Google will now help you find reasons of your medical symptoms. A new feature developed to tackle symptoms is now available for the web, Android, and iOS.
Google research team has found out that around 1 percent of the searches are related to medical conditions and symptoms. It has now made sure that people will not have to search pages to find a definite result. The idea is not to frighten people, but to align everything in a single app.
Google plays doctor by giving answers to possible medical conditions according to your symptoms. The possible conditions are coupled with treatment options. It would also tell you to visit a doctor and provide an overview of the symptom. The motto of the app is to reduce the stress that people get, by searching symptoms of diseases.
The Google blog mentioned that research has been done to find the symptoms and doctors are consulted, to provide their inputs. The whole process involved experts from Harvard Medical School and Mayo Clinic who helped with the symptoms list.
The company has made sure to inform people that the app is made for knowledge only and it shall not be considered as a medical advice. The company is well aware that people take remedies written on the internet. This may lead to a wrong diagnosis, which is quite common.
Google search for medical symptoms will be the place to begin with but it is not the ultimate as Google itself suggested. The result from common search and app search is quite different.
Some differences in result were pointed out by NZ Herald to sight example. In case of itchy skin,the normal result is, "The possible causes for itchiness range from internal illnesses, such as kidney or liver disease, to skin rashes." "Strep throat is another common trigger of psoriasis." For google, the result will be, "Hair regrowth, sunburns, insect bites, dry skin, or healing wounds."
While this may give some relief to the people who search for the symptom, some experts believe that it will lower down the severity of the diseases. This can be a real cause to worry, according to them.
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