If you have a question on any subject, there is a high probability that you will use the Google search page to find the right answer.
The point is that many users go to the search for information about diseases in order to make the treatment, not counting the opinion of a professional. The results can be disastrous, since anyone can share a recipe that worked for them but could be dangerous to another person with the same symptoms.
Google has decided to improve the way research is done for symptoms and illness.
In an official article on the company's blog announcing this change on its search page, we can read the following:
Imagine this: you wake up with a headache. It is getting worse during the day and you are not sure whether it is worth the worry or not. Then you open Google and start looking for symptoms. After 20 minutes browsing health forums, the chances of you getting overwhelmed with complicated information are great and you will end up sweating even more - and it is not clear if this sweat is because of headache or overdose of information!
According to the publication, if a user searches for the term “headache on one side only“, For example, the research tool will offer a group of related conditions - like sinusitis and flu. If the search is less specific, like "headache", Google will also offer a list with "self-treatment" options.
But don't go straight to a pharmacy and ask for the drugs, claiming that “Dr. Google ”guided. Google makes it clear that the results are only informative and you should still see a doctor, but when it is not possible, you will have an idea of how to cure your illness.
When will it be implemented?
The new "search for symptoms" functionality arrives on Google's mobile application over the next few days in the USA, Angola and other countries will receive "soon".
There's a feature on the search page that could save lives.
