You have two questions regarding medical issues. Who would you choose to answer?

Internet. Like you, I’d never make a (pricey, time-consuming) medical appointment just to ask a couple of questions. What I learn on the internet might lead me to a health care professional, but I’d begin with an online search.

Uhh for me it’s not about the number of questions, but severity of questions/concerns.

My medical provider has a phone in nurse and a symptom checker, so I often do both.

I’m with @Mariah. I’ve got a number of conditions which interact with each other and make me more vulnerable to other illnesses/infections. If I am worried enough and have timely questions, I would make an appointment. If the questions don’t seem very severe, I will just write them down and bring them up at my next scheduled appointment. Sometimes, if I need to contact the doctor quickly but don’t want to go in (question about dose change, etc.), I will leave a voicemail for them.

I confess I do look medical questions up on the internet, but it’s hard to find helpful information. So many websites, even legitimate-seeming ones, just contain the lowest common denominator type of information, and exist mainly for ad revenue.

My primary care physician, bless him, has a site that allows patients to email him questions, and he replies very quickly. However, if I have a real concern about something, I never hesitate to make an appointment. Doing that is a longtime habit which really paid off last year. Another doctor told me to go home and not worry about something I was experiencing, but I knew something was wrong and immediately called my PC doctor, who was able top see me that afternoon. Pobably saved my life.

I have an amazing medical team. I always rely on my doctors. My primary care physician would always get any questions. I trust her with everything.

Depends what the questions are. If one of them is “Am I going to die tonight?”, I would call my doctor.

I email my doctor the questions. Email is only a couple of years old. Before that, I call him and he calls me back with answers. If it’s an issue he thinks he needs to see me for, he tells me to make an appointment.

I do both. I like to look things up in case I think of more questions as I get more information. Then I call my doctor and either talk over the phone or make an appointment.

I research on the internet first, because sometimes, the thing bothering me can wait a day or two until I get an appointment. I can usually work out some possibilities beforehand, but there is no substitute for blood and other lab work. Right now, I am trying to deal with some loss of hearing in my right ear. I think it is associated with the colds I have been dealing with since early autumn here and feel as if there is some fluid build up where it shouldn’t be, but I will absolutely have to visit a doctor to have it checked, and perhaps even a specialist. It’s my hearing. I’m not going to mess about with it.

I research first, then call my doc with the question (if I think it’s not urgent enough for a visit). His nurse calls me back with his answer(s), and will have me make an appointment if it’s necessary.

I do research on the Net, but my doctor is always my final go-to. He could be wrong, of course (as was proved to me by the doctor mentioned above who misdiagnosed my condition), but I trust him over the Net, which is rife with misinformation.

I am really lucky. I don’t have any questions. If I did I’d look it up on the Net. I supposedly get a physical every year so I might wait until I see my GP.

I tend to look at the net which is mostly a bad move. I spent the better part of this year, on the net over a certain issue. I even asked a Net Doctor on Just Ask. What a bloody waste of time.