21+ Times When People Ignored Tell Tale Signs of Illness

We’ve all done a Dr. Google, but there is a reason that people spend years in med school in order to become doctors. We really should just seek them out to get real medical advice instead of self-diagnosing and treating ourselves with whatever the internet suggests. You don’t know what you might be missing…

And this story about self-diagnosis is a perfect example of why. It may sound obvious: You’ve got an iron deficiency? Take some iron supplements. But as this person explains to us, not going to the doctor really can backfire on us. So say it with me, people: “Go. See. The. Doctor!”