Medicelles

I was reading an interesting article the other day that used the term “cyberchondriac.” I couldn’t stop laughing at the apt description of a patient who used the internet to gather information about their health concerns. Cyberchondriacs have been described in the popular media as ranging from those with neurotic excess to hypochondria. In my experience, it is common to have a cyberchondriac as a patient. In my practice, I describe a cyberchondriac as a patient who does research on their condi

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