mardi 7 juin 2016
How Internet Commenters Helped Diagnose This Pregnant Woman's Serious Condition
They say never to use the internet to self-diagnose, but surely they aren't including the medical masterminds over at Reddit, right?
After a husband posted a video of his pregnant wife's stomach - which showed a 15-second snippet of her belly button being sucked in and pushed back out - to Reddit, one commenter sounded an alarm:
"That actually looks like a hernia," Reddit user knobbly_knees wrote. "If that's your wife, please get it looked at ASAP. Today."
Still, the husband, Reddit user rebelrockstar, assured the commenter that there was no reason to worry and that his wife, who can be heard laughing in the video, is actually a doctor: "Thanks for the concern! She is a MD though and it's 'normal.' She actually has a space between the muscles in her abdomen from the last pregnancy. Glad I'm a guy."
The idea that this belly button trick might not be a typical abnormality of pregnancy, however, must have encouraged the couple to get a second opinion because it wasn't long before the husband returned to the Reddit post with an update.
"You're right!" he wrote. "She said it is an umbilical hernia! F*ck, Reddit should just be my doctor."
So, although addressing medical concerns with qualified professionals is still the way to go, if you ever need a second, or third, opinion, Dr. Reddit will see you now.
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