20 of the Wildest Self-Diagnoses Provided to Doctors
‘He was convinced he had cancer. It was actually seasonal allergies’
The American health-care system is a hellscape, so it’s understandable that people would rather google a few symptoms and call it a day than pay up and go to a medical professional. But it’s important that we all understand that having access to WebMD doesn’t make us doctors. Moreover, as one actual doctor has pointed out, you can’t just un-diagnose yourself, like his patient who had “chosen not to be diabetic.”
Other doctors on Reddit have recalled the wildest times patients hastily diagnosed themselves, and a word to the wise: Gaining weight doesn’t necessarily mean you’re pregnant. You could just be eating too many chicken wings.
