As more and more people turn to the net for medical advice, reporter Rebecca Malcolm does some Googling on common symptoms.
Could it be scarlet fever? Or maybe a case of the bird flu?
Then there's the three types of cancer that are associated with night sweats and a sore throat.
Or - and this sounds bad - it might be the rare and rather interesting sounding epiglottitis, which is apparently a life-threatening illness that could be stopping air getting to my lungs. Of course, it's probably more likely to be the common cold, a case of strep throat or tonsilitis that is easily treatable with a quick trip to the local GP, but when faced with an array of dozens of different exotic - and scary - sounding symptoms it's easy to see how one could start to write that bucket list and plan for the worst.
It's so common it's got its own name - cyberchondria - and is a growing concern among healthcare practitioner as patients can research any and all symptoms and work themselves into a state of medical anxiety.
