Hypochondriacs
have no real illness, but is overly obsessed over normal bodily functions.
They read into the sensations of these normal bodily functions the
presence of a feared disease
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Hyperchondriac.org
- A Safe place to Meet and Share. You are called a hypochondriac
should you relate each and every sign you have to something very serious.
For instance, you may notice a small headache to be a aneurysm or
even tumor growth. A pain in the back again might mean a personal
injury to the backbone. A belly pain due to poor food might be because
of a metastasized cancer. 3/5
Hypochondria
(aka Hypochondriasis) - Fear of disease is one of the few neuroses
to have remained with us throughout history, unaffected by civilisation
and urbanisation. A BBC Article. Not Rated
Hyperchondriasis
- a "New Age" Somatoform Disorder - Consider temporally,
somatizers live in the present, afraid their symptoms are the first
sign of a developing disorder. Hypochondriacs live in the past, fearful
of diseases they think they have already acquired. Those who have
been healthy in the past and remain so in the present, but hold somatic
fears and disease phobias for what the future may bring, represent
a "New Age" somatoform disorder. An Article by Alan Berkenwald,
MD. Not Rated
Hypochondriasis,
- Or hypochondria, is an overwhelming fear that you have a serious
disease, even though health care providers can find no evidence of
illness. People with hypochondriasis tend to misinterpret normal body
sensations as being signs of serious illness. 3/5
Hypochondriasis
- Hypochondriasis and the other somatoform disorders are among the
most difficult and most complex psychiatric disorders to treat in
the general medical setting. On the basis of many new developments
in this field, diagnostic criteria have been revised. An Article by
Glen L Xiong, MD. Not Rated
- Hypochondrias 
