that is now being sneaked into so many food products under so many sneaky names that a trip to the grocery store is like an archaeological dig for hidden soy.


Google must be the bane of so many physicians’ existences. Though I can see the benefit to people wanted to be in more control of their own health, but Google seems to think the top ranked searches should be the direst.


I recently saw a commercial for Nexium that stated you wouldn’t want your doctor doing your job why are you doing hers and I chuckled. There’s something to be said for that ad agencies wisdom. Next time I wake up itchy and uncomfortable I think instead of going to Google, I’ll call my doctor and instead.


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Published on March 22, 2013 14:30
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