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CYBERCHONDRIA
Priyadarshini*, Chandrashekar M. and Dhanalakshmi N.
ABSTRACT
Internet gives verity of health information for improving the knowledge of general population, however often people misuse it for self analysis and taking treatment. The current trend is, clients access internet for health issues and they try to self diagnose, treat themselves with some medications based on the symptoms they have.Often,they tend to relate with one or the other disorder and gets worried with the acquiring illness which causes more psychological disturbance and anxiety. The client is preoccupied with acquired information and it may hinder healthy communication between patient and health professionals. This article high lights the consequences of excessive reliance of web-based contents on health.
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