Having a child with food allergies isn't easy to manage, and now new research shows that most of these parents turn to social media for medical advice.
isn't easy to manage, and now new research shows that most of these parents turn to social media for medical advice.In general, online searches were conducted daily or multiple times a day. Facebook was the most used social media platform.
"The not-so-good news is that 43% of the participants didn't discuss online information with their child's allergist," he added. "And accessing food allergy information via social media was reported as a source ofcan be frightening for both children and their parents, those under the care of a board-certified allergist should use their allergist as a resource to determine which sources of information are trustworthy.
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