Have an embarrassing illness? Why not get it out on national television? (Embarrassing Illnesses)

Member Name: rozij

Product:	Embarrassing Illnesses
Date:	04/08/09 (100 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Genuinely educational and informative, insightful, interesting and contains a fit docter :)

Disadvantages: Puts you off your tea a bit, sometimes.

I absolutely love this programme.

I can't decide whether it's because I fancy Dr Christian a bit, because it makes me feel better about myself, or because I love to be a bit grossed out.

But either way, it's compulsive viewing.

I think this show actually does some good, compared to most of the drivel that you find on telly these days. The programme surrounds people's visit to a mobile surgery in which they get out whatever "embarrassing" ailment they have, and let one of the Embarrassing Illnesses team take a good old goosey gander.

Whilst I personally am just fascinated by how people live with these ailments for years without thinking they should probably go and see someone about it, it's probably useful to people sitting at home with a similar problem. It does educate and inform people about what's normal and what isn't, especially in those 'embarrassing areas'.

But aside from it's educational and informative purpose, the thing that really troubles me is why people that have been too embarrassed to go and see one doctor about their ailment, decide to flash their bits on national telly for the whole world to see. Can they really be that embarrassed? Personally, I don't think most of these illnesses are overly embarrassing, but nevertheless, it must spur on people who are sitting at home to go and get their problems sorted.

Dr Christian Jessen - Handsome, clever AND helping those in need. Swoon!

Summary: Helping the British public sort their bits out.