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 Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:48 am Post subject: Diagnose Yourself |
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There are different reasons why you may want to diagnose and treat yourself. Sometimes it may be an embarrassing health problem that you are not comfortable confronting, or perhaps the lack of finances that may prevent you from visiting a professional to find the root cause of the problem. Another reason why you tend to diagnose yourself is because you may fear visiting a doctor, and for the fear of discovering something that may be more serious than you can imagine. Whatever the reasons, you must know that diagnosing yourself can do you more harm than good. In some cases, you may be right, but in some, what you may assume is the problem, may actually be something else. In any case, if you are looking for information on how to diagnose yourself, there are some ways to do it.
How to Diagnose Yourself
Before you read this method of diagnosing yourself, you must understand that it is not a sure shot way of putting a finger on the problem. Secondly, these methods might work for smaller conditions such as allergy breakouts. It cannot be used to diagnose more serious health conditions. However, if you still think it is something you need to do, here are the basic rules that are involved in diagnosing yourself.
* Understand the Symptoms: Check for your normal vital signs before you attempt to diagnose yourself with symptoms of the problem you think you may be suffering from. This could take some time. For instance, if you break out into allergies suddenly, you have to take time to understand the triggers of the symptoms. What is it that is causing an allergy? Is it food, or something you are exposed to? This is going to take a couple of days to understand. This will probably help you come up with an answer to your problem.
* Understanding Family History: In some cases, a gene that runs in the family may be the reason why you are facing a particular problem. For instance, a condition such as a back problem may be one that your mother or father's side is prone to. This however, does not mean that the condition cannot be controlled. Though you may be prone to it, you can definitely reduce the intensity with which it affects you.
Diagnosing yourself will take some time. You must diligently maintain a diary and note the changes that are taking place as and when you are trying to treat it. This will help you get to the bottom of the problem.
The Dangers of Diagnosing Yourself
As mentioned before, this is not a sure shot way of diagnosing yourself. In many cases, what you consider to be a small problem may be a symptom of a bigger problem. For instance, a headache could be a symptom of a condition of the brain, mild pain in the left arm may be the symptom of a heart condition or heart disease, and a rash on the skin may also be a symptom of the development of skin cancer. The point here is not to scare you, but to make you realize the potential dangers of diagnosing yourself.
When you ignore certain symptoms, or take medication to eliminate them, you are not treating the root cause of the problem. This problem can further go ahead and become severe, and if you don't prevent it, curing it may become difficult. For instance, one of the common symptoms of diabetes is tiredness and exhaustion. When you diagnose yourself, you may assume that the exhaustion is from not getting enough sleep, not eating right, stress, etc. You will try to correct all of these, but you are not aware of the fact that you 'may' be diabetic. This will cause the condition to worsen, and diabetes has the ability of slowly affecting all other organs of the body such as the eyes, the kidneys, the brain, etc. Though a lot of websites enable you to diagnose yourself online, it should be avoided for the reasons mentioned here.
It is now up to you to keep these considerations in mind when you try to diagnose yourself. Do keep in mind that this article is not an attempt to replace the diagnosis of a professional. In any case, getting a professional consultation is extremely essential, so that relevant tests can be conducted and the actual condition identified. Do not take your health lightly. Good health is the only way you enable you to enjoy the little things in life.
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