Biomedical Science and Research Journals | An internet is one of the most powerful tool for remote Medical Consultation for peers
An internet is one of the most powerful tool for remote Medical Consultation for peers
Abstract
In order to get help, sometimes people can be assisted via a
modern social network service like Facebook. This friend of mine was
timely helped
just the right time before he did anything wrong into his own help
condition. Via regular check Facebook posting, I found his post very
striking in
term of picture and the question. I, therefore, took action immediately
as I should. Luckily, he complied to my advice and got the right
intervention
with his doctor. In my opinion, Facebook can be one of the interesting
tools for our medical personals to think about when it comes to Health
services.
Main Text
This is an interesting case actually happening with me before I
wrote this article. A week before the end of June, a friend of mine
posted the picture of his infecting-like finger (Figure 1) on his
Facebook and I immediately give him an advice before he went to
see his doctor [1]. This kind of reaction looks almost like erysipelas
[2] an acute cutaneous and subcutaneous inflammation caused by
hemolytic streptococcus [3] (Figure 1). The best advice for this kind of lesion is not to make any hole
into it because you can introduce other microorganism into the
lesion unintentionally. Therefore, I gave the advice and asked him
to see his doctor right afterward. The pro and con of using Facebook
is incredible, for this, he receives my advice just before his attempt
for perforating the lesion with uncleaned needle. I also added,
even he used the clean needle that will also can create the open
wound, which susceptible to any infection. Luckily, he complied
to my advice and he went to see the doctor for further thoroughly
evaluation. As expected, his doctor asked him to leave the lesion
as it is and give some medication for relevant symptoms. He came
back to his house and took care of himself as good as possible by
not to irritate the lesion with regular daily life. Five days later, he
posted again with a much more redness picture (Figure 2).
He mentioned something that is informative, telling people
that not to worry because his finger is actually getting better. He
had this kind of episode long time ago and he forgot. To me, this is
one of the most memorable events for using Facebook to observe
any kind of misunderstanding and do self-care intervention of
our people. Facebook is so widely used around the world and I am one of those who became a member since it was launched in
2004 before I graduated from University of Southern California on
March 2005. More than 2000 million people are using the Facebook
now and increasing every day. This social network service is widely
applicable to our walk of life including medical personal.
For this patient, not only I helped him deciding what to do but I
also can chat with him personally for deeper information regarding
the infection of haemolytic streptococcus [3]. His post also received
many other useful advices from other friends as well. Particularly,
those who doesn’t have any medical knowledge are really good for
mental support in which very powerful. Therefore, it is great to use
the Facebook not only to our personal liking, but also to help other
look after their health problems timely. To save someone’s life even
with a small step, it is worth of practicing.
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