E-mailing a doctor

Does anyone know of a way I can e-mail a doctor? I don't mean a local one but a website that deals with personalized advice.

Reply 1

Anonymous #1

on what general area are you wanting advice?

Reply 2

Mark S

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Does anyone know of a way I can e-mail a doctor? I don't mean a local one but a website that deals with personalized advice.

Search it on google perhaps.

Reply 3

joyabbott

errrrr

If you have something wrong, I would highly suggest you go and see your GP (who will have had at least 5 years of medical school and 5 years of postgraduate training) rather than any random who claims to be a doctor on an internet site.

Reply 4

Tarts_n_Vicars

The only sites I've seen charge for the service.

Reply 5

john williams

Ring the NHS direct service where u can speak on the phone to a nurse/doctor and they will advise you on what to do. A great service introduced by our great govt.

Reply 6

joyabbott

john williams

Ring the NHS direct service where u can speak on the phone to a nurse/doctor and they will advise you on what to do. A great service introduced by our great govt.

Can't say i exactly agree with that!

If it's a routine thing, go and see your GP. I'm presuming the fact you're searching the internet means it's not exactly an emergency. If it's STD related, go to a GUM clinic.

NHS direct are a very protocol based system - nurses are triaging you to decide whether you need emergency medical attention (ie 999), you should go to A&E, access out of hours service, go see your GP etc.

It is NOT there to diagnose you, or recommend internet sites!!!

nhs direct maybe?

nhs direct are not of much use. They are trained to differeniate between serious and not so serious problems. The amound of times I have rung them for myself or others and my medical knowledge is greater than theirs is quite scary.
If you type in your symptons to google it may come up with sites, yahoo do quite a good majiggy too where it tells you side affects of common drugs (prescribed ones) then if it's to do with sti's then there's playsafe.com or something like that, more than enough of rec drugs

you might be able to email your gp...I know that with mine you can as they're part of patient.com thingy

Reply 9

joyabbott

ermmmm GPs aren't that scary you know - you can actually go and see them in person, and the chances are, they may actually be able to come up with a sensible diagnosis/treatment

Diagnosing yourself online is all very well, but it hardly helps in terms of treatment

Reply 10

Leigh

Ask a doctor. Perhaps try that for a little PC based self diagnosis? But I definitely recommend seeing your GP if it's something you're worried about.