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Explore: Self Diagnosis

WebMD has become a powerful piece of medical technology over the past couple years. It provides people with tons of information on medicine and medical practices. One of the more popular features of WebMD is the symptom checker. In this activity, you will use the symptom checker develop a list of possible ailments related to a list of symptoms you develop. Follow the steps below to complete this assignment.
  1. In a word document, develop a list of 5 different symptoms (i.e. sore throat, fever, blurred vision, etc.). Try to keep the symptoms in the same area of the body to produce an actual illness. If you like, you can use symptoms from a time when you were actually sick.
  2. Go to the symptom checker on WebMD using this link. http://symptoms.webmd.com/symptomchecker
  3. Select male or female and the age of you the person you are diagnosing. Remedical diagnosiscord this information in your word document. You do not need to enter a zip code.
  4. Enter your 5 symptoms into the symptom checker by clicking on the part of the body where the symptom occurs and selecting the appropriate symptom from the provided list.
  5. After entering all the symptoms you selected, record the number of possible conditions related to your symptoms in your word document.
  6. If your number of possible conditions is over 20 continue to add symptoms to your list and to the symptom checker until you are below 20.
  7. Record a list of the possible conditions in your word document.
  8. Select the 5 conditions that are closest to the illness you were trying to describe and provide a brief explanation(2-3 sentences) of each condition.
Assignment: Follow the steps above to create a summary of your use of WebMD's symptom checker. When you have created the document submit it to the Symptom Checker Drop box. You will be graded on the following.
-List of five symptoms (5 points)
-List of and number of possible conditions (5 points)
-Explanation of 5 conditions closest related to the symptoms you were describing. (2 points each, 10 points total)
 
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