Hypochondria Symptoms
(From MayoClinic.com)
Hypochondria symptoms include:
Hypochondria symptoms include:
- Having a long-term intense fear or anxiety about having a serious disease or health condition
- Worrying that minor symptoms or bodily sensations mean you have a serious illness
- Seeing doctors repeated times or having involved medical exams such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), echocardiograms or exploratory surgery
- Frequently switching doctors — if one doctor tells you that you aren't sick, you may not believe it and seek out other opinions
- Continuously talking about your symptoms or suspected diseases with family and friends
- Obsessively doing health research
- Frequently checking your body for problems, such as lumps or sores
- Frequently checking your vital signs, such as pulse or blood pressure
- Thinking you have a disease after reading or hearing about it