Woman consults GP for ‘prostate cancer’ on Dr Google’s advice
A UK doctor was left speechless when a female patient told him she feared had the male-only condition after Googling her symptoms
A GP in the UK was confronted with an unusual request from a woman convinced she had prostate cancer after a consult with Dr Google.
Jenny Pearce, 36, who shared her story on social media, says she now can’t return to that GP after she sought tests on her prostate, convinced that organ was the source of her abdominal symptoms.
Prostate cancer “came up straight away” when the woman from Plymouth in Devon Googled her symptoms after blood tests had failed to explain the cause of her stomach pains, WalesOnline news organisation reports.
The self-confessed hypochondriac made an emergency appointment with her GP, telling him she was concerned because stomach pain was still there.
