I don’t have the problem at all, google is actually helpful here for me, but I search on german websites
medical articles in general are like pretty terrible
shit like WebMD is just preying on Hypochondriacs and when these things are full of ads it makes it even worse
this is probably why
I hate school advice (specifically SAT) articles more because they constantly try to plug whatever SAT help matierials they are selling and so they will be like
“The SAT is near impossible, super hard, unless you have a good study kit, like the CoolSATHelper study kit for only $60”
by: CoolSATHelper.com
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Lul yea
I guess one big plus I have is that its forbidden in Germany for meds to do any advertising
like that shit is so predatory and it irks me
it is preying on very stressed out minors
Ewwww
In fact there are quite some good german sites for info about illnesses
I have a test here for the biggest sites individually, from the government sponsored organization for consumer protection
CRichard: Searches WebMD for fever.
WebMD: YOU ARE [CENSORED] DYING FROM A DISEASE!! 
okay look
when I am like ‘I am solving a specific problem that I have with a second-line solution to it, and it’s working, but I feel vaguely guilty about resorting to a second-line solution’
responding with ‘okay but Arete have you tried the first-line solution? also you should feel bad for resorting to said second-line solution when there exists a first-line solution’
is profoundly unhelpful at best
(and this is true regardless of whether the issue is ‘I tried it and it didn’t work’ or ‘I tried it and it helped but not enough’ or ‘I tried it but I’m kind of a fundamentally deficient person so I wasn’t very good at it’)
Question is, do you prefer to solve the problem, or simply fight the symptoms?
Symptoms are often helpful to tell you that something is wrong, and shouldnt be just supressed, while the problem itself gets ignored
That’s like “I have fever, let’s use meds which supress the fever”
which totally is “helping” your body
(Also the real reason why I responded so harshly to your suggestion to “just take melatonin” was probably because if I would give such advice, it would be illegal for me to do so. My country has a law against advising specific treatments. Only your doctor can do that)
what if you have something that has no cure so all you can do is fight the symptoms
ayaya
medicine good
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