Doctors take to social media to inform public about diseases

Experts say ingesting information online is okay but consulting doctors right away in case of health issues is the way to go.

Last Sunday, Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, chief of the Clinical Research Unit at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, posted a photo of a subconjunctival hemorrhage (broken blood vessel in the eye) on Facebook with an appeal to the public to avoid using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to relieve pain, especially in the case of dengue infection.