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I am not a big fan of getting medical advice via the Internet.  However, AARP The Magazine did mention a couple of interesting web sites in their latest issue which allows those with the same affliction to share tips on what has and hasn’t worked for them.  They might be worth checking out, particularly if you have something rare or you believe your general practitioner isn’t equipped to deal with because he or she doesn’t deal with it often.  One is called CureCrowd which allows people to give feedback on a variety of symptoms.  The other is called Patients Like Me which covers many more diseases.  You do have to allow the company that owns the web site permission to resell any data you give although they aren’t allowed to disclose your personal information.  AARP also recommended a third site which allows you to plug in your symptoms, history and test results to be analyzed by health care professionals for $99 but I would be weary of doing this.  If you are physically ill, I believe that you should see a doctor in person.