Contradictions in health information - impossible to calm down

[paranoid-viking]

That is the eternal vicious circle. I try to calm myself down regarding the fear of a certain disease I fear that I have when reading of some severe symtoms just to read that not all patients gets the severe symptoms. And of this particular disease I far the info out there goes in all sorts of directions. One place says that the disease is uncommon in people under 45 years old(phew...relief)just to read another place that it is mot commonly developed among people in their 30s - jumping of the chair in horror! And one place that 4% of the world population has it - a high number - another as low as 0,5% of populations. So it is impossible for me to calm down. Some online doctors says you would definetly notice it; others says it can come slowly and hardly niticable. What am I to believe???? How can I calm down with all the contradictions?

[ServerError]

This is the crux of the problem with health anxiety. You aren't qualified to interpret symptoms or information regarding various illnesses and neither are a good number of the people putting information on the internet.

Being informed can be helpful to an extent, but ultimately, the only place you should seek advice on your health is through trained medical professionals such as your GP and any specialists you are referred to. And even then, you still need to break the cycle of worry and reassurance seeking. Going back and forth to the doctor about illnesses you don't have is not advisable either.

First and foremost, you need to stop looking things up on the internet. Then you need to start tackling the condition you do have (anxiety, in case you were wondering). :)

[paranoid-viking]

But who are these people making health sites and writes the Wikipedia articles about diseases? Must be health peronals and profesionals, no?
Yes; I am seeking advice from trained profesionals, but there are even disagreement among profesionals about this particular ilness; probably because it is a minority illness which at least 95% of the world population, and much more acording to other sources; that the knowledge among trained profesiaolals may be contradictory too.
I am going to ultrasound next Wednsday but it feels like forever the waiting. And waiting for the result will be horror.

[ServerError]

Who writes any Wikipedia article? Some of them will be experts in the field. Others will be people with an interest in it, which is not the same thing. But the point is, the internet is a minefield for those worrying about their health and it can be a very difficult place to find reassurance.

As for the professionals treating you, they may disagree or have differing views about your condition, but ultimately you still have to place your faith in them because they will devise a treatment plan for you in the end. What more can you do?