Some times we get stunted to see the self-diagnosis made by the patient comes true after doing the investigation! Fortunately, this happens only on rare occasions, hence the “diagnosis” given by the patients should be considered with precaution.

Among the public there is a trend to diagnose certain conditions on seeing some common symptoms. I remember one woman in our area who had “diagnosed” vitamin deficiency when her child had ulcers in the oral cavity. And she gave some vitamin…