Online Medical Doctor
Online medical doctor advice may be invaluable in helping to unravel the cause of abdominal pain you or your loved one may be experiencing. Contact a doctor online here. Remember your questions would be answered by only qualified medical doctors with experience in the diagnosis and treatment of a vast causes of abdominal pain. Provide as much information as possible to your online medical doctor. A brief note on any past medical problems or existing medical problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, previous cancer or polyps, or even any past operations you might have had, as well as allergies will help. All information you leave here are treated discretely. Unless you specifically mention that you do not want your question or your name to be shown here, we may post your question and even the answer, to help guide others who may have similar problems and help reduce repetition. The BenefitsAn online medical consultation offers the benefit of:
A study by the California HealthCare Foundation & Internet Health Care Coalition in the year 2000, found out that: 66 percent of those who seek online medical advice do it exactly for the same reason – the privacy it offers! You can thus ask questions about your medical concerns online; get a diagnosis, as well as treatment advice and prescription… yes, all at the click of your mouse. You can get seasoned medical opinion on most medical conditions, and not just restricted to causes of abdominal pain. Making use of online medical consultation means you are more prepared to take over responsibility for your health and not leaving all your health decision to a single medical provider. It means having easy and confidential access to a second opinion. It must be made very clear that: the range of help you expect to receive from online doctor consultation is largely limitedIt should be for information purposes only and at best treatments prescribed should be for chronic medical problems or very minor conditions. Beware though, of fake doctors, or persons purporting to be online medical doctors. It is pretty easy to do this. How can one weed the shaft from the wheat? Identifying QuacksContrary to suggestions in some quarters that online consultation is almost never useful, there are now considerable body of evidence to show that it is useful, saves time, and it is now quite popular. See the link from the BMJ (British Medical Journal) below. However, it must also be said that there are quacks in their throngs out there! Be careful. Always verify the identity and registration status of who ever pops up or profess to be an online physician from your local health authority before engaging such ones. Go to the Medical regulatory body’s site in your country or region and check registered doctors section. In the United Kingdom, you could check all doctors registration status by following this link General Medical Council Register and in the United States, United States Doctors Register. Trusted ProvidersYou can get genuine seasoned online medical consultation provided by quite a few board certified physicians and surgeons online. More and more of such "online clinics" are springing up to the benefit of online users. If you are just looking for ‘free ask a doctor online’ channel to provide answers to specific medical questions, we can help; just fill in the online doctor consultation form below for a free medical advice. We at The Abdominal Pain Centre will ensure you get an online doctor answer your medical questions in the most honest and professional way. Our online medical doctor is fully registered with the relevant medical regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom, and have at least ten years of active post qualification experience. It must be said from the out set that any such advice is strictly for information and educational purpose.
If you have posted a question or requested consultation via this online medical doctor forum, please be sure to check the Feedback from the online medical doctor page. We endeavour to respond to your query within 72 hours and post them there. Again, please let us know if you do not wish to have questions and answers you asked posted there - on the feedback page. You may also wish to make a small donation to help pay for this service if you find it useful.
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