Today's era is referred as 'era of explosion of information ' It is perticurly true for medical field. Things which were difficult to read/access once upon a time now are one click away. This has emence implications mostly positive but there are many red alerts also.
As internet is used by all sorts of people, different views are expressed by everyone. Only few people are authorities in that perticular field many are amateurs and most are quacks for example good medical knowledge is available only on specific internet sites. Geniune literature is provided by high index medical journals ( mind you free journals are rampant now a days which are managed by not so dependable sources) e.g. good cardiology papers and available on JACC, circulation, NEJM, JAPI, Indian heart Journal to name a few there are many others. Some sites compile all the knowledge on a perticular subject, these are UP-TO-DATE, MEDSCAPE , internet sites of Mayo Clinic, Cleaveland Clinic etc. Apart from this many informative videos are available the above rule applies to these also. A well experienced and learned doctor gives true information ( unfortunately some doctors also spread non-scientific information although that is rare).
For my patients I advise learn about your disease/ illness/ medical condition it helps to treat it in a better way. Having written this I and many of my colleagues face a big issue now a days i.e. patient or a relative who has tremendous amount of information about the disease but who are still unsure 😄. These people become extremely confused and that may hinder the right and scientific decision. If the information is wrong or given by quack situation become more grave. For example in my clinic I see patients who have typical symptoms of coronary artery disease ( disease where hearts blood vessels become blocked causing major or minor heart attacks) I suggest them coronary angiography to check the blockades. Few people unfortunately come across wrong information on internet or see some videos showing non scientific information and take wrong decisions. Few others have genuine information but they are overwhelmed with it and fail to take right decisions.
My advice for this is believe on your doctor who has painstakingly learned all the medical knowledge for many long years. He/ she is the best person from whom you will get the most scientific information. Take second opinion of another medical expert in same field in case of confusion. Depend only on scientific internet sites as mentioned above. Don't get carried away by emotional videos by quacks. In case of doubts come back to your doctor who is always there to solve them.
Mission - Healthy Hearts.
Dr. Tamiruddin A. Danwade
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist,
Mother & Rhythm Clinics,
Kharghar & Seawoods, Navi Mumbai
For Appointments - +919321459928
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