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Online Consultations - Know The Advantages And Disadvantages!
Dheeresh K HInternal Medicine Specialist • 12 Years Exp.MBBS, MD - Internal Medicine, Member of the American College of Physicians, European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Certified
Online consultations are quite convenient for both doctors and patients. However, it can not match the actual physical contact with the doctor.
Online consult depends on what the patient tells the doctor. But physically seeing the patient, examining them, talking to them gives many clues to the diagnosis.
So it is very important for the patient to be very truthful to the doctor he is consulting. Whenever you are in private chat do tell your actual name and age and what bothers you in a language both are comfortable with.
Online consultations do avoid the line to meet the doctor, the inconvenience of traveling, but everything has its own advantages and disadvantages.
In case you have a concern or query you can always consult a specialist & get answers to your questions!