More than one-third of Americans search for diagnoses online, according to a 2013 Pew Survey, and half of those people discuss their findings with an actual healthcare provider. Although the internet can be a helpful educational tool, obsessively searching for medical information can become a health condition itself, one researchers have termed “cyberchondria,” according to STAT.
Whether real or conjured, people in the U.S. most commonly search for the following 20 health conditions, according to data analysis by STAT.
- Diabetes
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Hemorrhoid
- Yeast infection
- Lupus
- Shingles
- Psoriasis
- Schizophrenia
- Lyme disease
- HPV
- Herpes
- Pneumonia
- Fibromyalgia
- Scabies
- Chlamydia
- Endometriosis
- Strep throat
- Diverticulitis
- Bronchitis
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