UK doctors have warned Facebook users that the social networking site does not cure illness.
This follows research that revealed around 57 per cent of Facebook status updates were from people moaning about an illness and not actually doing anything about it.
These "ill" Facebook updates follow a sharp decline in the amount of people visiting their doctor.
One doctor said, "It seems that many people are using Facebook looking for solutions to their illness rather than just visiting their doctors."
"I don't know what people are trying to achieve by putting 'I'm sooooooo ill' as their Facebook status update. A cure? Sympathy? I just don't know."
"One thing's for sure, nothing will get achieved if someone claims they're ill on Facebook. They may as well visit their doctor."
The research follows the Daily Mail story last week that claimed someone continually stated they had 'Chlamydia' without going to visit their doctor. The person then became one of the characters on 'Geordie Shore' making it worse and spreading the illness to others.
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