Medical+advice+on+the+Internet


 * Michelle :) :) <3 x**

Seeing as this Era is now known as the Technological Era, the Internet is now accessible to most people and is very quick and efficient. Some people now use the internet in order to discover the symptoms of a specific sickness or disease and allows them to gain more knowledge and receive tips on how to treat themselves in order to better their condition if not to completely cure themselves.

Well to start off, **How it works.** We all probably know how to use the internet. So its simple. To explain briefly, firstly one can access a search engine. For now lets take Google. There is then a textbox where on can ask anything they desire, and then the search engine will browse through every single site out there and display the sites which contain the specific words you typed in the textbox. Now, for this given topic. If one has a query about a sickness or slight feeling they are receiving, they are most likely to search for symptoms on the web to check if they can relate to a specific sickness or disease.

Technology today has rapidly developed. The internet works at a ridiculously fast speed. Naturally when one is feeling strange or unusual, you'd like to know what is wrong with you, and that - fast. Fortunately enough for us, we are able to use the internet to view symptoms and how to deprive or sure oneself from illnesses. Thus, the internet is benefits us by providing us with useful information on how to protect ourselves as well as how to cure ourselves.
 * How do this help us?**


 * To be aware of,** seeing as this is the internet and one should never always believe what they say on the internet. On the internet, everyone and anyone can gain access to it. Thus, some people are also capable of making up things as well being inaccurate and changing some information. So to guard ourselves from lies, we must always double check. We could check its origin, and whether the source is reliable or not, or to even ask a real doctor nearby you could gain contact and access to. Also researching further to gain more information and seeing it has been mentioned more than once or twice makes a specific fact more reliable.

- The Internet itself
 * IT Systems involved**

- Reliability - Equality of Access
 * Issues which arise?**