Feeling sick? There ’s an app for that! – The Big Symptom Checker Review

Do you feel under the weather but don’t want to go to the doctor yet? Are you searching for a solution to inform yourself about any possible condition from the comfort of your home and with the ease of your phone or computer? Of course, there’s an app for that! Not only one, but numerous. Join us as we test how well several services perform at gauging possible diagnoses based on one’s signs and symptoms. We entrust our diagnosis with the Mayo Clinic, WebMD, Your.MD,Symptomate and Ada symptom checker services. Here’s our big symptom checker review. The age of symptom checkers Are you feeling nauseated, shivering or have a sore throat, but you’re not sure whether you have to go to the doctor or you can just have simple cures at home and spare the GP visit? In the age of the technological revolution, one can expect to have apps that can point the user towards their possible condition as well as easy solutions at the reach of their fingertips. And that’s exactly what symptom checker services promise. However, as with so many other products and services, the average user has to make a choice. Which one is the best? Which one fits my needs the most? We are here to help you. The Medical Futurist team tested several symptom checker services in the last couple of weeks both on their smartphones and their computers in order to determine how the most widely used ones, such as Mayo Clinic, WebMD, Symptomate and Ada operate, what are their most and least appealing cha...
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