Listening 11 form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p21i15knnT8&feature=emb_logo

tries to find what illness they have on the Internet

reads a lot about medicine

writes online diagnoses to try to help other people

look for symptoms on the Internet too often

often reach erroneous conclusions about their symptoms

 are sometimes sicker than they may think

has been an expert on cyberchondria for a long time

has known about cyberchondria only for a short time

thinks that cyberchondria is becoming less prevalent

to ask for medicines they don’t need

to panic and visit their doctor too often

to be distressed and ask doctors for unnecessary tests

 telling patients that they don’t have the illness they think they have

making sure patients don’t pay attention to the internet

telling patients which websites they can visit

people get an idea of what illness they have

people learn about how healthy food, and lifestyle

people learn about what symptoms they should be worried about

be a substitute for going to the doctor

help prevent illnesses

provide information about medicines