Do you feel bad and the first thing you do is write your symptoms in google? This is, according to , an activity that worries health professionals since 65% of specialists detected an increase in the number of patients with ailments due to self-medication.
According to doctors, this represents serious risks, such as covering a more serious illness, generating resistance to the drug, harmful side effects, the drug not working or the possibility of poisoning.
Another of the platform also revealed what were the most consulted health questions of Mexicans in 2019 and they are the following:
- Analgesics, anti-inflammatories and antispasmodics: with 45% of visits, regarding their operation, dose to be administered and side effects.
- Sexuality presented 31%: about contraceptive methods, risk of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, among others.
- Laboratory studies with 20%: looking for costs, characteristics and interpretation of results.
- Alcoholic beverages and harmful substances: with 10% consulting the effect of ingesting alcohol and narcotics when administering medications.
- Surgeries: with 10% in relation to costs, follow-up, interventions, abnormalities, recovery time, among others.
Searching for symptoms on the internet can bring more harm than good to both physical and psychological health. For this reason, there are numerous apps that begin to seek the good of users, not only with their medical consultations, but also with other benefits to maintain a healthier lifestyle in general:
Apps to consult and improve your health
- This app allows you to monitor your health system in general, because thanks to its Artificial Intelligence systems and by answering some questions, it allows you to know your biological age -that is, the one that reveals the health status of your body. This is a simple metric that lets you know your overall health status. It also allows you to consult health specialists within the same app and you can take out insurance to compensate for accidents, fractures, among others.
- This is an app that has just entered Mexico and what it seeks is to encourage a much healthier lifestyle as a group or individually. Through it you can make consultations with nutritionists, take more than 700 classes and exercise routines, make psychological consultations and also have the option of meditation. Its distinctive feature over other apps is that it also has challenges to obtain Bettercoins and turn your healthy habits into donations to different causes.
- Do you need a doctor and don’t know where to find one with the characteristics you require? This is an app that allows you to find the doctor you need. You only have to search by specialist or clinic and you can filter by area. The profile of the doctors is accompanied by reviews from other users, as well as a description of their specialty so you know if they are the right one for you. You can schedule the appointment directly from the app and add your opinion. You can also create your own profile with information about your insurance and medical history.
- : This is an app specifically focused on male sexual health. It allows tracking and monitoring of erections, has a blog with frequently asked questions and their answers answered by specialists and also has tips to improve your sexual health.
