Talk:Self-diagnosis

message: "Self-diagnosis is the process of diagnosing, or identifying, medical conditions in oneself. It may be assisted by medical dictionaries, books, resources on the Internet, past personal experiences, or recognizing symptoms or medical signs of a condition that a family member previously had.
Self-diagnosis is prone to error and may be potentially dangerous if inappropriate decisions are made on the basis of a misdiagnosis.[1] Because of the risks, self-diagnosis is officially discouraged by governments,[1] physicians, and patient care organizations. Even physicians are discouraged from engaging in self-diagnosis,[2] because doctors also make mistakes in diagnosing themselves.[3] If the self-diagnosis is wrong, then the misdiagnosis can result in improper health care, including wrong treatments and lack of care for serious conditions.[4]"
I'd just like to point out that the same is true for diagnosis of other people as well...  (I am not advocating self-diagnosis here, just pointing out the facts.)
LarchOye (talk) 22:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

message: I did not like the version:
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Self diagnosis is the process of diagnosing medical conditions in oneself, 
regardless of medical knowledge or a medical license. 
It may be assisted by medical dictionaries, books or resources on the 
Internet (cyberchondria), and is sometimes prompted by encountering the 
condition in question in others.
Healthcare professionals warn that self diagnosis in the absence of 
professional advice is prone to error and may be potentially 
dangerous if inappropriate medication is taken.
>>>
The phrase "regardless of medical knowledge or a medical license" is superfluous
as well as "Healthcare professionals warn that" and "in the absence of 
professional advice".
That version smells like being written by a medical professional trying protect the medical turf.
Hence the rewrite.
Now that I have your attention: Physicians in the first line make too many diagnosis errors in 
unusual cases.  It is way over due that they validate their hunches by tools,
that are now available to the public as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddccc (talk • contribs) 05:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: The 'See also' section of this page is very cluttered. Normally this section contains just links to other articles. Try to limit each point with a few extra words at most. There is one point that doesn't even have a link.
This is a suggestion to the maintainer: only put articles directly related to self-diagnosis, like 'home remedy', in the see also, and put diseases and such in a seperate section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Candide124 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
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message: I think this page should say something about the relationship between self-diagnosis and a patient's process of selecting a medical professional.
Say, if one self-diagnosed with some condition, one will seek a professional in that.
It might present trouble - maybe the wrong professional is chosen, but the diagnoses still match due to them being biased into thinking the patient has a pathology which also happens to be the one they dedicated themselves to.
I'm not qualified to implement such a change.
It's also possible this is not a problem, yet I don't see how. Unknow0059 (talk) 04:48, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
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